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Virginia Bates
actress
- Professions:
- actress
Biography
Virginia Bates stepped in front of a camera only once—during the summer of 1914, when the American film industry still wore its infancy like a loose coat. On a single afternoon in Fort Lee, New Jersey, she played her part in the one-reel comedy “The Great Mistake,” then walked away from the klieg lights for good. No further roles followed, no studio contracts, no fan-magazine ink. One performance, one title on a marque card, and the flicker of her silhouette became her entire cinematic legacy.
