Virginia Weidler

Virginia Weidler

  • Birthday: 1927-03-21
  • Deathday: 1968-07-01
  • Place of birth: Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, California, USA
  • Also know as: Virginia Anna Adelheid Weidler

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Virginia Anna Adelheid Weidler (March 21, 1927 – July 1, 1968) was an American child actress, popular in Hollywood films during the 1930s and 1940s. She made her first film appearance in 1931. Her first credited role was in 1934. Virginia made a big impression on audiences as a little girl who would "hold my breath 'til I am black in the face" to get her way. For the next several years, she would appear in many memorable films. Despite being under contract to Paramount, just as many of her roles of the period took place while on loan to RKO-Radio Pictures. When Paramount did not extend her contract, she was signed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1938. Her film career ended in 1943. At her retirement from the screen at age 16, she had appeared in more than forty films, and had acted with some of the biggest stars of the day. After her retirement, Weidler gave no interviews for the remainder of her life. She died of a heart attack at age 41 on July 1, 1968.

Filmography

Bad Little Angel

1939

As Patricia Victoria Sanderson

The Youngest Profession

1943

As Joan Lyons

Born to Sing

1942

As Patsy Eastman

Girl of the Ozarks

1936

As Edie Moseley

Fixer Dugan

1939

As Ethel "Terry" O'Connell

Henry Goes Arizona

1939

As Molly Cullison

The Rookie Cop

1939

As Nicey

The Great Man Votes

1939

As Joan

Freckles

1935

As Laurie Lou Duncan

Best Foot Forward

1943

As Helen Schlesinger

Barnacle Bill

1941

As Virginia Johansen

Outside These Walls

1939

As Ellen Sparling

I'll Wait for You

1941

As Lizzie Miller

Laddie

1935

As Little Sister

Babes on Broadway

1941

As Jo Conway

Young Tom Edison

1940

As Tannie Edison

Gold Rush Maisie

1940

As Jubilee 'Jubie' Davis

The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt

1939

As Patricia Lanyard

The Affairs of Martha

1942

As Miranda Sommerfield

This Time for Keeps

1942

As Harriett Bryant

Keeping Company

1940

As Harriet Thomas

Timothy's Quest

1936

As Samantha Tarbox

Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch

1934

As Europena Wiggs

Peter Ibbetson

1935

As Mimsey

The Under-Pup

1939

As Janet Cooper

Too Hot to Handle

1938

As Hulda

Love Is a Headache

1938

As Jake O'Toole

Out West with the Hardys

1938

As Jake Holt

Scandal Street

1938

As Wilma 'Willie' Murphy

The Philadelphia Story

1940

As Dinah Lord

The Women

1939

As Little Mary

Men with Wings

1938

As Young Peggy Ranson

Souls at Sea

1937

As Tina

Maid of Salem

1937

As Nabby

Surrender

1931

As Little Girl (uncredited)

Mother Carey's Chickens

1938

As Lally Joy Popham

The Big Broadcast of 1937

1936

As Flowergirl

The Big Broadcast of 1936

1935

As Little Girl in Hospital

Long Lost Father

1934

As Girl at Pier

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