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Virginia Davis (December 31, 1918 – August 15, 2009) was an American child actress in films. She is best known for working with Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks on the animated short series Alice Comedies, in which she portrayed the protagonist Alice.
ALICE’S WONDERLAND Produced at the Laugh-O-gram studio at 3239 Troost Avenue in Spring 1923 and delivered circa October 14, 1923. Starring Virginia Davis as Alice and Walt Disney as the animator, with Ub Iwerks, Hugh Harman, and Rudolph Ising as the other animators.
Disney, Ub Iwerks, and their staff made the first Alice Comedy, a one-reel (ten-minute) 1923 short subject titled Alice's Wonderland, while still heading the failing Laugh-O-Gram Studio in Kansas City, Missouri.
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Early Career
Virginia Davis began working for Walt Disney's Laugh-O-Gram Films in the summer of 1924. She was hired to act in a film called Alice's Wonderland, which combined live-action with animation. This film initiated a series known as the Alice Comedies, or "Alice In Cartoonland". During this time, Davis resided at the La Brea Apartments in Hollywood, California.
Other Work With Disney
Davis also did voice testing for a role in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, as well as some of the little boys' voices in Pinocchio, but did not go on to play the roles in the final films. She also served a short stint in the Disney Studio's Ink-and-Paint department.
Davis gave up acting after the "Alice" films concluded with "Alice In The Jungle" (1925). By 1934, she was performing as a dancer. She had an uncredited role as a dancer in College Holiday(1936). In 1988, she was named a Disney Legend, the first woman to be given the honor. The Disney Legends official website previously stated she was named a Disne...
Los Angeles Times, New Members of Players' Club, April 20, 1924, Page J3.Los Angeles Times, Older Sisters' Art Emulated, August 23, 1925, Page 20.Los Angeles Times, Tiny Actress In Blue Bird, December 29, 1929, Page 20.Los Angeles Times, Around And About In Hollywood, March 24, 1934, Page 7.Virginia Davis on IMDbVirginia Davis on WikipediaAlice’s Wonderland. Created in 1921, “this short film, variously labeled a test reel, sample reel, or the series pilot, was made as a filler for Frank Newman’s local Kansas City theater chain, and is the only Newman Laugh-O-gram known to survive. It could scarcely be simpler.
The last film Walt produced at Laugh-O-gram was titled “Alice’s Cartoonland”. He recruited little four-year-old Virginia Davis, whom he had met while working for A.V. Cauger. Virginia had appeared in advertisements produced by Cauger’s company and Walt thought she would be a good candidate to portray the title character in his new ...
Aug 20, 2009 · Virginia Davis, a 4-year-old Kansas City native with two years of dance and dramatic lessons behind her, would earn a place in movie history as the Disney Studios’ first star, appearing in the...
