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Virginia Weidler

Acting Born Mar 21, 1927 Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, California, USA 24 credits

Biography

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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.

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Known for

Film

The Philadelphia Story

as Dinah Lord

Belíssima

as Helen Schlesinger

Full filmography

  • MGM Parade (1955)
  • The Philadelphia Story (1940) as Dinah Lord
  • The Women (1939) as Little Mary
  • Peter Ibbetson (1935) as Mimsey
  • Young Tom Edison (1940) as Tannie Edison
  • Maid of Salem (1937) as Nabby
  • All This, and Heaven Too (1940) as Louise
  • Souls at Sea (1937) as Tina
  • Men with Wings (1938) as Young Peggy Ranson
  • The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt (1939) as Patricia Lanyard
  • Mother Carey's Chickens (1938) as Lally Joy Popham
  • The Great Man Votes (1939) as Joan
  • Too Hot to Handle (1938) as Hulda
  • Babes on Broadway (1941) as Jo Conway
  • The Affairs of Martha (1942) as Miranda Sommerfield
  • Out West with the Hardys (1938) as Jake Holt
  • Love Is a Headache (1938) as Jake O'Toole
  • The Youngest Profession (1943) as Joan Lyons
  • Best Foot Forward (1943) as Helen Schlesinger
  • Timothy's Quest (1936) as Samantha Tarbox
  • Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1934) as Europena Wiggs
  • Born to Sing (1942) as Patsy Eastman
  • Keeping Company (1940) as Harriet Thomas
  • Long Lost Father (1934) as Girl at Pier