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Virginia Pearson
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Virginia Pearson
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1886-03-07,Anchorage, Kentucky, USA
Gender
Female
Biography
From Wikipedia Virginia Belle Pearson (March 7, 1886 - June 6, 1958) was an American stage and film actress. She made fifty-one films in a career which extended from 1910 until 1932. Born in Anchorage, Kentucky, Pearson worked for a brief time as an assistant in the public library in Louisville, Kentucky after completing school. Pearson trained in the tradition of the stars of the American stage, and played in stock productions in Washington, D.C. and New York City. In New York she played the heroine in Hypocrisy, a story which laid bare "the shame of society." She was promoted by William Fox of Fox Film Corporation for the same kind of strong vamp parts as those played by Theda Bara. Among her movies is Blazing Love (1916), Wildness of Youth (1922), The Vital Question (1916), Sister Against Sister (1917), The Red Kimona (1925), Wizard of Oz (1925), and The Phantom of the Opera (1925). In 1916 Pearson and her husband, movie actor Sheldon Lewis, severed their ties with the Virginia Pearson Producing Company. The couple affiliated themselves with the Independent Productions Company, capitalized at $1,000,000. In 1924 the couple were forced to declare bankruptcy. In 1928, Pearson was legally divorced from Lewis. At the time, it was considered bad box office for screen actresses to be married. However the two remained constant companions., and resided for many years at the old Hollywood Hotel. Later they lived at the Motion Picture Country Hom. Virginia Pearson died of uremic poisoning in Hollywood on June 6, 1958 nearly a month to the day after Sheldon Lewis. She was 72. Funeral services were held at the Pierce Brothers Hollywood Chapel. She was buried with an unmarked grave in Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery.

Filmography

The Phantom of the Opera

7.107

The Phantom of the Opera
1925-06-29

A Daughter of France

0

A Daughter of France
1918-03-24

Driven from Home

7

Driven from Home
1927-01-15

8

Silence
1926-04-25

6.125

Mum's the Word
1926-05-09

10

The Actress
1928-04-27

0

Daredevil Kate
1916-08-21

0

Her Price
1918-07-14

A Royal Romance

0

A Royal Romance
1917-04-30

8

Smilin' Guns
1929-03-31

5.75

The Red Kimona
1925-11-16

The Primrose Path

9

The Primrose Path
1931-01-25

What Price Beauty?

10

What Price Beauty?
1928-01-22

Buchanan's Wife

0

Buchanan's Wife
1918-12-01

6.429

Back Street
1932-08-04

The Kiss of a Vampire

7

The Kiss of a Vampire
1916-01-01

9

Atta Boy
1926-10-10

The Wizard of Oz

5.5

The Wizard of Oz
1925-02-12

The Power of Silence

10

The Power of Silence
1928-10-20

Impossible Catherine

7

Impossible Catherine
1919-10-05

10

Lucky Fool
1927-01-01

9

The Stain
1914-07-17

Lightning Hutch

8

Lightning Hutch
1926-04-18

Writing on the Wall

1

Writing on the Wall
1916-02-14

Sister Against Sister

0

Sister Against Sister
1917-03-04

The Queen of Hearts

0

The Queen of Hearts
1918-09-15

Wildness of Youth

10

Wildness of Youth
1922-09-29

0

Stolen Honor
1918-01-06

The War Bride's Secret

0

The War Bride's Secret
1916-10-09

Thou Shalt Not Steal

0

Thou Shalt Not Steal
1917-10-14

The Bishop's Emeralds

7

The Bishop's Emeralds
1919-06-08

A Prince of a King

7

A Prince of a King
1923-10-13

When False Tongues Speak

0

When False Tongues Speak
1917-09-08

0

The Firebrand
1918-05-19

The Love Auction

7

The Love Auction
1919-02-09

All for a Husband

0

All for a Husband
1917-11-18

0

Wrath of Love
1917-08-04

The Taxi Mystery

8

The Taxi Mystery
1926-04-10