- Born
- Died
- Birth nameVirginia Helen McSweeney
- Height5′ 4″ (1.63 m)
- Virginia got her start with a Milwaukee stock company and also did some film work with Essanay Studios in 1917 Chicago. Back in the theater, it would be 3 more years before she was brought out to Hollywood to act as leading lady to Bert Lytell. Virginia would continue to appear in films throughout the decade and she would be an established star at Universal by the mid 20's. The bulk of her films would be between 1924 and 1927. While she had no trouble adjusting to sound in The Isle of Lost Ships (1929), which she made at First National, her big salary and declining appeal both conspired to end her film career. Unable to find a suitable studio, she would make her last film The Last Zeppelin (1930) at Tiffany Studios. In 1931, she married Charles Farrell and retired from the screen to live in Beverly Hills before moving to Palm Springs.
- IMDb mini biography by: Tony Fontana <tony.fontana@spacebbs.com>
- SpousesCharles Farrell(February 14, 1931 - September 24, 1968) (her death)Demarest Lamson(March 1921 - July 30, 1927) (divorced)
- Was a stenographer before becoming an actress.
- Buried in Welwood Murray Cemetery, Palm Springs, California.
- Husband Charles Farrell eventually served as mayor of Palm Springs from 1948 until 1954.
- She endorsed Lux Toilet Soap (1929).
- Upon her death, her remains were interred at Welwood Murray Cemetery in Palm Springs, Riverside County, California, USA. Her location plot is Section 10-3, Lot F,.
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