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Anita Garvin


Anita Garvin

Birthday:

02/11/1906

Place of birth:

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."


Credits

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