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Actor Born: August 4, 1910 in Flushing, NY Death: August 6, 2008 Biography:Of Spanish extraction, petite blonde leading lady "Anita Page" entered films as an extra in 1924. Graduating to larger roles fairly rapidly, Page is best remembered as Ann, the mercenary jazz-baby who tricks millionaire "Johnny Mack Brown" into marriage, gets royally drunk, then tumbles down a huge flight of stairs to her death in the silent "Our Dancing Daughters" (1928). Page and her "Dancing Daughters" co-stars "Joan Crawford" and "Dorothy Sebastian" starred in two follow-ups (but not sequels), "Our Modern Maidens" (1929) and "Our Blushing Brides" (1930), but only Crawford went on to lasting fame. Making a graceful transition to talkies, Page did some nice work as "Bessie Love"'s headstrong sister in the Oscar-winning "Broadway Melody" (1929), and proved a sprightly heroine for "Buster Keaton" in "Free and Easy" (1930) and "Sidewalks of New York" (1931). After her MGM contract came to an end in... Full Biography
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