20 Facts About Anita Page

Anita Page was referred to as "a blond, blue-eyed Latin" and "the girl with the most beautiful face in Hollywood" in the 1920s.

Anita Page retired from acting in 1936, but made a comeback in 1961, then she retired again.

Anita Page Evelyn Pomares was born on August 4,1910, in Flushing, Queens, New York.

Anita Page's parents were Marino Leo Pomares, who was originally from Brooklyn, and Maude Evelyn Pomares.

Anita Page entered films with the help of friend, actress Betty Bronson.

Anita Page's performance in her second MGM film, Our Dancing Daughters opposite Joan Crawford was a success and it inspired two similar films in which they co-starred, Our Modern Maidens and Our Blushing Brides.

Anita Page transitioned to sound films, although she criticized the total loss of silent films.

Anita Page was one of his early subjects, and her photograph was his first to be published.

Anita Page was the leading lady to Lon Chaney, Buster Keaton, Robert Montgomery, Clark Gable and others.

Anita Page was involved romantically with Gable briefly during that time.

Anita Page made one more movie, Hitch Hike to Heaven, in 1936, and then retired fully from acting.

Later, Anita Page claimed that Irving Thalberg had offered her the starring role in three movies if she would sleep with him, which she refused.

Anita Page married Navy pilot Lieutenant Hershel A House on January 9,1937, in Yuma, Arizona.

Anita Page came back to acting and portrayed a nun in The Runaway, completed in 1961, but she cut short her comeback.

Anita Page returned to acting in 1996 after 35 years of retirement and appeared in several low-budget horror films.

Anita Page was the last living attendee of the first Academy Awards ceremony in 1929, and frequently gave interviews as the "last star of the silents", appearing in documentaries about the era.

Anita Page died in her sleep at the age of 98 on September 6,2008, at her home in Los Angeles, where she had lived with long-time companion Randal Malone.

Anita Page is buried in the Holy Cross Cemetery in San Diego.

Anita Page said she dated Ramon Novarro, her co-star in the 1929 silent film The Flying Fleet, and he asked her to marry him but she turned him down.

Anita Page was a Democrat who supported the campaign of Adlai Stevenson during the 1952 presidential election.