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