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Virginia Weidler

Virginia Weidler

Known For Acting
Birthday Mar 21, 1927
Died Jul 01, 1968 (41)
Birthplace Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, California, USA
Popularity 0.4 (history)
Updated Aug 09, 2025
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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.

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The Youngest Profession

The Youngest Profession

1943

as Joan Lyons

Best Foot Forward

Best Foot Forward

1943

as Helen Schlesinger

Born to Sing

Born to Sing

1942

as Patsy Eastman

The Affairs of Martha

The Affairs of Martha

1942

as Miranda Sommerfield

This Time for Keeps

This Time for Keeps

1942

as Harriett Bryant

Barnacle Bill

Barnacle Bill

1941

as Virginia Johansen

I'll Wait for You

I'll Wait for You

1941

as Lizzie Miller

Babes on Broadway

Babes on Broadway

1941

as Jo Conway

Gold Rush Maisie

Gold Rush Maisie

1940

as Jubilee 'Jubie' Davis

Young Tom Edison

Young Tom Edison

1940

as Tannie Edison

All This, and Heaven Too

All This, and Heaven Too

1940

as Louise

Keeping Company

Keeping Company

1940

as Harriet Thomas

The Philadelphia Story

The Philadelphia Story

1940

as Dinah Lord

Bad Little Angel

Bad Little Angel

1939

as Patricia Victoria Sanderson

Fixer Dugan

Fixer Dugan

1939

as Ethel "Terry" O'Connell

Henry Goes Arizona

Henry Goes Arizona

1939

as Molly Cullison

The Rookie Cop

The Rookie Cop

1939

as Nicey

The Great Man Votes

The Great Man Votes

1939

as Joan

Outside These Walls

Outside These Walls

1939

as Ellen Sparling

The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt

The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt

1939

as Patricia Lanyard

The Under-Pup

The Under-Pup

1939

as Janet Cooper

The Women

The Women

1939

as Little Mary

Too Hot to Handle

Too Hot to Handle

1938

as Hulda

Love Is a Headache

Love Is a Headache

1938

as Jake O'Toole

Out West with the Hardys

Out West with the Hardys

1938

as Jake Holt

Scandal Street

Scandal Street

1938

as Wilma 'Willie' Murphy

Men with Wings

Men with Wings

1938

as Young Peggy Ranson

Mother Carey's Chickens

Mother Carey's Chickens

1938

as Lally Joy Popham

Maid of Salem

Maid of Salem

1937

as Nabby

Souls at Sea

Souls at Sea

1937

as Tina

Girl of the Ozarks

Girl of the Ozarks

1936

as Edie Moseley

Timothy's Quest

Timothy's Quest

1936

as Samantha Tarbox

The Big Broadcast of 1937

The Big Broadcast of 1937

1936

as Flowergirl

Freckles

Freckles

1935

as Laurie Lou Duncan

Laddie

Laddie

1935

as Little Sister

Peter Ibbetson

Peter Ibbetson

1935

as Mimsey

The Big Broadcast of 1936

The Big Broadcast of 1936

1935

as Little Girl in Hospital

Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch

Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch

1934

as Europena Wiggs

Long Lost Father

Long Lost Father

1934

as Girl at Pier

Surrender

Surrender

1931

as Little Girl (uncredited)

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