Milla Davenport
Milla Davenport (February 4, 1871 – May 17, 1936) was a stage and film actress, originally from Sicily. She was educated in Switzerland. Davenport appeared with her husband, actor Harry J. Davenport's repertory company for fifteen years.[1][2]
Davenport 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).[1][2]
Milla Davenport died in Los Angeles, California in 1936, aged 65. She was buried in Hollywood Cemetery.[1][2]
Selected filmography
- Social Briars (1918)
- In Mizzoura (1919)
- Stronger Than Death (1920)
- You Never Can Tell (1920)
- The Man from Lost River (1921)
- The Road to Glory (1926)
- The Girl from Woolworth's (1929)
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