Anita Garvin

Anita Garvin

actress

Anita Garvin was born on Feb 11, 1906 in USA. Anita Garvin's big-screen debut came with The Last Man on Earth directed by John G. Blystone in 1924. Anita Garvin is known for A Chump at Oxford directed by Alfred J. Goulding, Stan Laurel stars as Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy as Oliver Hardy. The upcoming new movie Anita Garvin plays is A Chump at Oxford which will be released on Feb 16, 1940.

Anita Frances Garvin was born in the Hell's Kitchen area of New York, the youngest of 3 children to Ann Frances Donovan, who was half Irish and half Blackfoot Indian, and Edward Garvin, an engineer who was killed in an accident when Anita was 6. By the age of 12 she was 5' 6", enabling her to pass for 16 and get a job in a Mack Sennett bathing beauty stage show. Later she became a Ziegfeld Girl in the Follies but, having always been interested in films, left when the touring company of Sally arrived in California in 1924 to try to find work in films. Her good looks and ability soon got her work in comedies produced by the Christie Film Company and Educational Pictures. In 1925 she was hired by producer

  • Birthday

    Feb 11, 1906
  • Place of Birth

    New York City, New York, USA

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