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

Born: New York City, New York, USA, 1906-02-11

Died: 1994-07-07

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1924	Bright Lights		0
2	1924	The Last Man on Earth	A Millionairess (uncredited)	60
3	1925	A Dangerous Peach	Mrs. Wilson	0
4	1925	In the Grease	Physical Culture teacher	0
5	1925	The Sleuth	The other woman	58
6	1925	Book Bozo		60
7	1925	A Taxi War		0
8	1925	Fair But Foolish		0
9	1925	My Swedie	Ethel Lorraine	0
10	1926	For Sadie's Sake		0
11	1926	Creeps		0
12	1926	Move Along	Rich girl with roses	62
13	1926	Raggedy Rose	Janice	55
14	1926	Bertha the Sewing Machine Girl	Flo Mason	0
15	1927	The Motor Boat Demon	Colleen	0
16	1927	Many Scrappy Returns	Wellington's Wife	0
17	1927	Two-Time Mama	Mrs. Dazzle	60
18	1927	Upstream	Theatre Audience Admirer at Stage Door	58
19	1927	Forgotten Sweeties		30
20	1927	Baby Brother	Amorous nursemaid	62
21	1927	Why Girls Love Sailors	Captain's Wife	57
22	1927	With Love and Hisses	Captain Bustle's 1st girlfriend	61
23	1927	Sailors, Beware!	Madame Ritz	68
24	1927	Hats Off	Customer at top of stairs	63
25	1927	Assistant Wives	Gwendolyn - the Flapjack Queen	0
26	1927	Fighting Fathers	Mrs. Sniffleblaster	0
27	1927	Never the Dames Shall Meet	Edna's Sister	0
28	1927	The Battle of the Century	Slips on pie (uncredited)	68
29	1928	From Soup to Nuts	Mrs. Culpepper	66
30	1928	The Play Girl	Millie	0
31	1928	Fandango		0
32	1928	Their Purple Moment	Oliver's Girlfriend	65
33	1928	Roaming Romeo	The Princess	0
34	1928	Imagine My Embarrassment		0
35	1928	Feed 'em and Weep		56
36	1929	Going Ga-Ga	Anita	68
37	1929	A Pair of Tights	Anita	76
38	1929	Off to Buffalo	Mrs. Brown	0
39	1929	Trent's Last Case	Ottilie Dunois	0
40	1929	The Charlatan	Mrs. Paynter	43
41	1929	Movie Night		60
42	1929	On With the Show!	Chorine (uncredited)	50
43	1929	Modern Love	Mrs. Weston - the Brunette	0
44	1929	The Single Standard	Packy's Jealous Girlfriend at Art Exhibition (uncredited)	62
45	1929	Our Modern Maidens	Bridesmaid (uncredited)	59
46	1929	Hunting the Hunter		0
47	1929	Stepping Out	The Date	50
48	1929	Red Hot Rhythm	Mable	0
49	1929	Dynamite	Undetermined Role (uncredited)	64
50	1930	Sally	Party Guest (uncredited)	67
51	1930	Blotto	Mrs. Laurel	72
52	1930	Whispering Whoopee	Miss Garvin	58
53	1931	Be Big!	Mrs. Laurel	67
54	1931	The Chiselers	Mme. Laurel	66
55	1931	The Skulls	Señora Laurel	61
56	1931	Murder at Midnight	Party Guest (uncredited)	54
57	1932	The Hollywood Handicap		0
58	1932	Show Business	Anita Garvin	60
59	1932	Yoo-Hoo	Anita	0
60	1932	The Millionaire Cat	Natalie	0
61	1933	Asleep in the Feet	Dance Hall Hostess	10
62	1933	His Silent Racket	Mrs. Finlayson	100
63	1934	Merry Wives of Reno	Male-Seeking Woman in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)	48
64	1936	While the Cat's Away	Emma	0
65	1936	Sleepless Hollow	Harry's Wife	0
66	1937	Topper		67
67	1938	Swiss Miss	Tradesman's wife	62
68	1939	Home Boner		0
69	1939	Truth Aches	Mrs. Errol	0
70	1940	A Chump at Oxford	Mrs. Vandevere (uncredited)	69
71	1940	Bested by a Beard	Mrs. Vivian Errol	0
72	1940	Sunk by the Census		0
73	1940	He Asked for It		0
74	2023	Laurel & Hardy: Year One		100
75	2024	Laurel & Hardy: Year Two		100

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Year

Title

Role

Vote Average

1924