Virginia Weidler
Known for: Acting
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
Series
MGM Parade
1955
Film
The Philadelphia Story
Dinah Lord
1940
Film
The Women
Little Mary
1939
Film
Peter Ibbetson
Mimsey
1935
Film
All This, and Heaven Too
Louise
1940
Film
Young Tom Edison
Tannie Edison
1940
Film
Babes on Broadway
Jo Conway
1941
Film
The Youngest Profession
Joan Lyons
1943
Film
Too Hot to Handle
Hulda
1938
Film
The Affairs of Martha
Miranda Sommerfield
1942
Film
Gold Rush Maisie
Jubilee 'Jubie' Davis
1940
Film
Men with Wings
Young Peggy Ranson
1938
Film
Souls at Sea
Tina
1937
Film
Out West with the Hardys
Jake Holt
1938
Film
Maid of Salem
Nabby
1937
Film
The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt
Patricia Lanyard
1939
Film
Best Foot Forward
Helen Schlesinger
1943
Film
The Great Man Votes
Joan
1939
Film
Scandal Street
Wilma 'Willie' Murphy
1938
Film
This Time for Keeps
Harriett Bryant
1942
Film
Girl of the Ozarks
Edie Moseley
1936
Film
Bad Little Angel
Patricia Victoria Sanderson
1939
Film
Fixer Dugan
Ethel "Terry" O'Connell
1939
Film
Laddie
Little Sister
1935
Film
I'll Wait for You
Lizzie Miller
1941
Film
Born to Sing
Patsy Eastman
1942
Film
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
Europena Wiggs
1934
Film
Mother Carey's Chickens
Lally Joy Popham
1938
Film
Outside These Walls
Ellen Sparling
1939
Film
Long Lost Father
Girl at Pier
1934
Film
Freckles
Laurie Lou Duncan
1935
Film
Love Is a Headache
Jake O'Toole
1938
Film
Surrender
Little Girl (uncredited)
1931
Film
Henry Goes Arizona
Molly Cullison
1939
Film
Timothy's Quest
Samantha Tarbox
1936
Film
Keeping Company
Harriet Thomas
1940
Film
Barnacle Bill
Virginia Johansen
1941
Film
The Big Broadcast of 1936
Little Girl in Hospital
1935
Film
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
Luck
1937
Film
The Under-Pup
Janet Cooper
1939
Film
The Big Broadcast of 1937
Flowergirl
1936
Film
Peeks at Hollywood
1946
Film
The Rookie Cop
Nicey
1939