VIRGINIA CHERRILL

 

From Stars of the Photoplay (1930)

THIS pretty Chicago society girl, with absolutely no previous screen or stage experience, was chosen by Charlie Chaplin to appear opposite him in City Lights. Virginia was born in Carthage, Illinois, April 12, 1908, is 5 Feet, 5 inches tall, weighs 118 and has blonde hair and blue eyes. It was while she was visiting her chum, Sue Carol, in Hollywood, that Chaplin met her, offered a screen test and later signed her for his picture. In 1926 she married Irving Adler, attorney, and divorced him in 1928.

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