Virginia Cherrill
Biography
Virginia Cherrill was an American actress born on a farm in rural Carthage, Illinois, to James E. and Blanche (née Wilcox) Cherrill. She gained fame for her role as the blind flower girl in Charlie Chaplin's 1931 film City Lights, which she received after meeting him at a boxing match. Her early Hollywood career was marked by brief stints in films like Delicious and Troubled Waters before she gave up acting in 1936.