Virginia Anna Adeleid Weidler (March 21, 1927[1] – July 1, 1968) was an American child actress, popular in Hollywood films during the 1930s and 1940s.

[5] Virginia made a big impression on audiences as the little girl who would "hold my breath 'til I am black in the face" to get her way.

[9] At her retirement from the screen at age 16, she had appeared in more than 40 films, and had acted with some of the biggest stars of the day, including Clark Gable and Myrna Loy in Too Hot to Handle, Bette Davis in All This and Heaven Too, and Judy Garland in Babes on Broadway.

[11] Her father turned his architectural skills into a career building miniature sets for 20th Century Fox.

[14] Krisel's U.S. Navy career began during WWII; he spent two years in Korea in the early 1950s,[15] and--with his wife and children--was stationed for some time in Cuba in the late 1950s.

[17] While not the box-office draw of Fox's Shirley Temple or Jane Withers, Weidler still has a loyal following to this day.