
Milla Davenport
Acting
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Milla Davenport was a stage and film actress, born in Zurich, Switzerland. Davenport was educated in Switzerland. She appeared with her husband actor Harry J. Davenport's (not the more famous Harry Davenport) repertory company for fifteen years. She began her career in motion pictures in the silent film Trapping the Bachelor (1916). She was in Daddy-Long-Legs (1919) with Mary Pickford, The Brat (1919) with Nazimova, Sins of the Fathers (1928) with Emil Jannings, and The Wedding Night (1935). Davenport continued to make movies well into the sound film era. Her last film credits are for roles in The Defense Rests (1934), Here Comes Cookie (1935), and an uncredited part in Human Cargo (1936)

Human Cargo
German

Here Comes Cookie
Mrs. Flugsnort

The Wedding Night
Grandmother

The Defense Rests
Neighbor

In Love with Life
Mrs. Gootz

Merrily We Go to Hell
Prentice's Housekeeper (uncredited)

The Girl from Woolworth's
Ma Donnelly

The Danger Rider
Housekeeper

Hey! Hey! Cowboy
Aunt Jane

Crossed Signals
Mother Slattery

Crazy Like a Fox
Mother

The Road to Glory
Aunt Selma

Dangerous Innocence
Stewardess

The Red Lily
Madame Poussot
The Right of the Strongest
Melissa Thaggin

Dulcy
Matty

The Christian
Matron

The Man Who Waited
Madre Sánchez
The Worldly Madonna
Jail Matron
What No Man Knows
Mother of missing girl (uncredited)

Rip Van Winkle
Gretchen Van Winkle

The Girl from God's Country
Mrs. Kraus
Patsy
Matron

Why Trust Your Husband?
Aunt Miranda

She Couldn't Help It
Matron

You Never Can Tell
Mrs. Jones

Leave It to Me
Mrs. Stephen Holmes

The Forbidden Woman
Luisa

Stronger Than Death
Mrs. Smithers

In Mizzoura
Mrs. Vernon

The Brat
The Brat's Aunt

The Solitary Sin

Daddy-Long-Legs
Mrs. Lippett

The Girl Who Stayed at Home

Social Briars
Mrs. Brown







