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Milla Davenport
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Milla Davenport

ActingBorn February 3, 1871Died May 17, 1936 (age 65)Zürich, Switzerland

Biography

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).

Filmography

1936
Human Cargo

as German

Movie
1935
Here Comes Cookie

as Mrs. Flugsnort

Movie
1935
The Wedding Night

as Grandmother

Movie
1934Movie
1934
In Love with Life

as Mrs. Gootz

Movie
1932
Merrily We Go to Hell

as Prentice's Housekeeper (uncredited)

Movie
1929Movie
1928
The Danger Rider

as Housekeeper

Movie
1927
Hey! Hey! Cowboy

as Aunt Jane

Movie
1926
Crossed Signals

as Mother Slattery

Movie
1926Movie
1926
The Road to Glory

as Aunt Selma

Movie
1925
Dangerous Innocence

as Stewardess

Movie
1924
The Red Lily

as Madame Poussot

Movie
1924
The Right of the Strongest

as Melissa Thaggin

Movie
1923
Dulcy

as Matty

Movie
1923
The Christian

as Matron

Movie
1922
The Man Who Waited

as Madre Sánchez

Movie
1922
The Worldly Madonna

as Jail Matron

Movie
1921
What No Man Knows

as Mother of missing girl (uncredited)

Movie
1921
Rip Van Winkle

as Gretchen Van Winkle

Movie
1921Movie
1921
Patsy

as Matron

Movie
1921Movie
1920Movie
1920
You Never Can Tell

as Mrs. Jones

Movie
1920
Leave It to Me

as Mrs. Stephen Holmes

Movie
1920Movie
1920
Stronger Than Death

as Mrs. Smithers

Movie
1919
In Mizzoura

as Mrs. Vernon

Movie
1919
The Brat

as The Brat's Aunt

Movie
1919
Daddy-Long-Legs

as Mrs. Lippett

Movie
1918
Social Briars

as Mrs. Brown

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayFebruary 3, 1871
Day of DeathMay 17, 1936
Place of BirthZürich, Switzerland
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