Anita Louise

Anita Louise Born: Anita Louise Fremault January 9, 1915 New York City, U.S. Died April 25, 1970 (aged 55) West Los Angeles, U.S. Resting place Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale Other names Anita Fremault Occupation Actress Years active 1921–1970 Spouses Buddy Adler, Producer (m. 1940; died 1960) Henry Berger (lawyer) (m. 1962) Children 2 Anita Louise (born Anita Louise Fremault; January 9, 1915 – April 25, 1970) was an American film and television actress best known for her performances in A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935), The Story of Louis Pasteur (1935), Anthony Adverse (1936), Marie Antoinette (1938) and The Little Princess (1939). She was named as a WAMPAS Baby Star, and frequently described as one of the cinema's more fashionable and stylish women. Louise had delicate features and blonde hair, with ageless grace, which saw her through 30 years in film, beginning as a child actress before becoming a featured player during Hollywood's Golden Age. Life and career Louise was born on January 9, 1915, in New York City, the daughter of Louis Fremault and Ann Fremault. She attended the Professional Children's School. She made her acting debut on Broadway at the age of seven, in Peter Ibbetson Within a year, she was appearing regularly in Hollywood films. By her late teens, she was cast in leading and supporting roles in major productions and highly regarded for her delicate features and blonde hair.[citation needed] At age seven, Louise appeared in the film Down to the Sea in Ships (1922). She made her first credited screen debut at the age of nine in the film The Sixth Commandment (1924). In 1929, Louise dropped her surname, billing herself by her first and second names only. As her stature in Hollywood grew, she was named as a WAMPAS Baby Star and frequently was described as one of cinema's more fashionable and stylish women. and was breathtakingly beautiful in person. Her reputation was 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 Just Like Heaven, 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 mostly secondary roles and her film career started to slow. Some of her films during this time are Casanova Brown (1944), Nine Girls (1944), The Bandit of Sherwood Forest (1946), Blondie's Big Moment (1947), and Bulldog Drummond at Bay (1947). Her last appearance in movies was in the 1952 war film Retreat, Hell!. 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 more widely seen roles as the gentle mother Nell McLaughlin in the television series My Friend Flicka from 1956 to 1957, with co-stars Johnny Washbrook, Gene Evans, and Frank Ferguson. Louise was also the substitute host of The Loretta Young Show (1953) when Loretta Young was recuperating from surgery.[citation needed] In 1957, she was host of Theater Time on ABC-TV. Other shows Anita hosted include The United States Steel Hour (1962) and Playhouse 90 (1957). Her last television appearance was in a 1970 episode of the Mod Squad. Personal life and death Louise virtually retired after My Friend Flicka, which was rebroadcast thereafter for a generation. Her husband, film producer Buddy Adler, whom she married on May 18, 1940, died in 1960. They had two children. She married Henry Berger in 1962. Louise died of a stroke on April 25, 1970, in West Los Angeles, California. She was buried next to Adler at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California. She was 55 years old. Louise has a star at 6821 Hollywood Boulevard in the Motion Pictures section of the Hollywood Walk of Fame in recognition of her contribution to films. Filmography Louise in The Little Princess (1939) Anita Louise in The Gorilla (1939) Louise with Roger Pryor in Glamour for Sale (1940) Year Title Role Notes 1934 The Most Precious Thing in Life Patty O'Day 1934 Are We Civilized? Norma Bockner 1934 Madame DuBarry Marie Antoinette 1934 Cross Streets Clara Grattan 1934 I Give My Love Lorna March 1934 Judge Priest Ellie May Gillespie 1934 The Firebird Mariette Pointer 1934 Bachelor of Arts Mimi Smith 1935 Lady Tubbs Wynne Howard 1935 Here's to Romance Lydia Lubov 1935 A Midsummer Night's Dream Titania, Queen of the Fairies 1935 Personal Maid's Secret Diana Abercrombie 1936 The Story of Louis Pasteur Annette Pasteur 1936 Brides Are Like That Hazel Robinson 1936 Anthony Adverse Maria 1937 Green Light Phyllis Dexter 1937 Call It a Day Joan Collett, the maid 1937 The Go Getter Margaret Ricks 1937 That Certain Woman Florence 'Flip' Carson Merrick 1937 First Lady Emmy Page 1937 Tovarich Helene Dupont 1938 My Bill Muriel Colbrook 1938 Marie Antoinette Princesse de Lamballe 1938 The Sisters Helen Elliot Johnson 1938 Going Places Ellen Parker 1939 The Little Princess Rose Hamilton 1939 The Gorilla Norma Denby 1939 These Glamour Girls Daphne 'Daph' Graves 1939 Hero for a Day Sylvia Higgins 1939 Main Street Lawyer Honey Boggs 1939 Reno Mrs. Joanne Ryder 1940 Wagons Westward Phyllis O'Conover 1940 Glamour for Sale Ann Powell 1940 The Villain Still Pursued Her Mary Wilson 1941 The Phantom Submarine Madeline Neilson 1941 Two in a Taxi Bonnie 1941 Harmon of Michigan Peggy Adams 1943 Dangerous Blondes Julie Taylor 1944 Nine Girls Paula Canfield 1944 Casanova Brown Madge Ferris 1945 Love Letters Helen Wentworth 1946 The Fighting Guardsman Amelie de Montrevel 1946 The Bandit of Sherwood Forest Lady Catherine Maitland 1946 The Devil's Mask Janet Mitchell 1946 Personality Kid Laura Howard 1946 Shadowed Carol Johnson 1947 Blondie's Big Moment Miss Gary 1947 Bulldog Drummond at Bay Doris Hamilton 1952 Retreat, Hell! 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