Virginia Cherrill Filmography

Virginia Cherrill was an American actress best known for her role as the blind flower girl in Charlie Chaplin's City Lights . Virginia Cherrill was born on a farm in rural Carthage, Illinois, to James E. and Blanche Cherrill. She initially did not plan on a film career, but her friendship with Sue Carol eventually drew her to Hollywood. She had been voted "Queen of the Artists Ball" in Chicago in 1925 and was invited to perform on the variety stage by Florence Ziegfeld, an offer she declined. She found her first marriage unsatisfying and, courtesy of her friendship with Lederer, decamped... to California where she would meet William Randolph Hearst. When she went to Hollywood for a visit, she met Charlie Chaplin when he sat next to her at a boxing match. Chaplin soon cast her in City Lights. Although the film and her performance were well-received, her working relationship with Chaplin on the film was often strained.
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