Lita Chevret
Biography
Lita Chevret was an American actress who entered movies around the time sound arrived and worked mainly in minor parts. She was born in Oakland, California, into a show business family, and her parents made sure she studied singing and dance. At 16 she started acting with a stock theater troupe, and she also took part in Berkeley productions by Irving Pichel and in revues by Fanchon and Marco. Dancing led to her first screen job, an uncredited turn in Fox Movietone Follies of 1929. She then had a small unbilled role in Words and Music and appeared in RKO Radio Pictures' Rio Rita, the studio's biggest success that year. RKO signed her to a three-year contract in 1930 and extended it by three more, but her parts stayed small. She chose freelance work after 1936, kept taking bit roles for another five years, and retired in 1941. Her last film was The Philadelphia Story (1940).
92years old at death
- Born Oakland
- Died Palm Springs
- Star sign: GeminiThe sign runs May 21 to June 20
Movie Career
- Films
- 9
- Career span
- 9 years1931 to 1940
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First role
Chevret entered films in 1929 with an uncredited part in Fox Movietone Follies of 1929, a break she got because of her dancing ability.
First role
At 16, Chevret started acting with a stock theater company. She also performed in Fanchon and Marco revues and in Berkeley productions of Irving Pichel.
A change of course
When her RKO contract expired in 1936, Chevret chose not to renew it and tried to become a freelance actress.
Lita Chevret movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
George Cukor directed three of these films. Eight actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Francis X. Bushman Jr.'s page
All films by George Cukor
Also two films together2 more actors
- Lowell ShermanWhat Price Hollywood? (1932) and The Royal Bed (1931)
- Effie EllslerCamille (1936) and What Price Hollywood? (1932)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.