Geneva Mitchell
Actor
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
Millie
as Clara Roscoe (uncredited) 1931
Night World
as Florabelle (uncredited) 1932
Pop Goes the Easel
as Model in Black Gown (uncredited) 1935
Restless Knights
as Anne, Queen of Anesthesia 1935
Skyscraper Souls
as Mrs. Kyne 1932
Ann Vickers
as Leah Burbaum (uncredited) 1933
Big City Blues
as Gossip at 55 Club (uncredited) 1932
The World Gone Mad
as Evelyn Henderson 1933
The Defense Rests
as Mitchell's Receptionist 1934
Air Hawks
as Gertie Dunlap 1935
The Big Gamble
as Trixie, North's Companion 1931
Faithless
as Party Guest 1932
The Devil Is Driving
as Nellie (uncredited) 1932
Back Pay
as Babe 1930
Working Girls
as Maizie (uncredited) 1931
Son of the Gods
as Connie (uncredited) 1930