Anita Garvin

Biography

Anita Garvin was an American actress and comedian born in New York City, whose stage career was encouraged by her sisters who were dancers in vaudeville. She began performing at 12 as a bathing beauty and later joined the Ziegfeld Follies, standing out for being the only woman allowed to touch Will Rogers's ropes. Garvin went on to work with comedians Laurel and Hardy and Charley Chase, appearing in over 350 films before her retirement in 1942.