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{{Short description|American revue performer and showgirl (1910–2003)}}{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2021}}

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| birth_place = Topeka, Kansas, U.S.20032112|17}}| death_place = Old Saybrook, Connecticut, U.S.| nationality = | othername = | occupation = Dancer, model, showgirl| yearsactive = }}Virginia Biddle (December 17, 1910 – February 21, 2003)NEWS, BULKLEY, VIRGINIA BIDDLE,weblink Hartford Courant, February 23, 2013, was an American revue performer, showgirl, and former nude model. She was a regular performer in Florenz Ziegfeld's Follies shows for several years until 1931.WEB,weblink Virginia Biddle, Broadway Photographs, December 14, 2014, In July 1931, Biddle sustained burns to her feet and ankles in the explosion of Harry Richman's yacht, the Chavalmar II.WEB, July 28, 1931, 'Follies' Girl Dies After Boat Blast,weblink June 2, 2021, The New York Times, WEB, July 27, 1931, Three Stage Beauties Hurt In Blast on Richman Yacht,weblink June 7, 2021, Newspapers.com, Her friend and fellow cast member in the 1931 Follies, Helen Walsh, was killed.NEWS,weblink Called by Angels Helen Walsh, Jay, Maeder, New York Daily News, September 22, 1999, December 30, 2013, Although she played the benefit performance of the Follies in Walsh's memory, Biddle ended her career on the stage in the wake of the accident, and her injuries also forced her to abandon dancing. She sued Richman for $50,000 damages but received only $50.Biddle married twice and had three children, later forging a career as a realtor in Old Saybrook, Connecticut.BOOK, Hanson, Nils, Lillian Lorraine: The Life and Times of a Ziegfeld Diva, McFarland, 2011, 192, 978-0786464074, In 2003, she suffered injuries in a car accident and died shortly afterwards.

Performances

• Hot-Cha! (1932)
• Ziegfeld Follies of 1931 (1931)
• Smiles (1930–1931)
• Rio Rita (1927–1928)

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