Anita Garvin
Known for Acting · 74 credits
- Born
- 1906-02-11
- Died
- 1994-07-07
- Place of birth
- New York City, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Nita Garvin · Anna Frances "Anita" Garvin · Anna Frances Garvin
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."
Known For
Movies (74)
Topper
1937
Dynamite
1929
as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Yoo-Hoo
1932
as Anita
The Skulls
1931
as Señora Laurel
Blotto
1930
as Mrs. Laurel
Show Business
1932
as Anita Garvin
A Chump at Oxford
1940
as Mrs. Vandevere (uncredited)
Be Big!
1931
as Mrs. Laurel (uncredited)
Swiss Miss
1938
as Tradesman's wife
Their Purple Moment
1928
as Oliver's Girlfriend
On With the Show!
1929
as Chorine (uncredited)
Our Modern Maidens
1929
as Bridesmaid (uncredited)
Trent's Last Case
1929
as Ottilie Dunois
Movie Night
1929
Sally
1930
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Hats Off
1927
as Customer at top of stairs
Upstream
1927
as Theatre Audience Admirer at Stage Door
Baby Brother
1927
as Amorous nursemaid
The Play Girl
1928
as Millie
Sailors, Beware!
1927
as Madame Ritz
The Charlatan
1929
as Mrs. Paynter
Move Along
1926
as Rich girl with roses
The Battle of the Century
1927
as Slips on pie (uncredited)
Sunk by the Census
1940
Why Girls Love Sailors
1927
as Captain's Wife
Merry Wives of Reno
1934
as Male-Seeking Woman in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
Bertha the Sewing Machine Girl
1926
as Flo Mason
The Single Standard
1929
as Packy's Jealous Girlfriend at Art Exhibition (uncredited)
Forgotten Sweeties
1927
Murder at Midnight
1931
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Modern Love
1929
as Mrs. Weston - the Brunette
A Pair of Tights
1929
as Anita
My Swedie
1925
as Ethel Lorraine
The Chiselers
1931
as Mme. Laurel
Going Ga-Ga
1929
as Anita
The Last Man on Earth
1924
as A Millionairess (uncredited)
Laurel & Hardy: Year Two
2024
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Two-Time Mama
1927
as Mrs. Dazzle
Raggedy Rose
1926
as Janice
Fighting Fathers
1927
as Mrs. Sniffleblaster
Feed 'em and Weep
1928
Whispering Whoopee
1930
as Miss Garvin
Fair But Foolish
1925
With Love and Hisses
1927
as Captain Bustle's 1st girlfriend
The Sleuth
1925
as The other woman
His Silent Racket
1933
as Mrs. Finlayson
Red Hot Rhythm
1929
as Mable
From Soup to Nuts
1928
as Mrs. Culpepper
Asleep in the Feet
1933
as Dance Hall Hostess
The Hollywood Handicap
1932
Stepping Out
1929
as The Date
While the Cat's Away
1936
as Emma
Home Boner
1939
Off to Buffalo
1929
as Mrs. Brown
A Taxi War
1925
Creeps
1926
Assistant Wives
1927
as Gwendolyn - the Flapjack Queen
Truth Aches
1939
as Mrs. Errol
In the Grease
1925
as Physical Culture teacher
Many Scrappy Returns
1927
as Wellington's Wife
Imagine My Embarrassment
1928
The Motor Boat Demon
1927
as Colleen
Bright Lights
1924
Book Bozo
1925
The Millionaire Cat
1932
as Natalie
Roaming Romeo
1928
as The Princess
Sleepless Hollow
1936
as Harry's Wife
Bested by a Beard
1940
as Mrs. Vivian Errol
Fandango
1928
He Asked for It
1940
A Dangerous Peach
1925
as Mrs. Wilson
Hunting the Hunter
1929
For Sadie's Sake
1926
Never the Dames Shall Meet
1927
as Edna's Sister
About 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 too… With 74 credits spanning from 1924 to 2024, Anita Garvin has appeared in 74 films and 0 TV shows.
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- Topper (1937)
- Dynamite (1929) — as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
- Yoo-Hoo (1932) — as Anita
- The Skulls (1931) — as Señora Laurel
- Blotto (1930) — as Mrs. Laurel
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