Virginia Weidler
Acting • Born 1927-03-21 – Died 1968-07-01
Biography
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
43 credits
The Philadelphia Story
Movie • 1940
Dinah Lord
The Women
Movie • 1939
Little Mary
Too Hot to Handle
Movie • 1938
Hulda
Best Foot Forward
Movie • 1943
Helen Schlesinger
Babes on Broadway
Movie • 1941
Jo Conway
All This, and Heaven Too
Movie • 1940
Louise
Bad Little Angel
Movie • 1939
Patricia Victoria Sanderson
Young Tom Edison
Movie • 1940
Tannie Edison
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
Movie • 1934
Europena Wiggs
Peter Ibbetson
Movie • 1935
Mimsey
Born to Sing
Movie • 1942
Patsy Eastman
This Time for Keeps
Movie • 1942
Harriett Bryant
Out West with the Hardys
Movie • 1938
Jake Holt
The Youngest Profession
Movie • 1943
Joan Lyons
Gold Rush Maisie
Movie • 1940
Jubilee 'Jubie' Davis
The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt
Movie • 1939
Patricia Lanyard
Fixer Dugan
Movie • 1939
Ethel "Terry" O'Connell
Barnacle Bill
Movie • 1941
Virginia Johansen
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
Movie • 1937
Luck
Outside These Walls
Movie • 1939
Ellen Sparling
Henry Goes Arizona
Movie • 1939
Molly Cullison
The Big Broadcast of 1936
Movie • 1935
Little Girl in Hospital
I'll Wait for You
Movie • 1941
Lizzie Miller
The Rookie Cop
Movie • 1939
Nicey
The Big Broadcast of 1937
Movie • 1936
Flowergirl
Love Is a Headache
Movie • 1938
Jake O'Toole
Mother Carey's Chickens
Movie • 1938
Lally Joy Popham
The Affairs of Martha
Movie • 1942
Miranda Sommerfield
Men with Wings
Movie • 1938
Young Peggy Ranson
Souls at Sea
Movie • 1937
Tina
Long Lost Father
Movie • 1934
Girl at Pier
The Great Man Votes
Movie • 1939
Joan
Laddie
Movie • 1935
Little Sister
Keeping Company
Movie • 1940
Harriet Thomas
Freckles
Movie • 1935
Laurie Lou Duncan
The Under-Pup
Movie • 1939
Janet Cooper
Maid of Salem
Movie • 1937
Nabby
Surrender
Movie • 1931
Little Girl (uncredited)
Girl of the Ozarks
Movie • 1936
Edie Moseley
Scandal Street
Movie • 1938
Wilma 'Willie' Murphy
Peeks at Hollywood
Movie • 1946
Timothy's Quest
Movie • 1936
Samantha Tarbox
MGM Parade
TV • 1955