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Anita Page

Birthday: 1910-08-04 | Place of Birth: 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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2010
Frankenstein Rising

as    Elizabeth Frankenstein

1996
Sunset After Dark

as    Anita Bronson

1933
Jungle Bride

as    Doris Evans

1933
The Big Cage

as    Lilian Langley

1932
Skyscraper Souls

as    Jenny LeGrande

1932
Night Court

as    Mary Thomas

1932
Under Eighteen

as    Sophie

1931
The Christmas Party

as    Herself

1931
The Easiest Way

as    Peg Murdock Feliki

1930
War Nurse

as    Joy Meadows

1929
The Flying Fleet

as    Anita Hastings

1929
The Broadway Melody

as    Queenie Mahoney

1929
1928
Our Dancing Daughters

as    Ann 'Annikins'

1928
While the City Sleeps

as    Myrtle Sullivan