Virginia Cherrill
actress
- Birth name:
- Dollie Virginia Cherrill
- Born:
- 1908-04-12, Carthage, Illinois, USA
- Died:
- 1996-11-14, Santa Barbara, California, USA
- Professions:
- actress
Biography
Actress in US and UK films of the early 1930s. Born on a farm, Cherrill was discovered by Charles Chaplin while sitting beside him at a boxing match in Los Angeles; he introduced himself at intermission and hired her for her debut in City Lights (1931). She met husband Cary Grant at the premiere of Blonde Venus (1932) and stopped working after their marriage in 1933. At one time, lived in England as the wife of the Earl of Jersey. Finally settled happily in Santa Barbara.
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