- The Paramount film The Race (1916) included scenes filmed during her 1915 solo cross-country trek from San Francisco, CA, to New York City.
- 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 US.
- On several occasions played racing drivers in her films, doing all her own stunt work.
- Silent-screen actress.
- Tagged "The Paramount Girl", the dark-haired King worked in several films directed by Cecil B. DeMille.
- She made money from an ad campaign for "Anita King Complexion Cream for Motorists," a product she claimed had enabled her to make her arduous California-to-New York journey, arriving in New York "with her complexion as fair as when she left Los Angeles.".
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