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Virginia Fox

Virginia Fox

Acting
19 Apr 1902
14 Oct 1982
Wheeling, West Virginia, USA

Biography

Virginia Fox was born in Wheeling, West Virginia (though her grave erroneously lists Charleston, W.Va. as her place of birth), the daughter of Marie (née Oglseby) and Frederick Fox. 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. Fox went on to star as leading lady in many of the early films of Buster Keaton, inclu...

Also Known As

Virginia Oglesby Fox, Virginia Oglesby Zanuck

Photos

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