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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.
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Filmography (Movies)
Back Street
Character:Minor Role (uncredited)
Release Date:04/08/1932
The Primrose Path
Character:Marie Randeau
Release Date:25/01/1931
Smilin' Guns
Character:Mrs. van Smythe
Release Date:31/03/1929
The Power of Silence
Character:Mrs. Wright
Release Date:20/10/1928
The Actress
Character:Mrs. Telfer
Release Date:27/04/1928
What Price Beauty?
Character:Mary
Release Date:22/01/1928
Driven from Home
Character:
Release Date:15/01/1927
Lucky Fool
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1927
Atta Boy
Character:Madame Carlton
Release Date:10/10/1926
Mum's the Word
Character:The Wife
Release Date:09/05/1926
Silence
Character:Millie Burke
Release Date:25/04/1926
Lightning Hutch
Character:Janet Thornwall
Release Date:18/04/1926
The Taxi Mystery
Character:Mrs. Blaine Jameson
Release Date:10/04/1926
The Red Kimona
Character:Mrs. Beverly Fontaine
Release Date:16/11/1925
The Phantom of the Opera
Character:Carlotta
Release Date:29/06/1925
The Wizard of Oz
Character:Lady Vishuss
Release Date:12/02/1925
A Prince of a King
Character:Queen Claudia
Release Date:13/10/1923
Wildness of Youth
Character:Louise Wesley
Release Date:29/09/1922
Impossible Catherine
Character:Catherine Kimberly
Release Date:05/10/1919
The Bishop's Emeralds
Character:Hester - Lady Cardew
Release Date:08/06/1919
The Love Auction
Character:Lea Montrose, Mrs. Vanderveer
Release Date:09/02/1919
Buchanan's Wife
Character:Beatrix Buchanan
Release Date:01/12/1918
The Queen of Hearts
Character:Pauline Cheraud
Release Date:15/09/1918
Her Price
Character:Marcia Calhoun
Release Date:14/07/1918
The Firebrand
Character:Princess Natalya
Release Date:19/05/1918
A Daughter of France
Character:Louise de Ciron
Release Date:24/03/1918
Stolen Honor
Character:Virginia Lake
Release Date:06/01/1918
All for a Husband
Character:Henrietta Downs
Release Date:18/11/1917
Thou Shalt Not Steal
Character:Mary Bruce
Release Date:14/10/1917
When False Tongues Speak
Character:Mary Page Walton
Release Date:08/09/1917
Wrath of Love
Character:Roma Winnet
Release Date:04/08/1917
A Royal Romance
Character:The Princess Sylvia
Release Date:30/04/1917
Sister Against Sister
Character:Anne / Katherine
Release Date:04/03/1917
The War Bride's Secret
Character:Jean MacDougal
Release Date:09/10/1916
Daredevil Kate
Character:Kate
Release Date:21/08/1916
Writing on the Wall
Character:Barbara Lawrence
Release Date:14/02/1916
The Kiss of a Vampire
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1916
The Stain
Character:Stevens' Daughter
Release Date:17/07/1914
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