Virginia Davis

Virginia Davis
Virginia Davis in 1924
Born	(1918-12-31)December 31, 1918 Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
Died	August 15, 2009(2009-08-15) (aged 90) Corona, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1923–1946
Spouse(s)	Robert McGhee (m. 1943; his death 2002)
Children	2 daughters

Virginia Davis-McGhee (December 31, 1918 – August 15, 2009) was an American child actor in films.

She was born on December 31, 1918 in Kansas City, Missouri. Her father, a furniture salesman, was often away on business.

Davis began working for Walt Disney's Kansas City company, Laugh-O-Gram Studio, in the summer of 1924. She was hired to act in a film called Alice's Wonderland, which combined live action with animation. When Laugh-O-Gram failed and Disney moved to Los Angeles, on the basis of Alice's Wonderland Winkler Pictures signed Disney for a series known as the Alice Comedies, or Alice in Cartoonland. Disney convinced Davis' family to bring her from Missouri to Los Angeles to star in the series. During this time, Davis resided at the La Brea Apartments in Hollywood, California.

In 1925, Davis played the role of Resi in The Viennese Medley, a First National Pictures production. The film's director, Curt Rohfeld, remarked that Davis "... has the technique of a finished artist, the unusual ability to follow direction and the disposition of an angel. Not once during the picture was it necessary for me to explain any angle twice and, with all of her mature understanding, the youthful charm still remains, making a rare and appreciated combination."

While filming The Viennese Medley, Davis signed a contract with Harry Carey and the two actors worked together in The Man From Red Gulch (1925).

In December 1929, Davis was in the cast of The Blue Bird at the Pasadena Playhouse. The fairy play included Janet Horning, a child actress who was only two years old. The cast included 150 children.

Davis did voice testing for a role in Disney's first feature-length animation film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) as well as some of the little boys' voices in Pinocchio (1940), but was not hired.