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