Anita Garvin

born: 11 February 1906 New York City, New York, United States of America

died: 07 July 1994 Los Angeles, California, United States of America (age 88)

American actress who was one of the most popular females in the films of Laurel & Hardy. In real life she was a close friend of Stan Laurel. She retired from the movie business in 1940.

Real name: Anita Frances Garvin Height: 5'6"

Films listed on this page: complete Hal Roach filmography; plus 1 film with Stan Laurel; plus 1 film with Charley Chase.

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1926 Should Husbands Pay? Judge's wife 1926 Raggedy Rose Janice 1927 Many Scrappy Returns Wellington's wife 1927 Two-Time Mama Mrs. Dazzle 1927 The Valley Of Hell [?] [*image is from a still] 1927 Forgotten Sweeties Thurston's wife 1927 Baby Brother Amorous nursemaid 1927 Why Girls Love Sailors Captain's wife 1927 With Love And Hisses Captain Bustle's first girlfriend 1927 Sailors, Beware! Madame Ritz 1927 The Lighter That Failed [?] 1927 The Old Wallop Wheezer's mother 1927 Hats Off Customer at the top of the stairs 1927 Assistant Wives Gwendolyn, the waitress 1927 Fighting Fathers [?] 1927 Never The Dames Shall Meet Edna's sister 1927 The Battle Of The Century Woman who slips on pie 1928 From Soup To Nuts Mrs. Culpepper 1928 Their Purple Moment Ollie's girlfriend 1928 Imagine My Embarrassment [?] 1928 That Night [?] 1928 Feed 'Em And Weep Anita 1929 Going Ga-Ga Anita 1929 A Pair Of Tights Anita 1929 Off To Buffalo [?] 1929 Movie Night [?] 1929 Stepping Out Charley's date 1930 Blotto Mrs. Laurel 1930 Whispering Whoopee Miss Garvin 1931 Be Big! Mrs. Laurel 1931 Los Calaveras  Señora Laurel 1931 Les Carottiers  Madame Laurel 1932 Show Business Herself 1933 Asleep In The Feet Dance hall hostess 1933 His Silent Racket Mrs. Finlayson 1937 Topper Seabreeze hotel guest 1938 Swiss Miss Tradesman's wife 1940 A Chump At Oxford Mrs. Vanderveer ▼ NON-HAL ROACH FILMS 1925 The Sleuth The other woman/Wife's friend 1929 Modern Love The brunette Acknowledgements: *There are sources that list her in "In The Grease". This is wrong. Jesse Brisson (identification of dual role in The Sleuth) This page was last updated on: 23 June 2026