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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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Merrily We Go to Hell
Prentice's Housekeeper (uncredited)
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Here Comes Cookie
Mrs. Flugsnort
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The Red Lily
Madame Poussot
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The Defense Rests
Neighbor
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The Wedding Night
Grandmother
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The Forbidden Woman
Luisa
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Crazy Like a Fox
Mother
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The Road to Glory
Aunt Selma
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Human Cargo
German
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The Brat
The Brat's Aunt

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