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Milla Davenport

Feb 03, 1871 - May 17, 1936 (65 years old) in Zürich, Switzerland

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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

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The Worldly Madonna
Jail Matron
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Stronger Than Death
Mrs. Smithers
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The Solitary Sin
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Crossed Signals
Mother Slattery
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The Danger Rider
Housekeeper
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The Red Lily
Madame Poussot
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Dangerous Innocence
Stewardess
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Hey! Hey! Cowboy
Aunt Jane
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Dulcy
Matty
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Here Comes Cookie
Mrs. Flugsnort

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