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Virginia Cherrill

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Virginia Cherrill

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American actress (1908–1996)

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Virginia Cherrill was an American film actor born in Carthage, Illinois, on April 12, 1908. She began her work period in 1931 and concluded it in 1936. Cherrill was a native English speaker and wrote in English. She was married to Cary Grant and George Child Villiers, 9th Earl of Jersey.

Cherrill received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She died of a stroke in Santa Barbara on November 14, 1996. Her manner of death was natural causes.

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Carthage, Illinois, USA

​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.…

Known for

  • The Real Charlie Chaplin — Self (archive footage)2021
  • Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty — archive footage2020
  • Becoming Cary Grant — Self (archive footage)2017
  • Cary Grant: A Class Apart — Self (archive footage)2004
  • Unknown Chaplin — Self1983
  • Troubled Waters — June Elkhardt1936
  • What Price Crime — Sandra Worthington1935
  • Late Extra — Janet Graham1935
  • White Heat — Lucille Cheney1934
  • The Nuisance — Miss Rutherford1933

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Instance of
human
Given name
Virginia
Gender
female
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Carthage
Place of death
Santa Barbara
Occupation
film actor
Languages spoken
English language
Native language
English language
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date of birth
1908-04-12
date of death
1996-11-14
cause of death
stroke
Commons category
Virginia Cherrill
manner of death
natural causes
start of work period
1931-00-00
writing language
English language
end of work period
1936-00-00
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