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- Virginia Anna Adeleid Weidler (March 21, 1927 – July 1, 1968) was an American child actress, popular in Hollywood films during the 1930s and 1940s.
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Virginia Anna Adeleid Weidler (March 21, 1927 [1] – July 1, 1968) was an American child actress, popular in Hollywood films during the 1930s and 1940s. [2]
Mar 11, 2012 · While 1930s and 1940s child stars like Shirley Temple, Sybil Jason and Juanita Quigley (or Baby Jane) were merely cute, Virginia Weidler was a bona fide actress at a young age. Actresses like Jason acted with Warner Brothers’ top star Kay Frances but merely as Frances’s daughter with minimal screen time.
She was born in Eagle Rock, California, in 1927, one of six children. Her mother was former Wagnerian opera singer Margarete Radon (born Margarete Therese Louisa Meyer), and her father was architect Alfred Weidler. Virginia nearly made her acting debut at age 3 in John Barrymore 's Moby Dick (1930) but was summarily replaced.
- March 21, 1927
- July 1, 1968
One of her brothers, child actor and musician George Weidler, was Doris Day's first husband (from 1946 to 1949). RKO picked up young Virginia after learning that she could speak a bit of French.
- January 1, 1
- Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, California, USA
- January 1, 1
- Los Angeles, California, USA
Virginia Weidler made over 40 films and had very successful stints at Paramount, RKO, and other studios, but she was still a teenager when she made her last film in 1943. Weidler had a happy life after leaving Hollywood, but she died way too young in 1968 at the age of 41.
Weidler, Virginia (1926–1968) American child actress. Born Mar 21, 1926, in Eagle Rock, CA; died July 1, 1968, in Los Angeles, CA; dau. of an architect and a German opera singer (known professionally as Margaret Theresa Louise); sister of George Weidler (actor); m. Lionel Krisel, 1947.
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.
