
Virginia Weidler
Known for ActingBorn 1927-03-21Died 1968-07-01Eagle 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.Read more
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Laddie
1935 · Movie
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Freckles
1935 · Movie
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MGM Parade
1955 · Series
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Outside These Walls
1939 · Movie
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This Time for Keeps
1942 · Movie
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Scandal Street
1938 · Movie
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Barnacle Bill
1941 · Movie
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The Philadelphia Story
1940 · Movie
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All This, and Heaven Too
1940 · Movie
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The Women
1939 · Movie
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The Under-Pup
1939 · Movie
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Peter Ibbetson
1935 · Movie
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I'll Wait for You
1941 · Movie
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Gold Rush Maisie
1940 · Movie
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Best Foot Forward
1943 · Movie
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Keeping Company
1940 · Movie
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Out West with the Hardys
1938 · Movie
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Fixer Dugan
1939 · Movie
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Babes on Broadway
1941 · Movie
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The Affairs of Martha
1942 · Movie
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The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt
1939 · Movie
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Love Is a Headache
1938 · Movie
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Souls at Sea
1937 · Movie
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Girl of the Ozarks
1936 · Movie
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The Great Man Votes
1939 · Movie
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Henry Goes Arizona
1939 · Movie
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The Outcasts of Poker Flat
1937 · Movie
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Maid of Salem
1937 · Movie
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The Big Broadcast of 1937
1936 · Movie
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Too Hot to Handle
1938 · Movie
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Mother Carey's Chickens
1938 · Movie
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Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
1934 · Movie
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Young Tom Edison
1940 · Movie
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Long Lost Father
1934 · Movie
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The Big Broadcast of 1936
1935 · Movie
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The Rookie Cop
1939 · Movie
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Bad Little Angel
1939 · Movie
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Born to Sing
1942 · Movie
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Surrender
1931 · Movie
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Men with Wings
1938 · Movie
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The Youngest Profession
1943 · Movie
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Timothy's Quest
1936 · Movie

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Peeks at Hollywood
1946 · Movie