Anita Garvin
Known For: Acting
Gender: Female
Date of Birth: February 11, 1906
Day of Death: July 7, 1994 (88 years old)
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
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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Actor Mrs. Brown
Off to Buffalo
Actor The Date
Stepping Out
Actor Anita
Going Ga-Ga
Actor Anita
A Pair of Tights
Actor Ottilie Dunois
Trent's Last Case
Actor Packy's Jealous Girlfriend at Art Exhibition (uncredited)
The Single Standard
Actor
Movie Night
Actor Bridesmaid (uncredited)
Our Modern Maidens
Actor Chorine (uncredited)
On With the Show!
Actor Mrs. Paynter
The Charlatan
Actor Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Dynamite
Actor Mable
Red Hot Rhythm
Actor Mrs. Weston - the Brunette
Modern Love
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1927
Actor Wellington's Wife
Many Scrappy Returns
Actor
Forgotten Sweeties
Actor Edna's Sister
Never the Dames Shall Meet
Actor Madame Ritz
Sailors, Beware!
Actor Captain's Wife
Why Girls Love Sailors
Actor Captain Bustle's 1st girlfriend
With Love and Hisses
Actor Amorous nursemaid
Baby Brother
Actor Theatre Audience Admirer at Stage Door
Upstream
Actor Mrs. Dazzle
Two-Time Mama
Actor Slips on pie (uncredited)
The Battle of the Century
Actor Colleen
The Motor Boat Demon
Actor Customer at top of stairs
Hats Off
Actor Gwendolyn - the Flapjack Queen
Assistant Wives
