Anita Garvin
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 11, 1906
- Died
- July 7, 1994 (aged 88)
- Birthplace
- New York City, New York, USA
Biography
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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Filmography
Laurel & Hardy: Year Two
Movie · as (archive footage) (uncredited)
A Chump at Oxford
Movie · as Mrs. Vandevere (uncredited)
Sunk by the Census
Movie
Bested by a Beard
Movie · as Mrs. Vivian Errol
He Asked for It
Movie
Truth Aches
Movie · as Mrs. Errol
Home Boner
Movie
Swiss Miss
Movie · as Tradesman's wife
Topper
Movie
Sleepless Hollow
Movie · as Harry's Wife
While the Cat's Away
Movie · as Emma
Merry Wives of Reno
Movie · as Male-Seeking Woman in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
Asleep in the Feet
Movie · as Dance Hall Hostess
His Silent Racket
Movie · as Mrs. Finlayson
Show Business
Movie · as Anita Garvin
Yoo-Hoo
Movie · as Anita
The Millionaire Cat
Movie · as Natalie
The Hollywood Handicap
Movie
Be Big!
Movie · as Mrs. Laurel (uncredited)
Murder at Midnight
Movie · as Party Guest (uncredited)
The Chiselers
Movie · as Mme. Laurel
The Skulls
Movie · as Señora Laurel
Blotto
Movie · as Mrs. Laurel
Whispering Whoopee
Movie · as Miss Garvin
Sally
Movie · as Party Guest (uncredited)
Off to Buffalo
Movie · as Mrs. Brown
Stepping Out
Movie · as The Date
A Pair of Tights
Movie · as Anita
Going Ga-Ga
Movie · as Anita
Trent's Last Case
Movie · as Ottilie Dunois
Our Modern Maidens
Movie · as Bridesmaid (uncredited)
The Single Standard
Movie · as Packy's Jealous Girlfriend at Art Exhibition (uncredited)
Movie Night
Movie
On With the Show!
Movie · as Chorine (uncredited)
The Charlatan
Movie · as Mrs. Paynter
Dynamite
Movie · as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Red Hot Rhythm
Movie · as Mable
Modern Love
Movie · as Mrs. Weston - the Brunette
Hunting the Hunter
Movie
Imagine My Embarrassment
Movie
Their Purple Moment
Movie · as Oliver's Girlfriend
Fandango
Movie
Roaming Romeo
Movie · as The Princess
Feed 'em and Weep
Movie
From Soup to Nuts
Movie · as Mrs. Culpepper
The Play Girl
Movie · as Millie
Forgotten Sweeties
Movie
Many Scrappy Returns
Movie · as Wellington's Wife
Never the Dames Shall Meet
Movie · as Edna's Sister
Sailors, Beware!
Movie · as Madame Ritz
Why Girls Love Sailors
Movie · as Captain's Wife
With Love and Hisses
Movie · as Captain Bustle's 1st girlfriend
Baby Brother
Movie · as Amorous nursemaid
Upstream
Movie · as Theatre Audience Admirer at Stage Door
Two-Time Mama
Movie · as Mrs. Dazzle
The Battle of the Century
Movie · as Slips on pie (uncredited)
The Motor Boat Demon
Movie · as Colleen
Hats Off
Movie · as Customer at top of stairs
Assistant Wives
Movie · as Gwendolyn - the Flapjack Queen
Fighting Fathers
Movie · as Mrs. Sniffleblaster
Raggedy Rose
Movie · as Janice
Move Along
Movie · as Rich girl with roses
Bertha the Sewing Machine Girl
Movie · as Flo Mason
Creeps
Movie
For Sadie's Sake
Movie
The Sleuth
Movie · as The other woman
In the Grease
Movie · as Physical Culture teacher
Book Bozo
Movie
A Dangerous Peach
Movie · as Mrs. Wilson
Fair But Foolish
Movie
My Swedie
Movie · as Ethel Lorraine
A Taxi War
Movie
The Last Man on Earth
Movie · as A Millionairess (uncredited)
Bright Lights
Movie