Milla Davenport
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).
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
31 titles
Human Cargo
Here Comes Cookie
The Wedding Night
Merrily We Go to Hell
In Love with Life
Dangerous Innocence
Dulcy
Stronger Than Death
The Defense Rests
The Red Lily
Social Briars
The Girl Who Stayed at Home
The Christian
Crazy Like a Fox
Daddy-Long-Legs
She Couldn't Help It
You Never Can Tell
The Girl from Woolworth's
The Forbidden Woman
The Girl from God's Country
The Brat
The Road to Glory
The Danger Rider
The Solitary Sin
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