Anita Page
Toronto Daily Star, August 13 1931
Anita Page (1910-2008) became a star at the end of the silent film era. At her peak, she was receiving more fan mail than any female star except Greta Garbo. She employed her father as a chauffeur, her mother as a secretary, and her brother as a gym instructor, and she received several marriage proposals from Benito Mussolini.
She retired from acting in 1936, later to return briefly in 1961. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, she appeared in some low-budget horror movies. She was the last living attendee of the first Academy Awards ceremony in 1929.
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