1906-02-11 ( 119 years old ) in New York City, New York, USA
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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."
Movies
Sunk by the Census
1940-08-06
Bested by a Beard
1940-07-16
A Chump at Oxford
1940-01-25
Swiss Miss
1938-05-20
Topper
1937-07-16
Sleepless Hollow
1936-05-08
While the Cat's Away
1936-01-04
Merry Wives of Reno
1934-04-18
His Silent Racket
1933-04-29
Asleep in the Feet
1933-01-21
Yoo-Hoo
1932-10-04
Show Business
1932-08-20
Murder at Midnight
1931-09-01
The Skulls
1931-04-18
Be Big!
1931-02-07
The Chiselers
1931-02-07
Whispering Whoopee
1930-03-08
Blotto
1930-02-08
Sally
1930-01-12
Dynamite
1929-12-13
Red Hot Rhythm
1929-11-23
Stepping Out
1929-11-02
Our Modern Maidens
1929-09-08
The Single Standard
1929-07-27
Modern Love
1929-07-21
On With the Show!
1929-07-13
Movie Night
1929-05-11
The Charlatan
1929-04-13
Trent's Last Case
1929-03-31
Off to Buffalo
1929-02-16
A Pair of Tights
1929-02-03
Going Ga-Ga
1929-01-05
Feed 'em and Weep
1928-12-08
Imagine My Embarrassment
1928-09-01
Roaming Romeo
1928-07-29
Their Purple Moment
1928-05-19
Fandango
1928-05-05
The Play Girl
1928-04-22
From Soup to Nuts
1928-03-24
The Battle of the Century
1927-12-31
Never the Dames Shall Meet
1927-12-24
Assistant Wives
1927-12-04
Hats Off
1927-11-05
Sailors, Beware!
1927-09-25
With Love and Hisses
1927-08-28
Why Girls Love Sailors
1927-07-17
Baby Brother
1927-06-26
Forgotten Sweeties
1927-04-10
Upstream
1927-01-30
Two-Time Mama
1927-01-29
Many Scrappy Returns
1927-01-09
The Motor Boat Demon
1927-01-02
Bertha the Sewing Machine Girl
1926-12-19
Raggedy Rose
1926-11-06
Move Along
1926-07-24
Creeps
1926-05-30
For Sadie's Sake
1926-01-24
Fair But Foolish
1925-11-29
Book Bozo
1925-08-15
The Sleuth
1925-06-30
In the Grease
1925-06-20
A Dangerous Peach
1925-02-18
The Last Man on Earth
1924-11-02
Bright Lights
1924-09-14
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