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Anita Colby

Anita Colby

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Born August 5, 1914 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Died March 27, 1992

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Anita Colby (August 5, 1914 – March 27, 1992) was an actress and model.

Colby was born Anita Counihan, the daughter of the cartoonist, Bud Counihan, a legendary figure among New York City artists and newsmen, in Washington, D.C. Early in her career, at $50 an hour, she was the highest paid model at the time. She was nicknamed "The Face" and appeared on numerous billboards and ads, many of them for cigarette advertisers.

She moved to Hollywood from New York in 1935 and changed her name to Colby. She had a bit part in Mary of Scotland (1936) and other B movies but her acting career never took off. After two years, she returned to New York and became an ad salesperson for Harper's Bazaar. She made her name in Hollywood almost ten years after leaving films when she worked on a nationwide advertising campaign for the film Cover Girl (1944), which she also appeared in. She began acting in films again in the 1940s, including Brute Force (1947).

Colby was hired by David O. Selznick in the 1940s to teach contract actresses, such as Jennifer Jones, about beauty, poise, and publicity. Her job title was Feminine Director of Selznick International Pictures. She worked closely with Selznick's top actresses, such as Jennifer Jones, Ingrid Bergman, Shirley Temple, Dorothy McGuire, and Joan Fontaine. Colby later hosted the television program The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse in 1954. Colby also invented a chair convertible to inclined bed (U.S. patent 2690209), which was filed in 1952 and issued in 1954. She was a devout Roman Catholic. She died of lung disease, aged 77.

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Filmography

Actor

19

Type

Year

The Young Set TV Series1965

Girl Talk Poster

Girl Talk TV Series1963

The Merv Griffin Show Poster

The Merv Griffin Show TV Series1962

The DuPont Show of the Week Poster

The DuPont Show of the Week TV Series1961

The Cassini Show TV Series1954

Person to Person Poster

Person to Person TV Series1953

The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse Poster

The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse TV Series1953

The Christophers TV Series1952

Today TV Series1952

Footlights and Kleiglights TV Series1951

Maggi's Private Wire TV Series1949

The Eyes Have It TV Series1948

We, the People TV Series1948

Brute Force Poster

Brute Force Feature Film1947

Cover Girl Poster

Cover Girl Feature Film1944

China Passage Poster

China Passage Feature Film1937

Mary of Scotland Poster

Mary of Scotland Feature Film1936

The Bride Walks Out Poster

The Bride Walks Out Feature Film1936

Walking on Air Poster

Walking on Air Feature Film1936

Other Crew

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Cover Girl Poster

Cover Girl Feature Film1944

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