Virginia Lee Corbin

Virginia Lee Corbin (December 5, 1910 – June 4, 1942)[1] was an American silent film actress. Corbin began her career as a child actress in 1916, when she was billed as Baby Virginia Corbin,[2] and went on to become a youthful flapper in the 1920s. She was one of the many silent stars that would not make it in the sound era, and retired from acting in the early 1930s.[3]

Virginia Lee Corbin
Born	December 5, 1910 Prescott, Arizona, U.S.
Died	June 5, 1942 (aged 31) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1913–1931
Spouse(s)	Theodore Krol (1929–1937; divorced); 2 children Charles Jacobson (m. 193?)
Children	2

She married Chicago stockbroker Theodore Krol in 1929 and they had two children, Phillip and Robert. They divorced in 1937 and shortly after she married another Chicago stockbroker, Charles Jacobson.[4]

She died at age 31 from tuberculosis.

Partial filmography

• Let Katie Do It (1916) - Child (uncredited)
• Intolerance (1916) - Child in Epilogue (uncredited)
• Pidgin Island (1916) - Minor Role (uncredited)
• Heart Strings (1917) - Johanna - as a child
• Vengeance of the Dead (1917, Short)
• Jack and the Beanstalk (1917) - Virginia / Princess Regina
• Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp (1917) - Princess Badr al-badr
• The Babes in the Woods (1917) - Rose / Gretel
• Treasure Island (1917) - Louise Trelawney
• Six-Shooter Andy (1918) - Susan's Sister (uncredited)
• Ace High (1918) - Annette Dupre (child)
• Fan Fan (1918) - Fan Fan
• The Forbidden Room (1919) - Virginia Clark
• The White Dove (1920) - Dorothy Lanyon
• Enemies of Children (1923)
• The Cafe of Fallen Angels (1923)
• Fight and Win (1924)
• Wine of Youth (1924) - Flapper
• Sinners in Silk (1924) - Flapper
• The City That Never Sleeps (1924) - Molly Kendall
• Broken Laws (1924) - Patsy Heath - age 16
• The Chorus Lady (1924) - Nora O'Brien
• 3 Keys (1925) - Edna Trevor
• The Cloud Rider (1925) - Blythe Wingate
• Lilies of the Streets (1925) - Judith Lee
• Headlines (1925) - 'Bobby' Dale
• The Handsome Brute (1925) - Nelly Egan
• North Star (1925) - Marcia Gale
• Hands Up! (1926) - Alice Woodstock
• The Honeymoon Express (1926) - Becky
• Ladies at Play (1926) - Dotty
• The Whole Town's Talking (1926) - Ethel Simmons
• The Perfect Sap (1927) - Ruth Webster
• Driven from Home (1927)
• Play Safe (1927) - Virginia Craig
• No Place to Go (1927) - Virginia Dare
• The Head of the Family (1928) - Alice Sullivan
• Bare Knees (1928) - Billie Durey
• The Little Snob (1928) - Jane
• Jazzland (1928) - Martha Baggott
• Footlights and Fools (1929) - Claire Floyd
• Knee High (1929)
• Morals for Women (1931) - Maybelle
• Shotgun Pass (1931) - Sally Seagrue
• Forgotten Women (1931) - Sissy Salem
• X Marks the Spot (1931) - Hortense
• Letter of Introduction (1938) - Woman at Barry's Party (uncredited)
• Adventure in Diamonds (1940) - Nightclub Woman (uncredited) (final film role)

References

1. Billboard June 27, 1942
2. Motion Picture Classic Vol. III No.7 (March 1917)
3. Silents Are Golden website article
4. Lussier, T: "Silentera.com"

Further reading

• Dye, David. Child and Youth Actors: Filmography of Their Entire Careers, 1914-1985. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., p. 43.

External links

• Virginia Lee Corbin at IMDb
• Virginia Lee Corbin - From 'Emotional Star' to 'Flapper.'
• Virginia Lee Corbin at Find a Grave
• Virginia Lee Corbin at Virtual History