Virginia Weidler
Acting
Born March 21, 1927, Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, California, USA
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
- MGM Parade
- 1946Peeks at Hollywood
- 1943Best Foot Forward — Helen Schlesinger
- 1943The Youngest Profession — Joan Lyons
- 1942Born to Sing — Patsy Eastman
- 1942The Affairs of Martha — Miranda Sommerfield
- 1942This Time for Keeps — Harriett Bryant
- 1941Babes on Broadway — Jo Conway
- 1941Barnacle Bill — Virginia Johansen
- 1941I'll Wait for You — Lizzie Miller
- 1940All This, and Heaven Too — Louise
- 1940Gold Rush Maisie — Jubilee 'Jubie' Davis
- 1940Keeping Company — Harriet Thomas
- 1940The Philadelphia Story — Dinah Lord
- 1940Young Tom Edison — Tannie Edison
- 1939Bad Little Angel — Patricia Victoria Sanderson
- 1939Fixer Dugan — Ethel "Terry" O'Connell
- 1939Henry Goes Arizona — Molly Cullison
- 1939Outside These Walls — Ellen Sparling
- 1939The Great Man Votes — Joan
- 1939The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt — Patricia Lanyard
- 1939The Rookie Cop — Nicey
- 1939The Under-Pup — Janet Cooper
- 1939The Women — Little Mary
- 1938Love Is a Headache — Jake O'Toole
- 1938Men with Wings — Young Peggy Ranson
- 1938Mother Carey's Chickens — Lally Joy Popham
- 1938Out West with the Hardys — Jake Holt
- 1938Scandal Street — Wilma 'Willie' Murphy
- 1938Too Hot to Handle — Hulda
- 1937Maid of Salem — Nabby
- 1937Souls at Sea — Tina
- 1937The Outcasts of Poker Flat — Luck
- 1936Girl of the Ozarks — Edie Moseley
- 1936The Big Broadcast of 1937 — Flowergirl
- 1936Timothy's Quest — Samantha Tarbox
- 1935Freckles — Laurie Lou Duncan
- 1935Laddie — Little Sister
- 1935Peter Ibbetson — Mimsey
- 1935The Big Broadcast of 1936 — Little Girl in Hospital
- 1934Long Lost Father — Girl at Pier
- 1934Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch — Europena Wiggs
- 1931Surrender — Little Girl (uncredited)