Vault Disney Presents Disney Legends - Virginia Davis (1997)

Virginia Davis is Walt's first star. When Walt started the Alice Comedies film series in Kansas City, Virginia was a local child model who was hired to be in the pilot film. Later, when Walt sold the series to distributor Margaret Winkler, he sent for Davis and her family to move to Hollywood. She would star in 15 total of the 57 Alice Comedies, her favorite being Alice's Wild West Show.

When she left the Disney Bros Studio, Virginia continued acting on stage and in film over the next twenty years, often being billed as Mary Daily. She was considered for the speaking role of Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs ultimately losing to Adrianna Caselotti but did provide voices in some of Walt's other films including Pinocchio. She also did some live action reference for several Disney cartoons and worked in the Ink & Paint Dept for a time.

In 1943 she married and got out of show business. She and her husband had two daughters and resided across the country over the next 59 years, Virginia sometimes worked as a real estate agent.

Virginia Davis was made a Disney Legend in 1988 and was the first woman to be named one. She passed away in 2009. All of the surviving Alice Comedies are collected on this Rumble channel archive.

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