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Whitney Blake was born on 20 February 1926 in Eagle Rock, California, USA. She was a writer and actress, known for Hazel (1961), My Gun Is Quick (1957) and One Day at a Time (1975). She was married to Allan Manings, Jack Fields and John Thomas Baxter Jr.. She died on 28 September 2002 in Edgartown, Massachusetts, USA.- Actress
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Delightful child/juvenile actress Virginia Anna Adelaide Weidler (her friends called her "Ginny") had that knowing gleam in her eye that usually spelled trouble in one form or another for anyone nearby. She was born in Eagle Rock, California, in 1927, one of six children. Her mother was former Wagnerian opera singer Margarete Radon (born Margarete Therese Louisa Meyer), and her father was architect Alfred Weidler.
Virginia nearly made her acting debut at age 3 in John Barrymore's Moby Dick (1930) but was summarily replaced. A year later, she scored her first small movie bit in Warner Baxter's Surrender (1931) and was on her way. One of her brothers, child actor and musician George Weidler, was Doris Day's first husband (from 1946 to 1949).
RKO picked up young Virginia after learning that she could speak a bit of French. The average-looking youngster was ably cast as rural tomboy types in Laddie (1935) and Freckles (1935), the latter film allowing her to do a dead-on parody of Shirley Temple. She earned her first lead in Girl of the Ozarks (1936) and showed she could easily hold her own. After an unimpressive stint with Paramount, who tried to groom her as a rival to Fox's bratty Jane Withers, she was finally picked up by MGM and her film career blossomed. Co-starring with Mickey Rooney in Love Is a Headache (1938), she proved a natural young comedienne and precocious scene-stealer in such films as Out West with the Hardys (1938) (again with Rooney) and Too Hot to Handle (1938).
Little Virginia could also shine in dramatic outings, as she did with The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt (1939) and Bad Little Angel (1939), but she was never a good choice for sappy roles, as demonstrated when she played Norma Shearer's whiny imp of a daughter in The Women (1939). Virginia's forte was providing comedy relief, and she reached her young peak with two classic MGM films: Young Tom Edison (1940), as Rooney's creative sister, and The Philadelphia Story (1940), as Katharine Hepburn's smart-alecky younger sister. Her tongue-in-cheek rendition of "Lydia the Tattooed Lady" at the piano was just one of many memorable highlights from this vintage classic.
The young actress's career started to slip away from her when the teenage Shirley Temple signed with MGM, abruptly bumping "Plain-Jane" Virginia back to secondary status. After rather disappointing receptions to Born to Sing (1942), The Youngest Profession (1943), and Best Foot Forward (1943), the awkward teen left films and turned to vaudeville as a song-and-dance comedy performer, utilizing her full-scale talents as a mimic. She made her legitimate stage debut in "The Rich Full Life" at the John Golden Theatre in 1945, but the show closed within a month.
Soon after, Virginia retired from show business, married, and had two children. She passed away from a heart ailment at 41. After her death it was learned that she had suffered from rheumatic fever as a child.- Director
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Raymond S. Persi is an Emmy Award®-winning director (The Simpsons) who has worked on high profile projects for many film and television studios including 20th Century Studios, Illumination Entertainment, and Disney Feature Animation. While at Disney Feature Animation, Raymond was a part of the story crew on Wreck-It Ralph and the Oscar®-winning animated feature, Frozen, as well as the Oscar®-winning animated short, Feast. Raymond was a producer and director on the award-winning independent short Ghost of Stephen Foster and served as co-director on the animated feature film, Extinct. In addition, Raymond is also a voice actor in several animated projects including Zootopia, where he provided the voice for Flash, the fastest sloth at the DMV. Most recently, in association with WildBrain Studios, Raymond has directed four new Peanuts Specials for Apple TV+ under the "Snoopy Presents" banner: "It's The Small Things, Charlie Brown", the Emmy® nominated/Leo Award® winning "Lucy's School", the Annie Award® winning "One-of-a-Kind, Marcie", and "Welcome Home, Franklin".- Angela Stevens was born on 8 May 1925 in Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Creature with the Atom Brain (1955), Outlaw Women (1952) and Blunder Boys (1955). She was married to George F. Zika. She died on 17 March 2016 in Canyon Lake, Riverside County, California, USA.
- Kathy O'Dare was born on 27 August 1957 in Eagle Rock, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Eat My Dust (1976), Texas Detour (1978) and Happy Days (1974). She died on 18 July 2010 in Riverside, California, USA.
- George Weidler was born on 11 January 1926 in Eagle Rock, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Dimples (1936) and The Pinch Singer (1936). He was married to Barbara Heussenstamm, Maureen Arthur, Donna Mae Boniface and Doris Day. He died on 27 December 1989 in Los Angeles County, California, USA.
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Dwight Warren was born on 18 July 1889 in Eagle Rock, California, USA. He was a cinematographer, known for Dangerous Traffic (1926), In Slumberland (1917) and Double Dealing (1923). He was married to Louise Seston. He died on 14 August 1979 in North Hollywood, California, USA.- Art Department
Richard Dean Snail was born and raised in Eagle Rock, California. He was once married to Producer and reality star Gina Rodriguez (co-star on Mama June From Not To Hot). They had two children together. Richard works as the head of greens in the television studios. Richard resides in Los Angeles.- Additional Crew
Larry Bees was born on 2 December 1932 in Eagle Rock, California, USA. He is known for Chisum (1970). He was married to Jackie. He died on 6 March 2013 in St. George, Utah, USA.- Walter Hopps was born in 1933 in Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, California, USA. He died on 20 March 2005 in Los Angeles, California, USA.