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