and acknowledge Garvin's contributions to film history. The Sons of the Desert — an international fraternal organization devoted to the lives and films of Laurel and Hardy — honored her career at their membership meetings in 1978 and 1989. Five years after her last appearance before The Sons of the Desert, Garvin died at the Motion Picture Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, California. She was survived by her two children, Anita Patricia Stevenson and Edward Garvin Stanley, and by seven grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. She is buried in section E of San Fernando Mission Cemetery in Mission Hills, California. Partial filmography The Last Man on Earth (1924) The Sleuth (1925) Raggedy Rose (1926) Bertha, the Sewing Machine Girl (1926) Why Girls Love Sailors (1927) With Love and Hisses (1927) Sailors Beware (1927) Hats Off (1927) The Valley of Hell (1927) The Battle of the Century (1927) From Soup to Nuts (1928) Their Purple Moment (1928) The Play Girl (1928) Fandango (1928) Night Watch (1928) Feed 'Em and Weep (1928, co-starred with Marion Byron) A Pair of Tights] (1929, co-starred with Marion Byron) Going Ga-Ga (1929, co-starred with Marion Byron) Trent's Last Case (1929) Red Hot Rhythm (1929) Modern Love (1929) The Charlatan (1929) Blotto (1930) Whispering Whoopee (1930) Be Big! (1931) Los calaveras (1931) Yoo-Hoo (1932) Show Business (1932) Swiss Miss (1938) A Chump at Oxford (1940) Cookoo Cavaliers (1940) References and notes Further reading External links Interview angelfire.com 1991 Article by Jesse Green maryellenmark.com 1906 births 1994 deaths 20th-century American actresses Actresses from New York City American film actresses American silent film actresses Burials at San Fernando Mission Cemetery Hal Roach Studios actors Hal Roach Studios short film series Silent film comedians 20th-century American comedians Comedians from New York City Comedians from California