Virginia Davis

Virginia Davis (31 December 1918 - 15 August 2009) was an American actress. She was the first to play Alice in the Alice Comedies, appearing in a total of fifteen of them.

About Virginia
Raised in Kansas City, Missouri, she appeared in advertising at a young age. Walt Disney cast her in the first Alice Comedie, Alice's Wonderland for Laugh-O-Grams studio, when she was six years old. When Disney moved to California to seek a distribution deal, he convinced her family to move to Los Angeles so she could star in the series.

She later tested for voiceover parts for both Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) and Pinocchio (1940), but was not hired.

In 1925, Davis played the role of Resi in The Greater Glory, a First National Pictures production. In December 1929, Davis was in the cast of The Blue Bird at the Pasadena Playhouse. Over the next twenty years, she went on to work at other Hollywood Studios as a child actress and, later, as a supporting actress. She sang, danced, and acted in such films as Flying Down to Rio, Vivacious Lady, Young and Beautiful, College Holiday, Song of the Islands, Three on a Match, The Harvey Girls, and Weekend in Havana, among others. On several occasions, she used the screen name Mary Daily, and appeared in such films as Hands Across the Rockies with cowboy star Bill Elliott. During her Hollywood tenure, she also occasionally worked for her old boss, Walt Disney.

Appearances

 * Alice's Wonderland
 * Alice's Day at Sea
 * Alice's Spooky Adventure
 * Alice's Wild West Show
 * Alice's Fishy Story
 * Alice and the Dog Catcher
 * Alice the Peacemaker
 * Alice Gets in Dutch
 * Alice Hunting in Afrika
 * Alice and the Three Bears
 * Alice the Piper
 * Alice Cans the Cannibals
 * Alice the Toreador
 * Alice Gets Stung
 * Alice in the Jungle