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Virginia Cherrill (April 12, 1908 – November 14, 1996) was an American actress best known for her role as the blind flower girl in Charlie Chaplin's City Lights (1931).

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Virginia Cherrill
Virginia Cherrill in 1929
Born	(1908-04-12)April 12, 1908 Carthage, Illinois, U.S.
Died	November 14, 1996(1996-11-14) (aged 88) Santa Barbara, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1928–1936
Spouse(s)	Irving Adler ​ ​ (m. 1925; div. 1928)​ Cary Grant ​ ​ (m. 1934; div. 1935)​ George Child-Villiers, 9th Earl of Jersey ​ ​ (m. 1937; div. 1946)​ Florian Martini ​ ​ (m. 1948)​

Early life

Virginia Cherrill was born on a farm in rural Carthage, Illinois to James E. and Blanche (née Wilcox) Cherrill.[1] She attended schools in Chicago and Kenosha, Wisconsin.[2]

She initially did not plan on a film career, but her friendship with Sue Carol (who later married Alan Ladd) eventually drew her to Hollywood. She had been voted "Queen of the Artists Ball" in Chicago in 1925[1] and was invited to perform on the variety stage by Florenz Ziegfeld, an offer she declined. She found her first marriage unsatisfying, and through her friendship with Sue Carol, decamped to California where she met William Randolph Hearst,[1] went to Hollywood for a visit and met Charlie Chaplin when he sat next to her at a boxing match;[3] however, Chaplin wrote in his autobiography that she approached him on the beach wanting him to cast her in his film while acknowledging that he had met her before.[4]

Career

Chaplin soon cast Cherrill in City Lights. Although the film and her performance were well-received, her working relationship with Chaplin on the film was often strained. As indicated in the documentary Unknown Chaplin, Cherrill was fired from the film for leaving the set for a hairdressing appointment[5] at one point and Chaplin planned to re-film all her scenes with Georgia Hale, but ultimately realized too much money had already been spent on the film. Cherrill recalls in the documentary that she followed close friend Marion Davies's advice to hold out for more money when Chaplin asked her to return to the film.

Even before City Lights was released, 20th Century Fox signed Cherrill to a contract. Following the success of City Lights, the studio put her to work in early sound films of the 1930s, such as Girls Demand Excitement (1931), one of John Wayne's early films as a star. Big-name directors cast her in their films, such as John Ford in The Brat (1931) and Tod Browning in Fast Workers (1933). She also appeared in the 1931 Gershwin musical Delicious with Janet Gaynor. She then went to Britain where she starred in two of James Mason's earlier films, including Troubled Waters, which turned out to be her last film. None of these later films were hits, and she gave up her film career, claiming that she was "no great shakes as an actress."[2]

Personal life

Cherrill married four times. She had no children.[6]

Her first husband, Irving Adler, was a rich Chicago lawyer (not the famed scientist Irving Adler).[1] They were married in 1925 and divorced in 1928.[7]

Considerable publicity attended an engagement to the wealthy William Rhinelander Stewart Jr. (1888-1945) that was announced in July 1932.[8] The two sailed from Hawaii on Vincent Astor's yacht, on which the ceremony was planned, but returned thereafter, having broken off the wedding by mutual consent.[9]

Cherrill married actor Cary Grant on February 9, 1934, in London. She received a divorce on March 26, 1935, in Los Angeles after alleging that Grant was abusive toward her.[10]

Her third husband was George Child-Villiers, 9th Earl of Jersey, from 1937 to 1946.[2] She changed her legal name to Virginia Child-Villiers, countess of Jersey.^{[citation needed]}

Cherrill finally settled down with Florian Martini, a Polish airman whose squadron she had looked after during World War II. He found a job working for Lockheed Martin in Santa Barbara, California, where they lived from 1948 until her death in 1996 at age 88.^{[citation needed]}

Recognition

Cherrill has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1545 Vine Street.[11]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Note
1928	The Air Circus	Extra	uncredited
1931	City Lights	Blind Girl
	Girls Demand Excitement	Joan Madison
	The Brat	Angela
	Delicious	Diana Van Bergh
1933	Fast Workers	Virginia
	The Nuisance	Miss Rutherford
	He Couldn't Take It	Eleanor Rogers
	Charlie Chan's Greatest Case	Barbara Winterslip	Lost film
	Ladies Must Love	Bill's Society Fiancée
1934	Cane Fire / White Heat	Lucille Cheney	Lost film
	Money Mad	Linda
1935	What Price Crime	Sandra Worthington
	Late Extra	Janet Graham
1936	Troubled Waters	June Elkhardt
1983	Unknown Chaplin	Herself	TV mini-series/documentary, 1 episode

References

Notes

Bibliography

External links

• Virginia Cherrill at IMDb
• Virginia Cherrill at Find a Grave
• Virginia Cherrill at Virtual History

На других языках

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[de] Virginia Cherrill

Virginia Cherrill (* 12. April 1908 in Carthage, Illinois; † 14. November 1996 in Santa Barbara, Kalifornien) war eine US-amerikanische Schauspielerin. Sie blieb hauptsächlich durch die Rolle des blinden Blumenmädchens in Charlie Chaplins Filmklassiker Lichter der Großstadt (1931) in Erinnerung.

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- [en] Virginia Cherrill

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[es] Virginia Cherrill

Virginia Cherrill (12 de abril de 1908 - 14 de noviembre de 1996) fue una actriz estadounidense, conocida por su papel de vendedora de flores invidente en la película de Charles Chaplin, Luces de la ciudad, del año 1931.[1] Es también conocida como Virginia Child-Villiers, Condesa de Jersey, debido a su matrimonio con un duque inglés en los años 40. [2]

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[ru] Черрилл, Вирджиния

Вирджиния Черрилл (англ. Virginia Cherrill, 12 апреля 1908 — 14 ноября 1996) — американская актриса, наиболее известная по роли слепой цветочницы в фильме Чарли Чаплина «Огни большого города».

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