Anita Stewart Biography

Fast Facts

• Began her career as an actress in 1911 at the age of 16 when she joined the Vitagraph Company as an extra
• Quote: "It's a great responsibility, being a producer, you're honestly rather afraid to get to the top․ There are so many to push or pull you off․"
• Founded the production company Anita Stewart Productions with Louis B․ Mayer in 1918 and began producing films for the First National Exhibitors Circuit
• Composed music and wrote lyrics for songs featured in some of the films she produced, including "A Midnight Romance" and "Mary Regan․"
• After retiring from acting, she began making singing appearances on the radio and wrote a mystery novel titled "The Devil's Toy" in 1935
• Best known as a silent film actress and producer who appeared in "A Million Bid," "The Girl Phillippa," and "The Great White Way․"
• A typo in the publicity documents for "The Song Bird of the North" in 1913 featured her name as "Anita" instead of "Anna," and she decided she liked the name enough to continue using it professionally
• Her image was used a collection of paper dolls that was published in an issue of Ladies' World Magazine