Anita Colby
Anita Colby | |
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Oyster Bay, Long Island , New York, U.S. | |
Occupation(s) | Model, actress, fashion beauty consultant, writer, furniture designer, inventor |
Years active | 1936–1963 |
Spouse | Palen Flagler (1970–1984; his death) |
Anita Colby (born Anita Counihan; August 5, 1914[1]– March 27, 1992) was an American model, actress, and business consultant.
Biography
Colby was born Anita Counihan, the daughter of Margaret Anne McCarthy and the cartoonist Daniel Francis "Bud" Counihan,[2] a legendary figure among New York City artists and newsmen, in Washington, D.C. Her younger sister Francine Counihan was a model.[3] Early in Colby's 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.[4]
She moved to Hollywood from New York in 1935 and changed her name to Colby. She had a bit part in
Colby was hired by
Colby died of lung disease at her home in Oyster Bay, Long Island, on March 27, 1992, aged 77.[8]
Filmography
- The Christophers (1 episode, 1963)
- The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1954) as Host
- Brute Force (1947) as Flossie
- Cover Girl (1944) as Miss Colby
- China Passage (1937, uncredited) as the Nurse
- Walking on Air (1936) as Ex-Mrs. Fred Randolph
- Mary of Scotland (1936) as Mary Fleming
- The Bride Walks Out (1936, uncredited) as Saleslady
References
- ^ Cleveland Amory, ed. (1959). International Celebrity Register. Vol. 1. Celebrity Register. p. 161.
- ^ Conover, Carole (1978). Cover Girls: The Story of Harry Conover.
- ^ "Cover Girl ... Model Mother". LIFE. Vol. 19, no. 20. November 12, 1945. p. 1.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-688-12659-9 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Model Mothers". LIFE. May 22, 1944. p. 68.
- ^ Gross 1995, p. 50.
- ^ Colby, Anita (1952). Anita Colby's Beauty Book. New York: Prentice-Hall.
- ^ Hevesi, Dennis (March 28, 1992). "Anita Colby, 77, a 'Supermodel' Who Also Wrote on Beauty, Dies". The New York Times. Archived from the original on January 30, 2013. Retrieved July 8, 2008.
External links
- Anita Colby at IMDb