Anita Louise
Biography
Anita Louise (January 9, 1915 – April 25, 1970) was an American actress who made her acting debut on Broadway at the age of six, and within a year was appearing regularly in Hollywood films. By her late teens she was being cast in leading and supporting roles in major productions. As her stature in Hollywood grew, she was named as a WAMPAS Baby Star.
Among her film successes were Madame Du Barry, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Story of Louis Pasteur, Anthony Adverse, Marie Antoinette, The Sisters, and The Little Princess.
By the 1940s, Louise was reduced to minor roles and acted very infrequently until the advent of television in the 1950s provided her with further opportunities. In middle age she played one of her most widely seen roles as the gentle mother on My Friend Flicka.
Filmography
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988
as Self (archive footage)
The Greer Case
1957
as Mabel Seymour Greer
Retreat, Hell!
1952
as Ruth Hansen
Bulldog Drummond at Bay
1947
as Doris Hamilton / Doris Meredith
Blondie's Big Moment
1947
as Miss Gray
Shadowed
1946
as Carol Johnson
Personality Kid
1946
as Laura Howard
The Devil's Mask
1946
as Janet Mitchell
The Bandit of Sherwood Forest
1946
as Lady Catherine Maitland
Love Letters
1945
as Helen Wentworth
The Fighting Guardsman
1945
as Amelie de Montrevel
Casanova Brown
1944
as Madge Ferris
Nine Girls
1944
as Paula Canfield
Dangerous Blondes
1943
as Julie Taylor
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
1942
as Herself
Harmon of Michigan
1941
as Peggy Adams
Two in a Taxi
1941
as Bonnie
The Phantom Submarine
1940
as Madeleine Neilson
The Villain Still Pursued Her
1940
as Mary Wilson
Glamour for Sale
1940
as Ann Powell
Wagons Westward
1940
as Phyllis O'Conover
Reno
1939
as Mrs. Joanne Ryder
Main Street Lawyer
1939
as Honey Boggs
Hero for a Day
1939
as Sylvia Higgins