Virginia Cherrill (April 12, 1908 – November 14, 1996), styled as Virginia, Countess of Jersey between 1937 and 1946, was an American actress best known for her role as the blind flower girl in Charlie Chaplin's City Lights (1931).

Virginia Cherrill. Actress: City Lights. Actress in US and UK films of the early 1930s. Born on a farm, Cherrill was discovered by Charles Chaplin while sitting beside him at a boxing match in Los Angeles; he introduced himself at intermission and hired her for her debut in City Lights (1931).

Virginia Cherrill. Actress: City Lights. Actress in US and UK films of the early 1930s. Born on a farm, Cherrill was discovered by Charles Chaplin while sitting beside him at a boxing match in Los Angeles; he introduced himself at intermission and hired her for her debut in City Lights (1931).

Nov 14, 1996 · She was discovered by Charles Chaplin, and made her debut in his "City Lights" (1931) as the blind flower girl. She made a handful of films in the 1930's before retiring. Once married to actor Cary Grant, her last husband (of 46 years) was a Polish World War II flying ace.

Nov 20, 1996 · Virginia Cherrill, actress: born Carthage, Illinois 12 April 1908; married 1927 Irving Adler (marriage dissolved 1928), 1934 Cary Grant (marriage dissolved 1935), 1937 George, ninth Earl of...

Nov 18, 1996 · Virginia Cherrill, a 1930's actress who starred as a beautiful, blind flower girl in the classic Charlie Chaplin silent film ''City Lights'' (1931), died late Thursday in a hospital...

Apr 5, 2012 · Virginia Cherrill presided, during the thirties, over one of England's loveliest houses, as the Countess of Jersey. Everybody sought her friendship. All that eluded her...

Virginia Cherrill was a former wife of Cary Grant whose acting debut came as a blind flower girl in Charlie Chaplin's silent classic "City Lights." Cherrill was in few...

Nov 14, 1996 · Virginia Cherrill (April 12, 1908 - November 14, 1996) was an American actress best known for her role as the blind flower girl in Charlie Chaplin's City Lights (1931). She married an English earl in the 1940s, and is also known as Virginia Child-Villiers, Countess of Jersey.

May 15, 2009 · SHE was the winsome blind flower-girl in City Lights, the diaphanous beauty who transfixed Charlie Chaplin’s Little Tramp. But the actress Virginia Cherrill disappeared after the movie became a...