Virginia Weidler
Acting
Born: 1927-03-21 in Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, California, USA
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.
Known For
MGM Parade
The Philadelphia Story
Dinah Lord
The Women
Little Mary
Peter Ibbetson
Mimsey
All This, and Heaven Too
Louise
Young Tom Edison
Tannie Edison
Freckles
Laurie Lou Duncan
Too Hot to Handle
Hulda
Men with Wings
Young Peggy Ranson
Maid of Salem
Nabby
The Youngest Profession
Joan Lyons
Babes on Broadway
Jo Conway
I'll Wait for You
Lizzie Miller
Souls at Sea
Tina
Best Foot Forward
Helen Schlesinger
Fixer Dugan
Ethel "Terry" O'Connell
Long Lost Father
Girl at Pier
Surrender
Little Girl (uncredited)
Barnacle Bill
Virginia Johansen
Born to Sing
Patsy Eastman
Out West with the Hardys
Jake Holt
Love Is a Headache
Jake O'Toole
The Big Broadcast of 1936
Little Girl in Hospital
Scandal Street
Wilma 'Willie' Murphy
Gold Rush Maisie
Jubilee 'Jubie' Davis
The Under-Pup
Janet Cooper
Outside These Walls
Ellen Sparling
Bad Little Angel
Patricia Victoria Sanderson
The Rookie Cop
Nicey
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
Europena Wiggs
Laddie
Little Sister
The Great Man Votes
Joan
Timothy's Quest
Samantha Tarbox
The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt
Patricia Lanyard
Girl of the Ozarks
Edie Moseley
This Time for Keeps
Harriett Bryant
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
Luck
Mother Carey's Chickens
Lally Joy Popham
The Big Broadcast of 1937
Flowergirl
Henry Goes Arizona
Molly Cullison