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Virginia Cherrill

Virginia Cherrill

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Born April 12, 1908 in Carthage, Illinois, USA

Died November 14, 1996

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Virginia Cherrill (April 12, 1908 - November 14, 1996) was an American actress best known for her role as the blind flower girl in Charlie Chaplin's City Lights (1931). She married an English earl in the 1940s, and is also known as Virginia Child-Villiers, Countess of Jersey. Virginia Cherrill was born on a farm in rural Carthage, Illinois, to James E. and Blanche (née Wilcox) Cherrill. She was a Chicago society girl with no thoughts of a film career when she went to Hollywood for a visit and met Charlie Chaplin when he sat next to her at a boxing match. He had failed to find the girl he wanted for his film but decided she would do and cast her in City Lights in which she gave the performance for which she is remembered, although her working relationship with Chaplin on the film was often strained. As indicated in the documentary Unknown Chaplin, Cherrill was in fact fired from the film at one point and Chaplin planned to refilm all her scenes with Georgia Hale, but ultimately realized too much money had already been spent on the picture; as Cherrill recalls in the documentary, close friend Marion Davies suggested Cherrill hold out for more money when Chaplin asked her to return to the film, and she did. She appeared in a few other films subsequently, including the 1931 Gershwin musical Delicious with Janet Gaynor, but gave up her movie career in 1936 after Troubled Waters. Cherrill married four times; her second husband was actor Cary Grant (from 1934 to 1935), and her third was George Child-Villiers, 9th Earl of Jersey (from 1937 to 1946). Her longest marriage was to Florian Martini, with whom she lived in Santa Barbara, California from 1948 until her death at age 88; she had no children. She is a part of stars of Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1545 Vine Street.

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Filmography

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Brittany Poster

Brittany Feature Film2022A Blind Girl

The Real Charlie Chaplin Poster

The Real Charlie Chaplin Documentary2021Self

Charlie Chaplin, le génie de la liberté Poster

Charlie Chaplin, le génie de la liberté TV Movie2020

Becoming Cary Grant Poster

Becoming Cary Grant Documentary2017Self

The Dreamers Poster

The Dreamers Feature Film2003A Blind Girl

Chaplin Feature Film1992A Blind Girl

Unknown Chaplin Poster

Unknown Chaplin Mini-Series1983Self

Troubled Waters Poster

Troubled Waters Feature Film1936June Elkhardt

Late Extra Poster

Late Extra Feature Film1935Janet Graham

What Price Crime Poster

What Price Crime Feature Film1935Sandra Worthington

Hollywood on Parade No. B-1 Poster

Hollywood on Parade No. B-1 Short Film1934Self

Money Mad Feature Film1934Linda

White Heat Poster

White Heat Feature Film1934Lucille Cheney

Charlie Chan's Greatest Case Poster

Charlie Chan's Greatest Case Feature Film1933Barbara Winterslip

Fast Workers Poster

Fast Workers Feature Film1933Virginia

He Couldn't Take It Poster

He Couldn't Take It Feature Film1933Eleanor Rogers

Ladies Must Love Poster

Ladies Must Love Feature Film1933Bill's Society Fiancee

The Nuisance Poster

The Nuisance Feature Film1933Miss Rutherford

City Lights Poster

City Lights Feature Film1931A Blind Girl

Delicious Poster

Delicious Feature Film1931Diana Van Bergh

Girls Demand Excitement Poster

Girls Demand Excitement Feature Film1931Joan Madison

The Brat Poster

The Brat Feature Film1931Ángela

The Air Circus Poster

The Air Circus Feature Film1928Extra

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