- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- March 21, 1927
- Place of Birth
- Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Died
- July 1, 1968
Virginia Weidler
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, Weidle…
Filmography
tvMGM Parade
1955
moviePeeks at Hollywood
1946
movieBest Foot Forward
1943 · Helen Schlesinger
movieThe Youngest Profession
1943 · Joan Lyons
movieThe Affairs of Martha
1942 · Miranda Sommerfield
movieThis Time for Keeps
1942 · Harriett Bryant
movieBorn to Sing
1942 · Patsy Eastman
movieBabes on Broadway
1941 · Jo Conway
movieI'll Wait for You
1941 · Lizzie Miller
movieBarnacle Bill
1941 · Virginia Johansen
movieKeeping Company
1940 · Harriet Thomas
movieThe Philadelphia Story
1940 · Dinah Lord
movieGold Rush Maisie
1940 · Jubilee 'Jubie' Davis
movieAll This, and Heaven Too
1940 · Louise
movieYoung Tom Edison
1940 · Tannie Edison
movieHenry Goes Arizona
1939 · Molly Cullison
movieBad Little Angel
1939 · Patricia Victoria Sanderson
movieThe Women
1939 · Little Mary
movieThe Under-Pup
1939 · Janet Cooper
movieOutside These Walls
1939 · Ellen Sparling
movieThe Rookie Cop
1939 · Nicey
movieFixer Dugan
1939 · Ethel "Terry" O'Connell
movieThe Lone Wolf Spy Hunt
1939 · Patricia Lanyard
movieThe Great Man Votes
1939 · Joan
movieOut West with the Hardys
1938 · Jake Holt
movieToo Hot to Handle
1938 · Hulda
movieMother Carey's Chickens
1938 · Lally Joy Popham
movieMen with Wings
1938 · Young Peggy Ranson
movieScandal Street
1938 · Wilma 'Willie' Murphy
movieLove Is a Headache
1938 · Jake O'Toole
movieSouls at Sea
1937 · Tina
movieThe Outcasts of Poker Flat
1937 · Luck
movieMaid of Salem
1937 · Nabby
movieThe Big Broadcast of 1937
1936 · Flowergirl
movieGirl of the Ozarks
1936 · Edie Moseley
movieTimothy's Quest
1936 · Samantha Tarbox
moviePeter Ibbetson
1935 · Mimsey
movieThe Big Broadcast of 1936
1935 · Little Girl in Hospital
movieFreckles
1935 · Laurie Lou Duncan
movieLaddie
1935 · Little Sister
movieMrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
1934 · Europena Wiggs
movieLong Lost Father
1934 · Girl at Pier
movieSurrender
1931 · Little Girl (uncredited)