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- Birth nameAnna Keppen
- Anita King was born on August 14, 1884 in Michigan City, Indiana, USA. She was an actress, known for The Girl of the Golden West (1915), Anton the Terrible (1916) and The Girl Angle (1917). She was married to Thomas Morrison McKenna, James Stuart McKnight and Timothy McKenna. She died on June 10, 1963 in Hollywood, California, USA.
- SpousesThomas Morrison McKenna(June 7, 1933 - February 22, 1942) (his death)James Stuart McKnight(March 1919 - October 6, 1927) (divorced)Timothy McKenna(? - c. 1945) (his death)
- The Paramount film The Race (1916) included scenes filmed during her 1915 solo cross-country trek from San Francisco, CA, to New York City.
- A race car driver before she turned to acting in 1915, with the backing of Paramount Pictures boss Jesse L. Lasky, she achieved major national celebrity status when she became the first woman to drive a car alone across the US.
- On several occasions played racing drivers in her films, doing all her own stunt work.
- Silent-screen actress.
- Tagged "The Paramount Girl", the dark-haired King worked in several films directed by Cecil B. DeMille.
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