Milla Davenport

Known for ActingBorn 1871-02-03Died 1936-05-17Zürich, Switzerland

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).Read more

Movies & web series

The Christian

The Man Who Waited

Patsy

She Couldn't Help It

Leave It to Me

The Girl from Woolworth's

Hey! Hey! Cowboy

The Worldly Madonna

You Never Can Tell

Dangerous Innocence

The Right of the Strongest

Why Trust Your Husband?

The Solitary Sin

In Mizzoura

Human Cargo

Rip Van Winkle

Here Comes Cookie

The Defense Rests

The Danger Rider

Dulcy

The Girl from God's Country

What No Man Knows

Stronger Than Death

The Forbidden Woman

Daddy-Long-Legs

Crossed Signals

The Road to Glory

Merrily We Go to Hell

Crazy Like a Fox

The Red Lily

The Wedding Night

In Love with Life

The Girl Who Stayed at Home

The Brat

Social Briars