Virginia Valli — Blue Book of the Screen (1923) 🇺🇸
Virginia Valli has become known as “the outdoor girl of the films.” The title has a double appellation. She is not one of those actresses who is the heroine in outdoors drama for the camera only, but she is actually an enthusiast of the open.
Miss Valli’s hobby is outdoor life, in all its forms. She loves swimming, hiking and snowshoeing. Much of her leisure time is spent in the woods and mountains about Hollywood where she makes her home.
She was born in Chicago and received her education there. She appeared on the stage as an interpretative dancer before starting her screen career with Essanay.
Among her early pictures were the following: With Taylor Holmes “The Very Idea,” with Fox [William Fox] “The Plunger,” with Metro “The Silver Lining,” with Hope Hampton “Love’s Penalty,” with Famous Players Sentimental Tommy and with Metro “The Man Who.”
Coming to Universal, Miss Valli was featured in Universal-Jewel special productions. One of her most noteworthy successes was in The Storm.
Miss Valli is of the brunette type with striking dark hair and eyes. She is the athletic, wholesome sort which has come to be recognized as the typical American girl.
She started her screen career with the old Essanay company in Chicago, following a six months’ engagement in stock in Milwaukee. She then went to New York where she played ingénue roles. She first came to California to play opposite Bert Lytell in three pictures.
Miss Valli is twenty-one years old, five feet, three inches in height, weighs 122 pounds, and has brown hair and blue eyes. Her particular hobbies are dancing and motoring.
A nickname sometimes may classify a person in a way that no other thing can. In studio life, at Universal City and elsewhere, Miss Valli has been known always as “Lady Virginia,” even when she was at the “flapper” age just entering pictures.
Her home is in Hollywood, and outdoor life claims her time between pictures.
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Portrait by Freulich • Los Angeles
Collection: The Blue Book of the Screen (1923)