Milla Davenport

Biography

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)

Known For

Merrily We Go to Hell

as Prentice's Housekeeper (uncredited)

The Wedding Night

as Grandmother

Daddy-Long-Legs

as Mrs. Lippett

Crazy Like a Fox

as Mother

The Red Lily

as Madame Poussot

The Defense Rests

as Neighbor

The Girl Who Stayed at Home

Here Comes Cookie

as Mrs. Dingledorp

Crossed Signals

as Mother Slattery

Rip Van Winkle

as Gretchen Van Winkle