Virginia Chester(1896-1927)
- Actress
Virginia Evelyn Chester was
born August 27, 1896 in San Francisco to Louis Chester and Kathleen
(Kate) Judge. Her film debut was in "The
Yaqui Girl" (1910), for Pathe Films. She was a leading lady with the
Bison-101 Ranch Company and with Universal Pictures. Other film credits
included "The Frenzy of Firewater" (1912), "A Shot In the Dark" (1912),
Fat Bill's Wooing" (1912), "When Uncle Sam Was Young" (1912), "Trapper
Bill, King of Scouts" (1912), "A Four-Footed Hero" (1912), "Hash House
Mashers" (1915), "Restitution" (1918), "The Demon" (1918), "The Vanity
Pool" (1918) and "The Outcasts of Poker Plat" (1919). She was married
to Richard V. Spencer in 1911, then to Edward H. Maxwell until her
early death at age 30 on July 28, 1927 from pulmonary tuberculosis at
their home at 4116 Greenwood Ave. in Oakland, CA.