Virginia Fox

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Virginia Fox (1922)

Virginia Fox , married Zanuck (born April 2, 1902 in Wheeling , West Virginia , † October 14, 1982 in Palm Springs , California ) was an American silent film actress .

life and career

Virginia Fox was probably born as the daughter of Marie and Frederick Fox in 1902, with various sources also naming the years of birth 1899, 1903 and 1906. When teenage Fox visited a friend in Los Angeles during the school vacation and they walked past the Keystone film studios , she was discovered by Keystone producer Mack Sennett for her good looks for the film. She took on minor roles in a few Sennett comedies, with Fox at times also one of the Bathing Beauties ("bathing beauties ") of Sennett, a group of scantily clad young women who appeared in many Keystone Studios comedies. The actress left Keystone Studios, but remained connected to comedies and became a partner of star comedian Buster Keaton in many of his short films between 1920 and 1923. She always played the lovely girl, with whom Buster falls in love and which he ends up mostly gets off. She always expressed herself modestly about her acting skills, she only did what the stage directions told her to do.

In 1924 Fox married the aspiring film producer of about the same age, Darryl F. Zanuck , who later became one of the most powerful men in Hollywood as the head of 20th Century Fox . Soon after their marriage, in 1926, Fox played the last of over 30 film roles. The Zanuck couple had three children together, including the future film producer Richard D. Zanuck . Virgina Fox and her husband went their separate ways since the 1950s when he started a relationship with a younger woman; however, they remained married until his death in 1979 and were reconciled again in the early 1970s. Virginia Fox died in 1982 in Palm Springs, California, where she had lived in her mansion for decades.

Filmography (selection)

Her headstone in Westwood Memorial Park near Los Angeles

If not stated, it is a short film.

Web links

Commons : Virginia Fox  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Birth and married names in Richard D. Zanuck's entry at filmreference.com
  2. ^ Obituary in the New York Times
  3. ^ Internet Movie Database
  4. ↑ tombstone
  5. ^ Obituary in the New York Times
  6. ^ Obituary in the New York Times
personal data
SURNAME Fox, Virginia
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Zanuck, Virginia (married name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American silent film actress
DATE OF BIRTH April 2, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH Wheeling , West Virginia , United States
DATE OF DEATH October 14, 1982
Place of death Palm Springs , California , United States