Anita Louise

Anita Louise
from the trailer for the film The Firebird (1934)
Born	Anita Louise Fremault January 9, 1915(1915-01-09) New York City, New York, U.S.
Died	April 25, 1970(1970-04-25) (aged 55) West Los Angeles, California
Other names	Anita Fremault
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1921–1970
Spouse	Buddy Adler (m. 1940–1960) «start: (1940)–end+1: (1961)»"Marriage: Buddy Adler to Anita Louise" Location: (linkback://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_Louise) (his death) Henry Berger (m. 1962–1970) «start: (1962)–end+1: (1971)»"Marriage: Henry Berger to Anita Louise" Location: (linkback://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_Louise)

Anita Louise (January 9, 1915 – April 25, 1970) was an American film actress.

Life and career

Born Anita Louise Fremault in New York, New York, she 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, and was highly regarded for her delicate features and blonde hair.

As her stature in Hollywood grew, she was named as a WAMPAS Baby Star, and was frequently described as one of cinema's most fashionable and stylish women. Her reputation was further enhanced by her role as Hollywood society hostess, with her parties attended by the elite of Hollywood, and widely and regularly reported in the news media.

Among her film successes were Madame Du Barry (1934), A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935), The Story of Louis Pasteur (1935), Anthony Adverse (1936), Marie Antoinette (1938), The Sisters (1938), and The Little Princess (1939).

By the 1940s, she 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, Nell McLaughlin, in the CBS television series My Friend Flicka from 1956–1957, with co-stars Johnny Washbrook, Gene Evans, and Frank Ferguson.

Louise virtually retired after My Friend Flicka, which was rebroadcast thereafter for a generation. Her husband of twenty years, the film producer Buddy Adler, died in 1960. Anita Louise died from a stroke in Los Angeles, California, at the age of fifty-five and was interred next to Adler at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.

She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in recognition of her contribution to Motion Pictures at 6801 Hollywood Boulevard.

Filmography

in The Little Princess (1939)

With Roger Pryor in Glamour for Sale (1940)

Film

Television

• Stars Over Hollywood (1950) 1 episode
• Your Favorite Story (1953)
• The Ford Television Theatre (1952–1955) - Marie McCoy, Mother
• Lux Video Theatre (1955)
• My Friend Flicka (1956) - Nell McLaughlin
• Ethel Barrymore Theatre (1956)
• The Millionaire (1957) - Nancy Wellington
• Playhouse 90 (1957) - Mabel Seymour Greer
• Letter to Loretta (1957) - Laura
• The United States Steel Hour (1962) - Mrs. McCabe
• Mannix (1969) - Althea Greene
• The Mod Squad (1970)

External links

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Biography portal

• Anita Louise at the Internet Movie Database
• Anita Louise at AllRovi
• Anita Louise at the TCM Movie Database
• Photographs and literature
• "Anita Louise". Find a Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8135. Retrieved September 14, 2010.