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- Birth nameAnna Marie Stewart
- Height1.65 m
- Anita Stewart was born on February 7, 1895 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress and producer, known for La baigneuse inconnue (1919), La Sacrifiée (1919) and The Lodge in the Wilderness (1926). She was married to George Peabody Converse and Rudolph Cameron. She died on May 4, 1961 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.
- SpousesGeorge Peabody Converse(July 24, 1929 - 1946) (divorced)Rudolph Cameron(1917 - 1928) (divorced)
- RelativesGeorge Stewart(Sibling)
- Sister of actor/director George Stewart and actress Lucille Lee Stewart.
- Attended and graduated from Erasmus High School in Brooklyn, New York.
- American silent screen star. Entered films with Vitagraph in Brooklyn at the age of sixteen. Romantically partnered on screen with Earle Williams. Had her own, short-lived production company with Louis B. Mayer around the time of her best-known film, Bonheur en péril (1918). Under contract with First National from 1919. Remained a major draw card with movie audiences throughout the 1920s. Retired in 1928 with the advent of sound as one of the wealthiest women in Hollywood.
- According to an article in Pantomime magazine (October 12, 1921, p. 17), she owned an English bulldog named King Casey who appeared in at least one of the films she made with Edwin Carewe in 1921.
- She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6724 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on February 8, 1960.
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