Virginia Fox
Virginia Fox | |
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Fox in The Blacksmith, 1922 | |
Born | Virginia Oglesby Fox April 19 (year of birth disputed) Wheeling, West Virginia, U.S. |
Died | October 14, 1982 Santa Monica, California, U.S. |
Resting place | Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1915–1929 |
Spouse | Darryl F. Zanuck (1924–1979) |
Children | 3, including Richard D. Zanuck |
Relatives | Dean Zanuck (grandson) |
Virginia Oglesby Zanuck (/ˈzænək/; née Fox; April 19 (year of birth disputed)[Note 1] – October 14, 1982) was an American actress who starred in many silent films of the 1910s and 1920s.
Life and career
Fox was born as Virginia Oglesby Fox in Wheeling, West Virginia (though her grave erroneously lists Charleston, West Virginia, as her place of birth), the daughter of Mary Elizabeth (née Oglesby) and Frederick Fox.[7]
While on vacation from boarding school, Fox traveled to visit a friend in Los Angeles. The two made a casual stop by the studio of Mack Sennett, where she was hired on the spot and made a bathing beauty in the studio's films. She went on to star as leading lady in many of the early films of Buster Keaton, including 1920's highly regarded Neighbors.[2]
On January 12, 1924, she married film producer Darryl F. Zanuck, with whom she had three children, Darrylin, Susan Marie, and Richard Darryl. Fox retired from acting but was known as a behind-the-scenes influence on her husband's business decisions. The couple separated in 1956 over the studio mogul's affairs with other women, although they never legally divorced. According to Zanuck biographers, she cared for him at their home from the time he became mentally incapacitated in the early 1970s until his death in 1979.
Despite some Internet accounts to the contrary, Virginia Fox was not related to William Fox, whose name is preserved in the 20th Century Fox film studio, which Darryl Zanuck created and led for decades. William Fox founded Fox Studios but had lost control of it by the time Zanuck acquired it and merged it into his own empire.
Death
On October 14, 1982, Fox died of a lung infection complicated by emphysema at her home in Santa Monica, California after having been sick for about a year.[8] She was buried near Darryl Zanuck at the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Westwood, Los Angeles.[9]
Filmography
Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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1915 | A Submarine Pirate | ||
1920 | Down on the Farm | uncredited | |
Neighbors | The Bride | ||
1921 | The Haunted House | Bank President's Daughter | |
Hard Luck | Virginia | ||
The Goat | Chief's daughter | ||
The Playhouse | Twin | Uncredited | |
1922 | The Paleface | Indian Maiden | Uncredited |
Cops | Mayor's Daughter | ||
1922 | The Blacksmith | Horsewoman | |
The Electric House | Girl | Uncredited | |
1923 | The Love Nest | The Girl | |
1926 | The Caveman | Party Girl |
Notes
References
- ^ "How to Find West Virginia Birth Records". FamilySearch. Retrieved 2023-12-24.
- ^ a b Gussow, Mel (October 15, 1982). "Virginia F. Zanuck, Silent Movie Star". The New York Times. Retrieved October 31, 2022.
- ^ Biodata, imdb.com. Accessed November 27, 2022.
- ^ ZANUCK, VIRGINIA was born 19 April 1903, received Social Security number 558-66-0352 (indicating California) and, Death Master File says, died October 1982 Source: Death Master File (public domain).
- ^ Virginia Fox Zanuck gravestone, findagrave.com. Accessed November 27, 2022.
- ^ "FamilySearch.org". FamilySearch.
- ^ Harris, Marlys J. (1989). The Zanucks of Hollywood: the dark legacy of an American dynasty. Crown Publishers. ISBN 9780517570203.
- ^ "V. Zanuck, widow of film tycoon". Chicago Tribune. October 15, 1982. p. 8. Retrieved November 7, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Ferrell, Sarah (August 13, 1995). "R.I.P. in L.A." The New York Times. Retrieved October 31, 2022.
External links
- Virginia Fox at IMDb
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- Old San Francisco (1927)
- The First Auto (1927)
- The Jazz Singer (1927)
- Tenderloin (1928)
- The Show of Shows (1929)
- Three Faces East (1930)
- The Doorway to Hell (1931)
- Little Caesar (1931)
- Illicit (1931)
- The Public Enemy (1931)
- The Man Who Played God (1932)
- The Rich Are Always with Us (1932)
- Doctor X (1932)
- Life Begins (1932)
- The Cabin in the Cotton (1932)
- Three on a Match (1932)
- 20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932)
- Parachute Jumper (1933)
- 42nd Street (1933)
- The Working Man (1933)
- Ex-Lady (1933)
- The Bowery (1933)
- Blood Money (1933)
- Moulin Rouge (1934)
- Looking for Trouble (1934)
- Born to Be Bad (1934)
- Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (1934)
- The Mighty Barnum (1934)
- Folies Bergère de Paris (1935)
- Les Misérables (1935)
- Cardinal Richelieu (1935)
- Call of the Wild (1935)
- Metropolitan (1935)
- Thanks a Million (1935)
- The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo (1935)
- Professional Soldier (1935)
- The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)
- It Had to Happen (1936)
- A Message to Garcia (1936)
- Under Two Flags (1936)
- The Road to Glory (1936)
- Poor Little Rich Girl (1936)
- Sing, Baby, Sing (1936)
- Pigskin Parade (1936)
- Seventh Heaven (1937)
- Slave Ship (1937)
- Wee Willie Winkie (1937)
- Wake Up and Live (1937)
- Thin Ice (1937)
- Lancer Spy (1937)
- In Old Chicago (1938)
- Happy Landing (1938)
- International Settlement (1938)
- Kentucky Moonshine
- Always Goodbye (1938)
- Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938)
- Just Around the Corner (1938)
- Little Miss Broadway (1938)
- My Lucky Star (1938)
- Submarine Patrol (1938)
- Jesse James (1939)
- Tail Spin (1939)
- Wife, Husband and Friend (1939)
- The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939)
- Rose of Washington Square (1939)
- Stanley and Livingstone (1939)
- The Rains Came (1939)
- Hollywood Cavalcade (1939)
- Swanee River (1939)
- The Little Princess (1939)
- The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
- Little Old New York (1940)
- The Man I Married (1940)
- The Return of Frank James (1940)
- The Great Profile (1940)
- Brigham Young (1940)
- Down Argentine Way (1940)
- The Mark of Zorro (1940)
- Hudson's Bay (1941)
- Tobacco Road (1941)
- The Great American Broadcast (1941)
- Blood and Sand (1941)
- A Yank in the R.A.F. (1941)
- How Green Was My Valley (1942)
- Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake (1942)
- Sex Hygiene (Short) (1942)
- To the Shores of Tripoli (1942)
- This Above All (1942)
- Thunder Birds (1942)
- The Purple Heart (1944)
- Wilson (1944)
- Winged Victory (1944)
- The Razor's Edge (1946)
- Gentleman's Agreement (1947)
- Fury at Furnace Creek (1948)
- The Snake Pit (1948)
- Pinky (1949)
- Twelve O'Clock High (1949)
- No Way Out (1950)
- All About Eve (1950)
- David and Bathsheba (1951)
- People Will Talk (1951)
- Viva Zapata! (1952)
- The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952)
- The Egyptian (1954)
- The View from Pompey's Head (1955)
- The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956)
- Island in the Sun (1957)
- The Sun Also Rises (1957)
- The Roots of Heaven (1958)
- Crack in the Mirror (1960)
- Sanctuary (1961)
- The Big Gamble (1961)
- The Longest Day (1962)
- The Chapman Report (1962)
- The Visit (1964)
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- Richard D. Zanuck (son)
- Dean Zanuck (grandson)
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