Born: August 04, 1910
Died: August 06, 2008

Of Spanish extraction, petite blonde leading lady Anita Page entered films as an extra in 1924. Graduating to larger roles fairly rapidly, Page is best remembered as Ann, the mercenary jazz-baby who tricks millionaire Johnny_Mack_Brown into marriage, gets royally drunk, then tumbles down a huge flight of stairs to her death in the silent Our_Dancing_Daughters (1928). Page and her Dancing_Daughters co-stars Joan_Crawford and Dorothy_Sebastian starred in two follow-ups (but not sequels), Our_Modern_Maidens (1929) and Our_Blushing_Brides (1930), but only Crawford went on to lasting fame. Making a graceful transition to talkies, Page did some nice work as Bessie Love's headstrong sister in the Oscar-winning Broadway_Melody (1929), and proved a sprightly heroine for Buster_Keaton in Free and Easy (1930) and Sidewalks of New York (1931). After her MGM contract came to an end in 1932, she made do with independent B-pictures, retiring to get married at the age of 26. Hal Erickson, Rovi

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