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