Biography
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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
Cast Credits
Andy Plays Hookey
Character: Mrs. Clyde
MOVIE • 1946
The Cattle Thief
Character: Alice
MOVIE • 1936
The Crime Patrol
Character: Mary Prentiss
MOVIE • 1936
I Don't Remember
Character: Mrs. Crump
MOVIE • 1935
Lawless Riders
Character: Edith Adams
MOVIE • 1935
Western Courage
Character: Gloria Hanley
MOVIE • 1935
Honeymoon Bridge
Character:
MOVIE • 1935
It Always Happens
Character: Mrs. Smith
MOVIE • 1935
Gobs of Trouble
Character:
MOVIE • 1935
The Captain Hits the Ceiling
Character: Clara
MOVIE • 1935
Air Hawks
Character: Gertie Dunlap
MOVIE • 1935
Party Wire
Character: Irene Sherman
MOVIE • 1935
Fighting Shadows
Character: Martha Harrison
MOVIE • 1935
Pop Goes the Easel
Character: Model in Black Gown (uncredited)
MOVIE • 1935
His Bridal Sweet
Character: Mrs.Harry Langdon
MOVIE • 1935
Night Life of the Gods
Character: Hebe
MOVIE • 1935
Death Flies East
Character: Helen Gilbert
MOVIE • 1935
Restless Knights
Character: Anne, Queen of Anesthesia
MOVIE • 1935
Carnival
Character: Nurse
MOVIE • 1935
His Old Flame
Character:
MOVIE • 1935