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Anita Louise

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Actor
Born:
January 9, 1915 in New York City, NY
Death:
April 25, 1970 in Los Angeles, CA
Biography:Blonde, blue-eyed, Dresden Doll-featured "Anita Louise" was an actress from age 6, appearing with "Walter Hampden" in the Broadway production of Peter Ibbetson. She played juvenile roles in silent pictures, billed as Anita Fremault; in 1929, she dropped her "Fremault" surname, billing herself by her first and second names only. Many of her best screen roles were concentrated in the years 1934-1938. She played Titania in "Midsummer Night's Dream" (1935), the unwed mother of the title character in "Anthony Adverse" (1936), and two famous personages of the French Revolutionary era: Marie Antoinette in "Madame DuBarry" (1934) and the Princess de Lamballe in "Marie Antoinette" (1938). She continued accepting ingenue roles into the 1940s, adding spice to the stew with an occasional villainess (she was the much-hated murder victim in 1944's "Nine Girls").

In 1956, looking as young and fragile as ever, she... Full Biography

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