Geneva Mitchell
Born: 1907-02-03 in Medarysville, Indiana, USA
Died: 1949-03-10
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Geneva Mitchell (February 3, 1907 – March 10, 1949) was an American film actress. She appeared in over 70 films between 1929 and 1946. Mitchell started her career on the stage in a musical comedy. At age 17, she was in the choruses of Sally and the Ziegfeld Follies of 1921. She signed a contract with Warner Brothers in October 1929, and with Columbia Pictures in June 1934. Modern viewers will recognize Mitchell from her appearances in the Three Stooges 1935 films Restless Knights, Pop Goes the Easel, and particularly Hoi Polloi. In Hoi Polloi, Mitchell plays a dance instructor who directs the Stooges to "do exactly as I do." Before she begins her dance, a bumblebee lands on her bare back, and then crawls under her dress. She becomes alarmed. Naturally, the Stooges mimic her every startled move. This hilarious footage was to be reused six years later in In the Sweet Pie and Pie.
Filmography
1946
- Andy Plays Hookey as Mrs. Clyde
1936
- The Crime Patrol as Mary Prentiss
- The Cattle Thief as Alice
1935
- Restless Knights as Anne, Queen of Anesthesia
- Death Flies East as Helen Gilbert
- His Bridal Sweet as Mrs.Harry Langdon
- Party Wire as Irene Sherman
- Carnival as Nurse
- Behind the Evidence as Rita Sinclair
- Western Courage as Gloria Hanley
- Night Life of the Gods as Hebe
- Fighting Shadows as Martha Harrison
- Air Hawks as Gertie Dunlap
- Pop Goes the Easel as Model in Black Gown (uncredited)
- Lawless Riders as Edith Adams
- It Always Happens as Mrs. Smith
- His Old Flame
- I Don't Remember as Mrs. Crump
- The Captain Hits the Ceiling as Clara
- Gobs of Trouble
- Honeymoon Bridge
1934
- Girl in Danger as Thornton's Secretary (uncredited)
- The Hell Cat as Minor Role (uncredited)
- Blind Date as Dot
- The Defense Rests as Mitchell's Receptionist
- This Side of Heaven as Nurse Healy (uncredited)
- A Man's Game as Nurse
- Springtime for Henry as Young Lady
1933
- Morning Glory as Miss Hall
- Only Yesterday as Patty
- Ann Vickers as Leah Burbaum (uncredited)
- The World Gone Mad as Evelyn Henderson
- A Man of Sentiment as Doris Russell
- Pleasure Cruise as Ship Passenger (Uncredited)
- Above the Clouds as Mabel
- I Am Suzanne! as Fifi
- Bring 'Em Back a Wife as Daisy Orchid
1932
- Skyscraper Souls as Mrs. Kyne
- Night World as Florabelle (uncredited)
- Big City Blues as Gossip at 55 Club (uncredited)
- Madison Square Garden as Girl at Training Camp (uncredited)
- The Devil Is Driving as Nellie (uncredited)
- Disorderly Conduct as Phoebe Darnton
- Faithless as Party Guest
- Get That Girl as Mme. Nedra Tito
- False Faces as Florence Day
- The Girl from Calgary as Dolores Baker (uncredited)
- What Price Taxi as Jealous Husband's Wife
1931
- Working Girls as Maizie (uncredited)
- The Big Gamble as Trixie, North's Companion
- Millie as Clara Roscoe (uncredited)
- House of Mystery as Sharon Craig
- The Single Sin as Marian
- Good Sport as Party Girl
- The All-American Kickback as Helen Dover - Botany Teacher
1930
- Her Wedding Night as Gloria Marshall
- Son of the Gods as Connie (uncredited)
- Back Pay as Babe
- Follow Thru as Woman in Ladies' Locker Room (uncredited)
- Safety in Numbers as Cleo Carewe