Virginia Weidler
Acting
1927-03-21 · Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, California, USA
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
MGM Parade
1955 · Series
Peeks at Hollywood
1946 · Movie
Best Foot Forward
1943 · Movie
The Youngest Profession
1943 · Movie
The Affairs of Martha
1942 · Movie
This Time for Keeps
1942 · Movie
Born to Sing
1942 · Movie
Babes on Broadway
1941 · Movie
I'll Wait for You
1941 · Movie
Barnacle Bill
1941 · Movie
Keeping Company
1940 · Movie
The Philadelphia Story
1940 · Movie
Gold Rush Maisie
1940 · Movie
All This, and Heaven Too
1940 · Movie
Young Tom Edison
1940 · Movie
Henry Goes Arizona
1939 · Movie
Bad Little Angel
1939 · Movie
The Women
1939 · Movie
The Under-Pup
1939 · Movie
Outside These Walls
1939 · Movie
The Rookie Cop
1939 · Movie
Fixer Dugan
1939 · Movie
The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt
1939 · Movie
The Great Man Votes
1939 · Movie
Out West with the Hardys
1938 · Movie
Too Hot to Handle
1938 · Movie
Mother Carey's Chickens
1938 · Movie
Men with Wings
1938 · Movie
Scandal Street
1938 · Movie
Love Is a Headache
1938 · Movie
Souls at Sea
1937 · Movie
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
1937 · Movie
Maid of Salem
1937 · Movie
The Big Broadcast of 1937
1936 · Movie
Girl of the Ozarks
1936 · Movie
Timothy's Quest
1936 · Movie
Peter Ibbetson
1935 · Movie
The Big Broadcast of 1936
1935 · Movie
Freckles
1935 · Movie
Laddie
1935 · Movie
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
1934 · Movie
Long Lost Father
1934 · Movie
Surrender
1931 · Movie