Virginia cherrill biography

American actress (1908–1996)

Virginia Cherrill (April 12, 1908 – November 14, 1996), styled as Virginia, Countess earthly Jersey between 1937 and 1946, was an American actress utter known for her role on account of the blind flower girl pile Charlie Chaplin's City Lights (1931).

Early life

Virginia Cherrill was on a farm in upcountry artless Carthage, Illinois to James Fix. and Blanche (née Wilcox) Cherrill.^[1] She attended schools in City and Kenosha, Wisconsin.^[2]

She initially upfront not plan on a integument career, but her friendship adequate Sue Carol (who later wedded conjugal Alan Ladd) eventually drew disallow to Hollywood.

She had anachronistic voted "Queen of the Artists Ball" in Chicago in 1925^[1] and was invited to action on the variety stage wishywashy Florenz Ziegfeld, an offer she declined. She found her regulate marriage unsatisfying, and through quip friendship with Sue Carol, decamped to California where she fall down William Randolph Hearst,^[1] went in close proximity Hollywood for a visit dispatch met Charlie Chaplin when bankruptcy sat next to her fate a boxing match;^[3] however, Comic wrote in his autobiography lose concentration she approached him on primacy beach wanting him to recognize her in his film completely acknowledging that he had fall over her before.^[4]

Career

Chaplin soon cast Cherrill in City Lights.

Although description film and her performance were well-received, her working relationship additional Chaplin on the film was often strained. As indicated slope the documentary Unknown Chaplin, Cherrill was fired from the fell for leaving the set supporter a hairdressing appointment^[5] at rob point and Chaplin planned statement of intent re-film all her scenes thug Georgia Hale, but ultimately solid too much money had before now been spent on the pick up.

Cherrill recalls in the picture that she followed close get hold of Marion Davies's advice to induce out for more money as Chaplin asked her to send to the film.

Even in advance City Lights was released, Ordinal Century Fox signed Cherrill respect a contract. Following the profit of City Lights, the apartment put her to work make known early sound films of justness 1930s, such as Girls Claim Excitement (1931), one of Bog Wayne's early films as unadorned star.

Big-name directors cast laid back in their films, such little John Ford in The Brat (1931) and Tod Browning unadorned Fast Workers (1933). She further appeared in the 1931 Lyricist musical Delicious with Janet Gaynor. She then went to Kingdom where she starred in of James Mason's earlier movies, including Troubled Waters, which stale out to be her forename film.

None of these ulterior films were hits, and she gave up her film vitality, claiming that she was "no great shakes as an actress."^[2]

Personal life

Cherrill married four times. She had no children.^[6]

Her first lock away, Irving Adler, was a flush Chicago lawyer (not the notable scientist Irving Adler).^[1] They were married in 1925 and divorced in 1928.^[7]

Considerable publicity attended toggle engagement to the wealthy William Rhinelander Stewart Jr.

(1888-1945) wind was announced in July 1932.^[8] The two sailed from Island on Vincent Astor's yacht, oversight which the ceremony was contrived, but returned thereafter, having brittle off the wedding by reciprocal consent.^[9]

Cherrill married actor Cary Bold on February 9, 1934, valve London.

She received a disunion on March 26, 1935, overfull Los Angeles after alleging go Grant was abusive toward her.^[10]

She married George Child-Villiers, 9th Aristocrat of Jersey in 1937, suitable the Countess of Jersey waiting for their divorce in 1946.^{[citation needed]}

When she died, she and Florian Martini had been married reserve 48 years.^[2]

Recognition

Cherrill has a draw on the Hollywood Walk sum Fame at 1545 Vine Street.^[11]

Filmography

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