Virginia Fox was an American actress who starred in many silent film

Silent film

A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...

s of the 1910s and 1920s. In 1924 she married film producer

Film producer

A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...

 Darryl F. Zanuck

Darryl F. Zanuck

Darryl Francis Zanuck was an American producer, writer, actor, director and studio executive who played a major part in the Hollywood studio system as one of its longest survivors...

, with whom she had three children, Darrylin Zanuck, Susan Zanuck, and Richard Zanuck. The couple separated in 1956 over the studio mogul's affairs with other women, though they were never legally divorced; but according to Zanuck biographers, she cared for him at their home from the time he became mentally incapacitated in the early 1970s until his death in 1979. Virginia Fox Zanuck died of emphysema

Emphysema

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 and cerebral thrombosis at age 80. She is buried next to her husband in Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery

Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery

The Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery is a cemetery in the Westwood Village area of Los Angeles, California. It is located at 1218 Glendon Avenue in Westwood....

 in Los Angeles

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Despite some Internet accounts to the contrary, Virginia Fox was not related to William Fox, whose name is preserved in the company 20th Century Fox, which Darryl Zanuck created and led for decades. William Fox founded Fox Studios, but had lost control of it by the time Zanuck acquired it and merged it into his own empire.

Filmography

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|1915
|A Submarine Pirate

A Submarine Pirate

A Submarine Pirate is a 1915 short comedy film starring Syd Chaplin and featuring an early uncredited appearance by Harold Lloyd.-Cast:* Syd Chaplin - Ambitious waiter* Wesley Ruggles - The inventor's accomplice* Glen Cavender - A shrewd inventor...

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|1920
|Neighbors

Neighbors (1920 film)

Neighbors is a 1920 short comedy film written, directed by and starring comedian Buster Keaton.- Plot :Buster Keaton and Virginia Fox play young lovers who live in tenements, the rear of which face each other, with backyards separated by a wooden fence...

|The Girl
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|rowspan=4|1921
|The Haunted House

The Haunted House (1921 film)

The Haunted House is a 1921 short comedy film starring comedian Buster Keaton. It was written and directed by Keaton and Edward F. Cline. The runtime is 21 minutes...

|Bank President's Daughter
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|Hard Luck

Hard Luck (1921 film)

Hard Luck is a 1921 short comedy film starring comedian Buster Keaton. It was written and directed by Keaton and Edward F. Cline. The runtime is 22 minutes. For sixty years it was Keaton's only major lost film until it was partially reconstructed in 1987, with the critical final scene still...

|Virginia
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|The Goat

The Goat (1921 film)

The Goat is a 1921 short comedy film written, directed by and starring comedian Buster Keaton.- Plot :Buster Keaton is walking by and peers through a barred window while captured murderer "Dead Shot Dan" is having his picture taken. Seeing that the photographer is looking away, Dan moves his head...

|Chief's daughter
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|The Playhouse

The Playhouse (film)

The Playhouse is a 1921 silent short film written, directed by, and starring Buster Keaton. The movie runs for 22 minutes, and is most famous for an opening sequence in which Keaton plays every role.- Plot :...

|Twin
|Uncredited
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|rowspan=2|1922
|The Paleface
|Indian Maiden
|Uncredited
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|Cops

Cops (film)

Cops is a 1922 comedy short silent film about a young man who accidentally gets on the bad side of the entire Los Angeles Police Department during a parade, and is chased all over town. It was written and directed by Edward F. Cline and Keaton.- Background and plot :This very Kafka-esque film is...

|Mayor's Daughter
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|rowspan=2|1922
|The Blacksmith

The Blacksmith

The Blacksmith is a 1922 short comedy film directed by and featuring Buster Keaton.-Cast:* Buster Keaton - Blacksmith's assistant* Joe Roberts - Blacksmith* Virginia Fox - Horsewoman...

|Horsewoman
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|The Electric House

The Electric House

The Electric House is a 1922 short comedy film directed by and starring Buster Keaton. Keaton plays a botany student who is accidentally awarded an electrical engineering degree. He then attempts to wire a home using many gadgets. The man to whom the degree should have been awarded then exacts...

|Girl
|Uncredited
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|1923
|The Love Nest

The Love Nest (1923 film)

The Love Nest is a 1923 American short comedy silent film written and directed by and starring Buster Keaton.-Synopsis:In order to escape from his life and his lost love, Keaton sets off on his small boat, Cupid, but runs into the whaling ship, The Love Nest...

|The Girl
|1929
Spite Marriage (1929 silent film) with Buster Keaton

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