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.

[7] While on vacation from boarding school, Fox traveled to visit a friend in Los Angeles.

She went on to star as leading lady in many of the early films of Buster Keaton, including 1920's highly regarded Neighbors.

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.

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.