Virginia Weidler
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.
The Philadelphia Story
as Dinah LordWhen a rich woman's ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned...
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The Women
as Little MaryA happily married woman lets her catty friends talk her into divorce when her husband strays.
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All This, and Heaven Too
as LouiseWhen lovely and virtuous governess Henriette Deluzy comes to educate the children of the...
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Peter Ibbetson
as MimseyWhen his mother dies, young Peter Ibbetson leaves Paris and his best friend, Mary, behind to...
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Maid of Salem
as NabbyWhen a young woman named Barbara Clarke has an affair with adventurer Roger Coverman, it causes...
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Babes on Broadway
as Jo ConwayPenny Morris and Tommy Williams are both starstruck young teens but nobody seems to give them...
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Souls at Sea
as TinaMichael 'Nuggin' Taylor and Powdah save lives during a sea tragedy in this story about the slave...
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Out West with the Hardys
as Jake HoltJudge Hardy goes to his friend's Arizona ranch to help her in a legal dispute, and he takes his...
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The Youngest Profession
as Joan LyonsJoan Lyons and her friend Patricia Drew are autograph hounds spending most of their day bumping...
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The Big Broadcast of 1936
as Little Girl in HospitalTwo-bit radio station owner Spud Miller doubles as the station's sole announcer. On the verge of...
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This Time for Keeps
as Harriett BryantA young newlywed (Robert Sterling) finds working for his nasty father-in-law difficult.
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Young Tom Edison
as Tannie EdisonInventor Thomas Edison's boyhood is chronicled and shows him as a lad whose early inventions and...
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Love Is a Headache
as Jake O'TooleA press agent for a Broadway actress whose career is going downhill attempts to get her some...
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The Affairs of Martha
as Miranda SommerfieldMembers of a well-to-do small community become worried when it is revealed that one of their...
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Henry Goes Arizona
as Molly CullisonA New Yorker moves West when he inherits an Arizona ranch.
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Barnacle Bill
as Virginia JohansenA fishing boat captain searches for romance in hopes of improving his financial picture.
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Gold Rush Maisie
as Jubilee 'Jubie' DavisMaisie becomes attached to a dirt-poor farmer and his family as they try to make ends meet...
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Long Lost Father
as Girl at PierA long-absent father is reunited with his daughter, who still holds a grudge that he had...
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Keeping Company
as Harriet ThomasWholesome comedy about newlyweds (and the bride's understanding--but sometimes...
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Born to Sing
as Patsy EastmanA group of children put on a show in order to prove that a down and out musician was the real...
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The Great Man Votes
as JoanIn 1923, Gregory Vance, a widower with two children, is a former scholar who has turned from...
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The Big Broadcast of 1937
as FlowergirlThe employees of a failing radio station must put on a huge ratings winner to have any chance of...
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Mother Carey's Chickens
as Lally Joy PophamA financially-strapped mother and her children relocate from the city to a small rural town.
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Best Foot Forward
as Helen SchlesingerBud Hooper, a cadet at Winsocki Military Academy, sends an invitation to movie star Lucille Ball...
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Outside These Walls
as Ellen SparlingWalen plays Dan Sparling, a convicted embezzler who becomes editor of his prison newspaper....
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Fixer Dugan
as Ethel "Terry" O'ConnellCharlie Dugan is a quick-thinking boss of a traveling circus playing small towns in Missouri and...
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The Rookie Cop
as NiceyA rookie cop tries to prove his friend is innocent of a robbery, despite the police...
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Too Hot to Handle
as HuldaWhile in Shanghai reporting on the Sino-Japanese war, Chris Hunter, a shrewd news reporter,...
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The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt
as Patricia LanyardSpies force former jewel thief Michael Lanyard to steal defense secrets in Washington.
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I'll Wait for You
as Lizzie MillerA gangster hides out on a farm and falls for the farmer's daughter.
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The Outcasts of Poker Flat
as LuckThe 1937 film version of Bret Harte's story, starring Preston Foster.
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Men with Wings
as Young Peggy RansonReporter Nicholas Ranson is jubilant when, on 17 Dec 1903, in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina,...
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Bad Little Angel
as Patricia Victoria SandersonA bible-guided Victorian orphan befriends a bootblack in a strange town.
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Girl of the Ozarks
as Edie MoseleyA sweet little country girl has issues with school. Her mother is ill. The school threatens to...
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Peeks at Hollywood
as uncreditedTwo young beautiful starlets use the Griffith Observatory telescope to find stars in Hollywood.
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Surrender
as Little Girl (uncredited)Story of French prisoner in Germany who falls in love with a German general's daughter. From the...
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Laddie
as Little SisterA romance between two young lovers is complicated by their prohibitive parents. Preserved by...
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Timothy's Quest
as Samantha TarboxTimothy (Dickie Moore), an orphan, is sent with his sister, Gay (Sally Martin), to a farm run by...
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Freckles
as Laurie Lou DuncanA Mild Teenager gets a job as a timber guard.
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Scandal Street
as Wilma 'Willie' MurphyJoe McKnight temporarily leaves his fiancée, Nora Langdon, for an expedition in a South American...
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The Under-Pup
as Janet CooperA young city girl from a poor family is invited to spend the summer at a camp for girls from...
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Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
as Europena WiggsThe Wiggs family plan to celebrate Thanksgiving in their rundown shack with leftover stew,...
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