← Back

Anita Louise

Anita Louise

Born: 1915-01-09 • New York City, New York, USA

Anita Louise (born January 9, 1915) was an American actress.

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. 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 poster
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988 • Self (archive footage)
The Greer Case poster
The Greer Case
1957 • Mabel Seymour Greer
Retreat, Hell! poster
Retreat, Hell!
1952 • Ruth Hansen
Bulldog Drummond at Bay poster
Bulldog Drummond at Bay
1947 • Doris Hamilton / Doris Meredith
Blondie's Big Moment poster
Blondie's Big Moment
1947 • Miss Gray
Shadowed poster
Shadowed
1946 • Carol Johnson
Personality Kid poster
Personality Kid
1946 • Laura Howard
The Devil's Mask poster
The Devil's Mask
1946 • Janet Mitchell
The Bandit of Sherwood Forest poster
The Bandit of Sherwood Forest
1946 • Lady Catherine Maitland
Love Letters poster
Love Letters
1945 • Helen Wentworth
The Fighting Guardsman poster
The Fighting Guardsman
1945 • Amelie de Montrevel
Casanova Brown poster
Casanova Brown
1944 • Madge Ferris
Nine Girls poster
Nine Girls
1944 • Paula Canfield
Dangerous Blondes poster
Dangerous Blondes
1943 • Julie Taylor
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6 poster
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
1942 • Herself
Harmon of Michigan poster
Harmon of Michigan
1941 • Peggy Adams
Two in a Taxi poster
Two in a Taxi
1941 • Bonnie
The Phantom Submarine poster
The Phantom Submarine
1940 • Madeleine Neilson
The Villain Still Pursued Her poster
The Villain Still Pursued Her
1940 • Mary Wilson
Glamour for Sale poster
Glamour for Sale
1940 • Ann Powell
Wagons Westward poster
Wagons Westward
1940 • Phyllis O'Conover
Reno poster
Reno
1939 • Mrs. Joanne Ryder
Main Street Lawyer poster
Main Street Lawyer
1939 • Honey Boggs
Hero for a Day poster
Hero for a Day
1939 • Sylvia Higgins
These Glamour Girls poster
These Glamour Girls
1939 • Daphne Graves
The Gorilla poster
The Gorilla
1939 • Norma Denby
The Little Princess poster
The Little Princess
1939 • Rose
Going Places poster
Going Places
1938 • Ellen Parker
Breakdowns of 1938 poster
Breakdowns of 1938
1938 • Emmy Page (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Sisters poster
The Sisters
1938 • Helen Elliott Johnson
Marie Antoinette poster
Marie Antoinette
1938 • Princesse de Lamballe
My Bill poster
My Bill
1938 • Muriel Colbrook
Tovarich poster
Tovarich
1937 • Helene Dupont
First Lady poster
First Lady
1937 • Emmy Page
That Certain Woman poster
That Certain Woman
1937 • Florence 'Flip' Carson Merrick
The Go-Getter poster
The Go-Getter
1937 • Margaret Ricks
Call It a Day poster
Call It a Day
1937 • Joan Collett
Green Light poster
Green Light
1937 • Phyllis Dexter
Breakdowns of 1936 poster
Breakdowns of 1936
1936 • Self
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1) poster
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
1936 • Self
Anthony Adverse poster
Anthony Adverse
1936 • Maria
Brides Are Like That poster
Brides Are Like That
1936 • Hazel Robinson
The Making of a Great Motion Picture poster
The Making of a Great Motion Picture
1936
The Story of Louis Pasteur poster
The Story of Louis Pasteur
1936 • Annette Pasteur
A Dream Comes True poster
A Dream Comes True
1935 • Herself (uncredited)
Personal Maid's Secret poster
Personal Maid's Secret
1935 • Diana Abercrombie
A Midsummer Night's Dream poster
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1935 • Titania
Here's to Romance poster
Here's to Romance
1935 • Lydia Lubov
Lady Tubbs poster
Lady Tubbs
1935 • Wynne Howard
The Firebird poster
The Firebird
1934 • Mariette Pointer
Madame du Barry poster
Madame du Barry
1934 • Marie Antoinette
Judge Priest poster
Judge Priest
1934 • Ellie May Gillespie
I Give My Love poster
I Give My Love
1934 • Lorna March
Cross Streets poster
Cross Streets
1934 • June Grattan
Most Precious Thing in Life poster
Most Precious Thing in Life
1934 • Patty O'Day
Are We Civilized? poster
Are We Civilized?
1934 • Norma Bockner
Our Betters poster
Our Betters
1933 • Bessie
The Phantom of Crestwood poster
The Phantom of Crestwood
1932 • Esther Wren
Heaven on Earth poster
Heaven on Earth
1931 • Towhead
The Woman Between poster
The Woman Between
1931 • Helen Weston
Everything’s Rosie poster
Everything’s Rosie
1931 • Rosie Droop
Millie poster
Millie
1931 • Constance 'Connie' Maitland
The Great Meadow poster
The Great Meadow
1931 • Betty Hall
The Third Alarm poster
The Third Alarm
1930 • Milly Morton
Just Like Heaven poster
Just Like Heaven
1930 • Mimi
What a Man poster
What a Man
1930 • Marion Kilbourne
The Florodora Girl poster
The Florodora Girl
1930 • Younger Vibart Daughter
The Marriage Playground poster
The Marriage Playground
1929 • Blanca Wheater
Wonder of Women poster
Wonder of Women
1929 • Lottie, as a child
Square Shoulders poster
Square Shoulders
1929 • Mary Jane
The Spirit of Youth poster
The Spirit of Youth
1929 • Toodles Ewing
A Woman of Affairs poster
A Woman of Affairs
1928 • Young Diana (uncredited)
4 Devils poster
4 Devils
1928 • Louise as a girl
The Untamed Lady poster
The Untamed Lady
1926
The Street of Forgotten Men poster
The Street of Forgotten Men
1925 • Flower Girl (uncredited)
The Sixth Commandment poster
The Sixth Commandment
1924