Virginia Lee Corbin ( – June 4, 1942) was an American

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Early years

Corbin was born Laverne Virginia Corbin in Prescott, Arizona to Leon Ernest Corbin and Virginia Frances (Cox) Corbin, and she had a sister, Ruth Emilie (Corbin) Miehle De Vries Lipari.

Career

Corbin began her career as a

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in 1916, when she was billed as Baby Virginia Corbin. When she was six years old, she starred in fairy-tale films made by the William Fox Company. The success of ''Jack and the Beanstalk'' (1917) was such that Fox signed Corbin to a five-year contract. In addition to her salary, the contract specified that the company would provide instruction for her education. She went on to become a youthful

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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. Corbin was named one of the

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of 1925. She also had a nervous breakdown in 1925, causing her to miss making films. Films in which she starred included ''Alladin and the Wonderful Lamp'','' The City That Never Sleeps'', ''Knee High'', '' The Perfect Sap'', and '' Hands Up''. Her career ended with her working as an extra in 1940.

Personal life and death

She married New York broker Theodore Krol in 1929, retiring from films for the marriage, and they had two children, Harold Phillip and Robert Lee. They divorced in 1937 and shortly after she married another Chicago stockbroker, Charles Jacobson.Lussier, T: "Silentera.com" Corbin died on June 4, 1942, in

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, aged 30.

Partial filmography

* '' Let Katie Do It'' (1916) – Child (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1916) – Child in Epilogue (uncredited) * '' Pidgin Island'' (1916) – Minor Role (uncredited) * '' Heart Strings'' (1917) – Johanna – as a child * '' Vengeance of the Dead'' (1917, Short) * ''

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'' (1917) – Virginia / Princess Regina * '' Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp'' (1917) – Princess Badr al-badr * ''

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'' (1917) – Rose / Gretel * ''Treasure Island'' (1917) – Louise Trelawney * ''Six-Shooter Andy'' (1918) – Susan's Sister (uncredited) * ''

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'' (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 * ''

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'' (1924) – Flapper * '' The City That Never Sleeps'' (1924) – Molly Kendall * ''

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'' (1924) – Patsy Heath – age 16 * '' The Chorus Lady'' (1924) – Nora O'Brien * ''

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'' (1925) – Edna Trevor * '' The Cloud Rider'' (1925) – Blythe Wingate * '' Lilies of the Streets'' (1925) – Judith Lee * ''

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'' (1925) – 'Bobby' Dale * '' The Handsome Brute'' (1925) – Nelly Egan * ''

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'' (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 * ''

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'' (1938) – Woman at Barry's Party (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1940) – Nightclub Woman (uncredited) (final film role)

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