Anita Garvin

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1906-02-11 (88 years old)

Deathday

1994-07-07

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Anita 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 Car...

Acting

1926

Raggedy Rose

as Janice

1926

Move Along

as Rich girl with roses

1927

Many Scrappy Returns

as Wellington's Wife

1927

1929

Off to Buffalo

as Mrs. Brown

1929

Stepping Out

as The Date

1931

Be Big!

as Mrs. Laurel

1928

Their Purple Moment

as Oliver's Girlfriend

1930

Blotto

as Mrs. Laurel

1927

Sailors, Beware!

as Madame Ritz

1927

Why Girls Love Sailors

as Captain's Wife

1927

With Love and Hisses

as Captain Bustle's 1st girlfriend

1930

Whispering Whoopee

as Miss Garvin

1927

Baby Brother

as Amorous nursemaid

1925

The Sleuth

as The other woman

1936

Sleepless Hollow

as Harry's Wife

1932

Show Business

as Anita Garvin

1933

Asleep in the Feet

as Dance Hall Hostess

1929

1929

Going Ga-Ga

as Anita

1938

Swiss Miss

as Tradesman's wife

1931

Murder at Midnight

as Party Guest (uncredited)

1929

Trent's Last Case

as Ottilie Dunois

1925

In the Grease

as Physical Culture teacher

1928

Roaming Romeo

as The Princess

1929

The Single Standard

as Packy's Jealous Girlfriend at Art Exhibition (uncredited)

1929

Our Modern Maidens

as Bridesmaid (uncredited)

1924

The Last Man on Earth

as A Millionairess (uncredited)

1925

A Dangerous Peach

as Mrs. Wilson

1937

1930

Sally

as Party Guest (uncredited)

1929

On With the Show!

as Chorine (uncredited)

1927

Upstream

as Theatre Audience Admirer at Stage Door

1940

A Chump at Oxford

as Mrs. Vandevere (uncredited)

1931

The Skulls

as Señora Laurel

1931

The Chiselers

as Mme. Laurel

1927

Two-Time Mama

as Mrs. Dazzle

1934

Merry Wives of Reno

as Male-Seeking Woman in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)

1928

From Soup to Nuts

as Mrs. Culpepper

1927

The Battle of the Century

as Slips on pie (uncredited)

1932

Yoo-Hoo

as Anita

1928

The Play Girl

as Millie

1927

1926

1927

Hats Off

as Customer at top of stairs

1929

The Charlatan

as Mrs. Paynter

1929

Dynamite

as Undetermined Role (uncredited)

1929

1940

Bested by a Beard

as Mrs. Vivian Errol

1927

Assistant Wives

as Gwendolyn - the Flapjack Queen

1933

His Silent Racket

as Mrs. Finlayson

1929

Modern Love

as Mrs. Weston - the Brunette

1925

My Swedie

as Ethel Lorraine

1927

Fighting Fathers

as Mrs. Sniffleblaster

1939

Truth Aches

as Mrs. Errol

1932

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