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person_profile-Anita Garvin

Anita Garvin Died at age: 88

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Anita Garvin

Date of Birth:

Feb 11, 1906

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Jul 07, 1994

Biography of

Anita Garvin

    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Anita Garvin (February 11, 1907 – July 7, 1994) was an American actress and comedian who appeared in both silent and sound films. She is best known for her work with comedians Laurel and Hardy and Charley Chase.

    Garvin was born in New York City.] Her two sisters who danced in vaudeville encouraged her talents. At age 12, she lied to an agent saying she was "almost sixteen" and got a job being a bathing beauty for one of Mack Sennett's stage shows. The following year she joined the Ziegfeld Follies. She took pride in being the only woman allowed to touch Will Rogers's ropes. She also appeared in Earl Carroll Vanities.

    Garvin went on tour with the musical Sally staying with the show for two seasons, then decided to stay in California when the tour left that stop in 1924. In Hollywood, Garvin began working for Christie Film Company's comedies. She recalled her co-star Bobby Vernon dropping butter on the floor onto which she stepped and tumbled, cementing her career as a comedian. Charles Lamont brought her over to work for Educational Pictures. In 1926, Hal Roach took her under contract, where she appeared in many silent films with Charley Chase, James Finlayson, and Max Davidson as well as playing occasional supporting roles in feature films. Standing around 6 feet tall, "her regal countenance and deadpan expression" made her the perfect comic foil.

    Roach later considered her "one of his finest actresses." Reflecting upon her frequent co-star Stan Laurel, Garvin observed: "One thing about Stan--with apologies to a lot of directors--they thought they were directing him. And they thought they were directing the picture. But Stan was the one...He was very clever about it. The director was never cognizant of the fact that he was not doing all the directing. Stan's mind was going all the time, always thinking of gags and things to do. The script didn't mean a thing." Garvin appeared in a total of eleven Laurel and Hardy films. In 1928, she was teamed with Marion Byron as a short-lived female version of Laurel and Hardy. Along with Edgar Kennedy, Byron and Garvin appeared in A Pair of Tights, an "acknowledged masterpiece."

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Anita Garvin

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Filmography of

Anita Garvin

Found 21 Movies in total

A Chump at Oxford

Mrs. Vandevere (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1940

Swiss Miss

Tradesman's wife ( Actor )

... 1938

Topper

Actor

... 1937

Merry Wives of Reno

Male-Seeking Woman in Hotel Lobby (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1934

Murder at Midnight

Party Guest (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1931

The Skulls

Señora Laurel ( Actor )

... 1931

The Chiselers

Mme. Laurel ( Actor )

... 1931

Sally

Party Guest (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1930

Dynamite

Undetermined Role (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1929

Red Hot Rhythm

Mable ( Actor )

... 1929

Our Modern Maidens

Bridesmaid (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1929

The Single Standard

Packy's Jealous Girlfriend at Art Exhibition (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1929

Modern Love

Mrs. Weston - the Brunette ( Actor )

... 1929

On With the Show!

Chorine (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1929

The Charlatan

Mrs. Paynter ( Actor )

... 1929

Trent's Last Case

Ottilie Dunois ( Actor )

... 1929

The Play Girl

Millie ( Actor )

... 1928

Upstream

Theatre Audience Admirer at Stage Door ( Actor )

... 1927

... 1926

Raggedy Rose

Janice ( Actor )

... 1926

The Last Man on Earth

A Millionairess (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1924