Virginia Pearson

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Virginia Pearson

Virginia Pearson (March 7, 1886 - June 6, 1958) was a stage actress and silent film star. After completing school Virginia worked for a brief time as an assistant in the public library in Louisville, Kentucky

Louisville, Kentucky

Louisville is Kentucky's largest city and county seat of Jefferson County, Kentucky. The city's estimated population as of 2006 is listed as 557,789, with a population of 1,233,733 in the Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area....
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She made fifty-one films in a career which extended from 1910 until 1932. Among her movies is Blazing Love (1916), Wildness of Youth (1922), The Vital Question (1916), Sister Against Sister (1917), and The Phantom of the Opera

The Phantom of the Opera

The Phantom of the Opera is a French language novel by Gaston Leroux. It was first published as a serialization in Le Gaulois from September 23, 1909 to January 8, 1910....
(1925).

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The Phantom of the Opera

The Phantom of the Opera is a French language novel by Gaston Leroux. It was first published as a serialization in Le Gaulois from September 23, 1909 to January 8, 1910....
(1925). Virginia once played the role of Mary Magdalene

Mary Magdalene

Saint Mary Magdalene or Mary Magdalene is described, both in the canonical New Testament and in the New Testament apocrypha, as a devoted Disciple of Jesus....
in a Pilgrimage Play in Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles, California

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The actress was promoted by William Fox

William Fox (producer)

William Fox was a pioneering United States motion picture executive who founded the Fox Film Corporation in 1915 and the Fox Theatre chain in the 1920s....
of Fox Film Corporation for the same kind of strong vampire

Vampire

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parts as those played by Theda Bara

Theda Bara

Theda Bara , was an United States silent film actor. Bara was one of the most popular screen actresses of her era, and was one of cinema's earliest sex symbols....
. Some considered her a better schooled actress than Bara. Virginia had been trained in the tradition of the great stars of the American stage. She played in stock in Washington, DC and New York City

New York City

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, New York

New York

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. In New York she played the heroine in Hypocrisy, a story which laid bare the shame of society.

In 1916 Pearson and her husband, movie actor Sheldon Lewis

Sheldon Lewis

Sheldon Lewis , was an American actor of the silent film best known for his antagonistic roles. He appeared in 93 films between 1914 in film and 1936 in film....
, severed their ties with the Virginia Pearson Producing Company. The couple affiliated themselves with the Independent Productions Company, capitalized at $1,000,000.

In 1924 the couple were forced to declare bankruptcy.

In 1928 Miss Pearson was legally divorced from Lewis. At the time it was considered bad box office for screen actresses to be married. However the two remained constant companions. Virginia and Sheldon resided for many years at the old Hollywood Hotel

Hollywood Hotel

The Hollywood Hotel was a famous hostelry and landmark located on the north side of Hollywood Boulevard between Highland and Orchid Avenues in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA....
. Later they lived at the Motion Picture Country Home.

Virginia Pearson died of uremic poisoning in Hollywood, California on June 6, 1958. She was 72. The actress became ill just two weeks before her death. She refused to allow friends to summon a doctor. Funeral services were held at the Pierce Brothers Hollywood Chapel. She was buried in Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery

Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery

Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery is located at 10621 Victory Boulevard in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California.The cemetery has a special section called the Portal of Folded Wings Shrine to Aviation that is the final resting place for a number of aviation pioneers--barnstormers, daredevils and sundry architects of aviation....
. Pearson's death occurred exactly one month to the day after that of Sheldon Lewis, 89.