- Legend has it that when she was 12 she bought makeup, shoes with heels, and a pretty dress to make her look older, walked into an agent's office claiming to be 16, and was signed up.
- Dark-haired beauty, best known for her portrayals of a shrewish wife in Laurel (Stan Laurel) & Hardy (Oliver Hardy) films. Retired in the early 1940's.
- Anita Garvin and her husband, musician Clifford Red Stanley, are listed in the 1940 census living at 1540-1/2 McCadden Place in Los Angeles, California, with their children, 8-year-old Patricia Stanley and 5-year-old Edward Stanley.
- Father was killed in an accident while surveying the banks of the Hudson River.
- Interviewed in "Talking to the Piano Player: Silent Film Stars, Writers and Directors Remember" by Stuart Oderman (BearManor Media).
- She made11 films with Laurel and Hardy,.
- Anita's sister sometimes called Anita by the nickname "Frankie" due to her middle name being Frances.
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