
Acting
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...

The Girl from Woolworth's
as Ma Donnelly

The Danger Rider
as Housekeeper

Hey! Hey! Cowboy
as Aunt Jane

Crossed Signals
as Mother Slattery

Crazy Like a Fox
as Mother

The Road to Glory
as Aunt Selma

Dangerous Innocence
as Stewardess

The Red Lily
as Madame Poussot

The Right of the Strongest
as Melissa Thaggin

Dulcy
as Matty

The Christian
as Matron

The Man Who Waited
as Madre Sánchez
The Worldly Madonna
as Jail Matron
What No Man Knows
as Mother of missing girl (uncredited)

Rip Van Winkle
as Gretchen Van Winkle

The Girl from God's Country
as Mrs. Kraus
Patsy
as Matron

Why Trust Your Husband?
as Aunt Miranda

She Couldn't Help It
as Matron

You Never Can Tell
as Mrs. Jones

Leave It to Me
as Mrs. Stephen Holmes

The Forbidden Woman
as Luisa

Stronger Than Death
as Mrs. Smithers