Geneva Mitchell
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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.
Acting
Movie
Morning Glory
as Miss Hall
1933
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Millie
as Clara Roscoe (uncredited)
1931
Movie
Night World
as Florabelle (uncredited)
1932
Movie
Pop Goes the Easel
as Model in Black Gown (uncredited)
1935
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Restless Knights
as Anne, Queen of Anesthesia
1935
Movie
Skyscraper Souls
as Mrs. Kyne
1932
Movie
Big City Blues
as Gossip at 55 Club (uncredited)
1932
Movie
Ann Vickers
as Leah Burbaum (uncredited)
1933
Movie
The World Gone Mad
as Evelyn Henderson
1933
Movie
The Defense Rests
as Mitchell's Receptionist
1934
Movie
Air Hawks
as Gertie Dunlap
1935
Movie
The Big Gamble
as Trixie, North's Companion
1931
Movie
Faithless
as Party Guest
1932
Movie
The Devil Is Driving
as Nellie (uncredited)
1932
Movie
Back Pay
as Babe
1930
Movie
Follow Thru
as Woman in Ladies' Locker Room (uncredited)
1930
Movie
Working Girls
as Maizie (uncredited)
1931
Movie
Son of the Gods
as Connie (uncredited)
1930
Movie
Only Yesterday
as Patty
1933
Movie
This Side of Heaven
as Nurse Healy (uncredited)
1934
Movie
The Girl from Calgary
as Dolores Baker (uncredited)
1932
Movie
False Faces
as Florence Day
1932
Movie
I Am Suzanne!
as Fifi
1933
Movie
Good Sport
as Party Girl
1931