Geneva Mitchell

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Geneva Mitchell
Born	February 3, 1908(1908-02-03) Medarysville, Indiana  United States
Died	March 10, 1949 (aged 41) Los Angeles, California  United States
Years active	1929-1946

Geneva Mitchell (February 3, 1908 – March 10, 1949), was an American film actress. She appeared in over 70 films between 1929 and 1946.

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, startling her. Naturally, the Stooges mimic her every startled move. This hilarious footage would be reused six years later in In the Sweet Pie and Pie.

Poor health curtailed Mitchell's career after 1936, as she appeared in only one film throughout the 1940s. She passed away in Los Angeles, California in 1949.

Mitchell was the fiancée of actor/director Lowell Sherman.

[edit] Selected filmography

• Andy Plays Hookey (1946)
• The Cattle Thief (1936)
• The Crime Patrol (1936)
• Lawless Riders (1935)
• Honeymoon Bridge (1935)
• She Married Her Boss (1935)
• It Always Happens (1935)
• Hoi Polloi (1935)
• Pop Goes the Easel (1935)
• His Bridal Sweet (1935)
• Restless Knights (1935)
• The Captain Hates the Sea (1934)
• The Hell Cat (1934)
• I Am Suzanne (1933)
• The Devil Is Driving (1932)
• Working Girls (1931)
• The Doctor's Wife (1930)

[edit] External links

• Geneva Mitchell at the Internet Movie Database

Persondata
NAME	Mitchell, Geneva
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Actor
DATE OF BIRTH	1908-2-3
PLACE OF BIRTH	Medarysville, Indiana  United States
DATE OF DEATH	1949-3-10
PLACE OF DEATH	Los Angeles, California  United States