Anita Lhoest(1931-2000)
- Actress
Anita Lhoest was a 1940s swimming champion from California, who, like
many other athletes, got a one-time shot at the movies. Although she
won the role of Daisy Mae for a projected film on Lil Abner (beating
out Marilyn Monroe), the film was never made, and her only claim to
cinematic fame was the Jungle Jim film Captive parmi les fauves (1950).Nevertheless, the
attitude her character displays towards animals in the film was
genuine, and much of her spare time in later years was spent coming to
the aid of animals in distress. Indeed, at her death, the family asked
that instead of flowers, donations be forwarded to the National Humane
Society.
