Anita King was born on August 14, 1884 in Michigan City, Indiana, USA as Anna Keppen. She was an actress, known for Carmen (1915), Whatever the Cost (1918) and One Against Many (1919). She was married to Timothy McKenna. She died on June 10, 1963 in Hollywood, California, USA.
On several occasions played racing drivers in her films, invariably doing all her own stunt work.
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She made money from an ad campaign for "Anita King Complexion Cream for Motorists," a product which she claimed had enabled her to make her arduous journey, arriving in New York "with her complexion as fair as when she left Los Angeles.".
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Tagged 'The Paramount Girl', dark-haired Anita King worked in several films directed by Cecil B. DeMille.
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A race car driver before she turned to acting, in 1915, with the backing of Paramount Pictures boss Jesse L. Lasky, she achieved major national celebrity status when she became the first woman to drive a car alone across the United States.
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The Paramount film The Race (1916) included scenes filmed during King's 1915 solo cross-country trek from San Franciso to New York City.