Anita Page
Acting
Born August 4, 1910, Flushing, New York, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Anita Page (August 4, 1910 – September 6, 2008), born Anita Evelyn Pomares, was an American film actress who reached stardom in the last years of the silent film era. She became a highly popular young star, reportedly receiving the most fan mail of anyone on the MGM lot. Page was referred to as "a blond, blue-eyed Latin" and "the girl with the most beautiful face in Hollywood" in the 1920s. She retired from acting in 1936 at the age of 23. In a 2004 interview with author Scott Feinberg, Page claimed that her refusal to meet demands for sexual favors by MGM head of production Irving Thalberg, supported by studio chief Louis B. Mayer, is what truly ended her career. She said that Mayer colluded with the other studio bosses to ban her and other uncooperative actresses from finding work. Page returned to acting sixty years later in 1996, and appeared in four films in the 2000s. She died in September 2008 at the age of 98.
Filmography
- 2016The Crawling Brain — Anita Kroger
- 2010Frankenstein Rising — Elizabeth Frankenstein
- 2000Witchcraft XI: Sisters in Blood — Sister Seraphina
- 1996Sunset After Dark — Anita Bronson
- 1964The Big Parade of Comedy — Vivian Truffle in 'Reducing' (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1961The Runaway — Nun
- 1936Hitch Hike To Heaven — Claudia Revelle
- 1933I Have Lived — Jean St. Clair
- 1933Jungle Bride — Doris Evans
- 1933Soldiers of the Storm — Natalie
- 1933The Big Cage — Lilian Langley
- 1932Are You Listening? — Sally O'Neil
- 1932Night Court — Mary Thomas
- 1932Prosperity — Helen Praskins Warren
- 1932Skyscraper Souls — Jenny LeGrande
- 1932Under Eighteen — Sophie
- 1931Gentleman's Fate — Ruth Corrigan
- 1931Reducing — Vivian Truffle
- 1931Sidewalks of New York — Margie
- 1931The Easiest Way — Peg Murdock
- 1930Caught Short — Genevieve Jones
- 1930Free and Easy — Elvira
- 1930Little Accident — Isabel
- 1930Our Blushing Brides — Connie Blair
- 1930War Nurse — Joy Meadows
- 1929Navy Blues — Alice Brown
- 1929Our Modern Maidens — Kentucky
- 1929Speedway — Patricia 'Pat' Bonner
- 1929The Broadway Melody — Queenie Mahoney
- 1929The Flying Fleet — Anita Hastings
- 1928Our Dancing Daughters — Ann 'Annikins'
- 1928Telling the World — Chrystal Malone
- 1928While the City Sleeps — Myrtle Sullivan
- 1926Love 'Em and Leave 'Em — (uncredited)
- 1925A Kiss for Cinderella
Appearances as themselves (9)
- 2002Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star — Self - Actress / Crawford Co-Star
- 1998Creaturealm: From the Dead — Herself
- 1998Hollywood Mortuary — Herself
- 1972Hollywood: The Dream Factory — Self (archive footage)
- 1931The Christmas Party — Herself
- 1931We’re Switching to Hollywood — Self (uncredited)
- 1930Estrellados — Self (Guest Appearance at Premiere)
- 1930The Voice of Hollywood No. 3 — Herself
- 1929The Hollywood Revue of 1929 — Self