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