Virginia Vance

Virginia Vance (born Dahlie Pears; July 1, 1902 – October 13, 1942) was a silent film actress in the United States. She married actor Bryant Washburn.^[1]

From a 1926 publication

Biography

Vance was born Dahlie Pears^[2] in Chicago and raised in Toronto, Canada. She appeared in some 90 films including comedy shorts, serials, and features including in leading roles.^[3] She appeared in Cameo Comedies with Cliff Bowes. She is knocked over by a custard pie in the 1926 film His Private Life.^[4]

In 1929 she married and left filmmaking. She had a daughter. She died of heart issues and is buried at Chapel in the Pines cemetery in Los Angeles.^[3]

Filmography

• Goat Getter (1925) as Mamie Arthur
• Cheer Up (1924)
• The Fighting Dude (1925)
• What's Up? (1925)^[5]
• Fool's Luck (1926)
• Home Cured (1926)
• The Fighting Marine (1926) as Ruby
• His Private Life (1926)
• My Stars (1926) as The Girl
• Undressed (1928) as Marjorie Stanley
• New Year's Eve as Little Girl's Mother