Virginia was an accomplished artist, classical pianist, and author of numerous articles which appeared in McCalls, Womens Home Journal, and the Saturday Evening Post. Virginia's 1938 novel, Bed and Board, was well received. Although she lived in the shadow of her journalist husband Pete Martin, Virginia often accompanied Pete on his Hollywood writing trips and met many of the celebrities Pete profiled. Not one to be blinded by phoney show business glitz and glamor, Virginia recorded in her diaries insightful and often painfully frank comments about her Hollywood experiences and the people she met.
Virginia's parents, Julia and Maurice, were in the clothing business in Washington: her father was a furrier and her mother ran a fine dress shop ("Julia's Frocks"). Virginia performed with two of her brothers in Vaudeville. In their singing act, billed as the Bird Children, Virginia played piano to accompany her brothers Jack and Dick as they sang.
Virginia's parents, Julia and Maurice, were in the clothing business in Washington: her father was a furrier and her mother ran a fine dress shop ("Julia's Frocks"). Virginia performed with two of her brothers in Vaudeville. In their singing act, billed as the Bird Children, Virginia played piano to accompany her brothers Jack and Dick as they sang.
Virginia was an accomplished artist, classical pianist, and author of numerous articles which appeared in McCalls, Womens Home Journal, and the Saturday Evening Post. Virginia's 1938 novel, Bed and Board, was well received. Although she lived in the shadow of her journalist husband Pete Martin, Virginia often accompanied Pete on his Hollywood writing trips and met many of the celebrities Pete profiled. Not one to be blinded by phoney show business glitz and glamor, Virginia recorded in her diaries insightful and often painfully frank comments about her Hollywood experiences and the people she met.
Virginia's parents, Julia and Maurice, were in the clothing business in Washington: her father was a furrier and her mother ran a fine dress shop ("Julia's Frocks"). Virginia performed with two of her brothers in Vaudeville. In their singing act, billed as the Bird Children, Virginia played piano to accompany her brothers Jack and Dick as they sang.
Virginia's parents, Julia and Maurice, were in the clothing business in Washington: her father was a furrier and her mother ran a fine dress shop ("Julia's Frocks"). Virginia performed with two of her brothers in Vaudeville. In their singing act, billed as the Bird Children, Virginia played piano to accompany her brothers Jack and Dick as they sang.
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