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."

Date of Birth : 1906-02-11

Place of Birth : New York City, New York, USA

Anita Garvin

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Movies

Raggedy Rose
Move Along
Many Scrappy Returns
Forgotten Sweeties
Never the Dames Shall Meet
Imagine My Embarrassment
Stepping Out
Be Big!
Their Purple Moment
Blotto
Sailors, Beware!
Why Girls Love Sailors
With Love and Hisses
Bertha the Sewing Machine Girl
Whispering Whoopee
Baby Brother
The Sleuth
Show Business
Asleep in the Feet
A Pair of Tights
Trent's Last Case
The Single Standard
Movie Night
Our Modern Maidens
Murder at Midnight
Swiss Miss
The Last Man on Earth
Topper
Sally
On With the Show!
Upstream
A Chump at Oxford
Los calaveras
Les Carottiers
Two-Time Mama
Merry Wives of Reno
From Soup to Nuts
The Battle of the Century
While the Cat's Away
The Play Girl
Hats Off
The Charlatan
Dynamite
Red Hot Rhythm
Bested by a Beard
Assistant Wives
Fair But Foolish
His Silent Racket
Modern Love
Laurel & Hardy: Year One
Laurel & Hardy: Year Two

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