Virginia Cherrill
BirthDay:12 Apr 1908 |
BirthPlace:Carthage, Illinois, USA |
BirthName:Dollie Virginia Cherrill |
Bio:Actress in US and UK films of the early 1930s. Born on a farm, Cherrill was discovered by Charles Chaplin while sitting beside him at a boxing match in Los Angeles; he introduced himself at intermission and hired her for her debut in City Lights (1931). She met husband Cary Grant at the premiere of Blonde Venus (1932) and stopped working after their marriage in 1933. At one time, lived in England as the wife of the Earl of Jersey. Finally settled happily in Santa Barbara. |
Filmography
Actor ( 19 credits ) |
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| Chaplin (1992) | A Blind Girl (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Biography (1987) | Herself - Grant's First Wife (1 episode, 1993) |
| American Masters (1985) | Herself (1 episode, 2004) |
| Troubled Waters (1936) | June Elkhardt |
| Late Extra (1935) | Janet Graham |
| What Price Crime (1935) | Sandra Worthington (as Virginia Cherril) |
| White Heat (1934) | Lucille Cheney |
| Hollywood on Parade No. B-1 (1934) | Herself (uncredited) |
| Money Mad (1934) | Linda |
| He Couldn't Take It (1933) | Eleanor Rogers |
| Ladies Must Love (1933) | Bill's Society Fiancee |
| Charlie Chan's Greatest Case (1933) | Barbara Winterslip |
| The Nuisance (1933) | Miss Rutherford |
| Fast Workers (1933) | Virginia |
| Delicious (1931) | Diana Van Bergh |
| The Brat (1931) | Angela |
| Girls Demand Excitement (1931) | Joan Madison |
| City Lights (1931) | A Blind Girl |
| The Air Circus (1928) | Extra (uncredited) |
