Milla Davenport
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Milla Davenport (February 4, 1871-May 17, 1936) was a stage and film actress from Sicily. She was educated in Switzerland.
Davenport appeared with her husband's repertory for fifteen years. She was the widow of Harry Davenport, who predeceased her.
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, Sins of the Fathers (1928), with Joseph Jefferson, 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).
Milla Davenport died in Los Angeles, California in 1936 at the age of 60. She was buried in Hollywood Cemetery.
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- Los Angeles Times, Mrs. Milla Davenport, May 19, 1936, Page A20.
- New York Times, Milla Davenport, May 19, 1936, Page 23.
