Virginia Weidler
Virginia Weidler (born March 21, 1927 in Eagle Rock , Los Angeles , California - † July 1, 1968 in Los Angeles, California) was an American child star in Hollywood in the 1930s and early 1940s.
Live and act
Virginia Weidler was born as the daughter of a German immigrant family, her father was the architect Alfred Weidler, the mother Margaret Theresa Luise Weidler had worked as an opera singer in Germany. Weidler was discovered and promoted by John Barrymore , and she also appeared in some of his films. She had her first small role at the age of four in the Warner Baxter film Surrender (1931).
Virginia Weidler made her breakthrough in 1934 with a supporting role in Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch for Paramount Pictures . Under MGM contract since 1938 , she played some of her best-known roles there, including appearances in The Women (1939) as the daughter of Norma Shearer and in The Night Before the Wedding (1940) as the clever sister of Katharine Hepburn . Weidler was considered a natural talent who could steal scenes from even the big Hollywood stars with her depictions. Her success declined in the early 1940s, also because the child star Shirley Temple of the same age signed with MGM and took away the roles. Weidlers last of 45 films, the musical was best foot forward from the year 1943. She then tried a career as a nightclub singer and entered 1945 in the Broadway -Stück The Rich Full Life , but withdrew after their marriage from show business.
She was married to Lionel Krisel from 1947 until her death and the couple had two sons. Virginia Weidler suffered from a weak heart and died of a heart attack in 1968 at the age of only 41.
Filmography
- 1931: Surrender
- 1933: After Tonight
- 1933: Long Lost Father
- 1934: Stamboul Quest
- 1934: Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
- 1935: Laddie
- 1935: The Big Broadcast of 1936
- 1935: Freckles
- 1935: Peter Ibbetson
- 1935: Timothy's Quest
- 1936: Trouble for Two
- 1936: The Big Broadcast of 1937
- 1936: Girl of the Ozarks
- 1937: Cross-examined ( Maid of Salem )
- 1937: The Outcasts of Poker Flat
- 1937: Souls at Sea ( Souls at Sea )
- 1938: Love Is a Headache
- 1938: Scandal Street
- 1938: Mother Carey's Chickens
- 1938: Too Hot to Handle ( Too Hot to Handle )
- 1938: Men With Wings
- 1938: Out West with the Hardys
- 1939: The Great Man Votes
- 1939: Fixer Dugan
- 1939: The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt
- 1939: The Rookie Cop
- 1939: Outside These Walls
- 1939: The Spellbinder
- 1939: The Women ( The Women )
- 1939: The Under-Pup
- 1939: Bad Little Angel
- 1939: Henry Goes Arizona
- 1940: Hell, where is your victory? ( All This and Heaven Too )
- 1940: The young Edison ( Young Tom Edison )
- 1940: Gold Rush Maisie
- 1940: The Night Before the Wedding ( The Philadelphia Story )
- 1940: Keeping Company
- 1941: Barnacle Bill
- 1941: I'll Wait for You
- 1941: Babes on Broadway
- 1942: Born to Sing
- 1942: This Time for Keeps
- 1942: The Affairs of Martha
- 1943: The Youngest Profession
- 1943: Best Foot Forward
Web links
- Virginia Weidler in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Virginia Weidler at Allmovie
- ^ Virginia Weidler at Allmovie
- ^ Virginia Weidler at the Internet Broadway Database
- ^ Virginia Weidler at findagrave.com, accessed August 16, 2013
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Weidler, Virginia |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-american actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 21, 1927 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Eagle Rock |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 1, 1968 |
| Place of death | los Angeles |