Anita Garvin

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."
Known For: Acting
Birthday: 1906-02-11
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As: Nita Garvin , Anna Frances "Anita" Garvin, Anna Frances Garvin

Movies List of Anita Garvin

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Raggedy Rose

1926 Movie
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Move Along

1926 Movie
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Forgotten Sweeties

1927 Movie
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Many Scrappy Returns

1927 Movie
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Off to Buffalo

1929 Movie
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Stepping Out

1929 Movie
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Be Big!

1931 Movie
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Their Purple Moment

1928 Movie
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Blotto

1930 Movie
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Sailors, Beware!

1927 Movie
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With Love and Hisses

1927 Movie
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Whispering Whoopee

1930 Movie
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Baby Brother

1927 Movie
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The Sleuth

1925 Movie
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Fandango

1928 Movie
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Sleepless Hollow

1936 Movie
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Asleep in the Feet

1933 Movie
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Show Business

1932 Movie
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A Pair of Tights

1929 Movie
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Going Ga-Ga

1929 Movie
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Murder at Midnight

1931 Movie
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Swiss Miss

1938 Movie
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Trent's Last Case

1929 Movie
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In the Grease

1925 Movie
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Our Modern Maidens

1929 Movie
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The Single Standard

1929 Movie
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The Last Man on Earth

1924 Movie
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Roaming Romeo

1928 Movie
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Movie Night

1929 Movie
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Book Bozo

1925 Movie
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A Dangerous Peach

1925 Movie
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Bright Lights

1924 Movie
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Topper

1937 Movie
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Sally

1930 Movie
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On With the Show!

1929 Movie
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Upstream

1927 Movie
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A Chump at Oxford

1940 Movie
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The Chiselers

1931 Movie
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The Skulls

1931 Movie
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Two-Time Mama

1927 Movie
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Feed 'em and Weep

1928 Movie
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Merry Wives of Reno

1934 Movie
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From Soup to Nuts

1928 Movie
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While the Cat's Away

1936 Movie
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Yoo-Hoo

1932 Movie
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The Play Girl

1928 Movie
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The Motor Boat Demon

1927 Movie
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Creeps

1926 Movie
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Hats Off

1927 Movie
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The Charlatan

1929 Movie
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Dynamite

1929 Movie
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Sunk by the Census

1940 Movie
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Red Hot Rhythm

1929 Movie
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Bested by a Beard

1940 Movie
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Assistant Wives

1927 Movie
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Fair But Foolish

1925 Movie
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For Sadie's Sake

1926 Movie
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His Silent Racket

1933 Movie
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Modern Love

1929 Movie