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The History Project: Virginia Fox - The Daughter of Wheeling Who Became a Movie Star and Hollywood Royalty
Wheeling’s Virginia Fox was the first West Virginian to make it big in Hollywood, becoming a star of silent films with the legendary Buster Keaton. She stopped acting to have a family with Darryl F. Zanuck, who would become one of Hollywood’s greatest movie moguls. Fox would preside over a dynasty of filmmakers, while pulling the strings few realized she controlled.
Watch the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6fTsMjGLLA
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Wheeling’s Virginia Fox was the first West Virginian to make it big in Hollywood, becoming a star of silent films with the legendary Buster Keaton. She stopped acting to have a family with Darryl F. Zanuck, who would become one of Hollywood’s greatest movie moguls. Fox would preside over a dynasty of filmmakers, while pulling the strings few realized she controlled.
Watch the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6fTsMjGLLA