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Anita Page
Actor
Died September 6, 2008 (98 years)
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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.
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
| 2000 | Witchcraft XI: Sisters in Blood · as Sister Seraphina |
| 1996 | Sunset After Dark · as Anita Bronson |
| 1964 | The Big Parade of Comedy · as Vivian Truffle In 'reducing' (archive Footage) (uncredited) |
| 1961 | The Runaway · as Nun |
| 1936 | The Adventures of Frank Merriwell · as Trapeze Artist |
| 1933 | The Big Cage · as Lilian Langley |
| 1933 | Jungle Bride · as Doris Evans |
| 1932 | Prosperity · as Helen Praskins Warren |
| 1932 | Skyscraper Souls · as Jenny Legrande |
| 1932 | Night Court · as Mary Thomas |
| 1932 | Are You Listening? · as Larry Barnes |
| 1931 | Sidewalks of New York · as Margie |
| 1931 | Gentleman's Fate · as Ruth Corrigan |
| 1931 | The Easiest Way · as Peg Murdock |
| 1931 | Reducing · as Vivian Truffle |
| 1931 | Under Eighteen · as Sophie |
| 1930 | War Nurse · as Joy Meadows |
| 1930 | Our Blushing Brides · as Connie Blair |
| 1930 | Free and Easy · as Elvira |
| 1930 | Great Day · as Cast |
| 1929 | Navy Blues · as Alice Brown |
| 1929 | Our Modern Maidens · as Kentucky |
| 1929 | Speedway · as Patricia 'pat' Bonner |
| 1929 | The Broadway Melody · as Queenie Mahoney |
| 1929 | The Flying Fleet · as Anita Hastings |
| 1928 | While the City Sleeps · as Myrtle Sullivan |
| 1928 | Our Dancing Daughters · as Ann 'annikins' |
| 1926 | Love 'Em and Leave 'Em · as (uncredited) |
| 1925 |