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- Truth be told, Virginia Davis was Disney’s first star. It was her performance in those first 13 “Alice Comedies” that really put Walt and his Disney Brothers Studio operation on the map.
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Aug 6, 2022 · Virginia Davis was Walt Disney’s first human star to ever appear on the big screen. Her role as Alice in The Alice Comedies shot Disney to stardom, giving Disney inspiration for Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. Learn more about how Virginia got involved with Disney and what she did with her life post-Disney.
Disney Legends (1998) Virginia Davis (December 31, 1918 – August 15, 2009) was an American child actress in films. She is best known for working with Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks on the animated short series Alice Comedies , in which she portrayed the protagonist Alice.
Legends Award Category: Animation. Year Inducted: 1998. Walt Disney once said, “. . . it was all started by a mouse.” The Walt Disney Studios, however, actually began five years before the birth of Mickey Mouse, with a four-year-old girl from Kansas City, Missouri, named Virginia Davis.
Aug 17, 2009 · In 1998, The Walt Disney Company honored McGhee for her contributions by naming her a Disney Legend. Virginia Davis was just four-years-old and living in Kansas City, Missouri, when she first came to the attention of a struggling filmmaker/cartoonist named Walt Disney.
She had an uncredited role as a dancer in College Holiday (1936). In 1988, she was named a Disney Legend, the first woman to be given the honor. The Disney Legends official website previously stated she was named a Disney Legend in 1998. In 2005, Davis was interviewed by Leonard Maltin for the Walt Disney Treasures .
Aug 18, 2009 · Virginia Davis & Floyd Norman share a table at the Screenland Theater Photo by Dan Viets. FYI: Miss Davis’ experiences at Walt Disney Studios weren’t restricted to just working on the “Alice Comedies.” Virginia often talked about how Walt tried to recruit her as Snow White’s live-action reference model.
Aug 15, 2013 · Neatly exorcising the first decade of his career, Disney often illustrated his homespun origins by saying “It all began with a mouse.” Had he valued accuracy over a fairytale ending, he might have said, “It began with a little girl from Kansas City, Missouri, named Virginia Davis.”
