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Virginia <I>Biddle</I> Bulkley

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Virginia Biddle Bulkley

Birth
Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA
Death
21 Feb 2003 (aged 92)
Old Saybrook, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
Burial
Old Saybrook, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA Add to Map
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Showgirl, Dancer. Born in Topeka Kansas. Her first showing as a Ziegfeld Follies dancer was in the 1927 showing of "Showboat." Other showings she was in "Rio Rita" in 1927 to 1928, "Smiles" in 1930 and 1931, and "Hot Cha!" in 1932. Virginia suffered burns from the yacht explosion that took the life of Helen Walsh in 1931. She soon ended her stage career because of the consequences of the accident, her burns to her feet and ankles were painful enough that she abandon dance. She married twice, her first husband Robert Paul Neidig, they would share three children, her second husband William Bulkley, both died before her. Virginia began a career in Realty after ending her career in Ziegfeld Follies. She died at the Middlesex Hospital in Connecticut after a fatal car accident, she was 92 years old.
Showgirl, Dancer. Born in Topeka Kansas. Her first showing as a Ziegfeld Follies dancer was in the 1927 showing of "Showboat." Other showings she was in "Rio Rita" in 1927 to 1928, "Smiles" in 1930 and 1931, and "Hot Cha!" in 1932. Virginia suffered burns from the yacht explosion that took the life of Helen Walsh in 1931. She soon ended her stage career because of the consequences of the accident, her burns to her feet and ankles were painful enough that she abandon dance. She married twice, her first husband Robert Paul Neidig, they would share three children, her second husband William Bulkley, both died before her. Virginia began a career in Realty after ending her career in Ziegfeld Follies. She died at the Middlesex Hospital in Connecticut after a fatal car accident, she was 92 years old.

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  • Created by: Shock
  • Added: Mar 11, 2015
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/143617550/virginia-bulkley: accessed ), memorial page for Virginia Biddle Bulkley (17 Dec 1910–21 Feb 2003), Find a Grave Memorial ID 143617550, citing Riverside Cemetery, Old Saybrook, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA; Maintained by Shock (contributor 47473371).