Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
July 1, 1917
Place of Birth:
Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
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Virginia Dale (July 1, 1917 – October 3, 1994) was an American film actress, who was born Virginia Paxton, in Charlotte, North Carolina. She appeared in a number of movies in the 1930s and 1940s, including Holiday Inn, and became particularly associated with musicals. While working as one of the dancing Paxton Sisters in New York City, she was discovered by Darryl F. Zanuck who signed her to a contract with 20th Century Fox. She appeared in a number of movies in the late 1930s and 1940s, including Holiday Inn, in which she dances and sings with Fred Astaire and Bing Crosby. In the 1950s, she worked mainly in television series such as The Adventures of Kit Carson, Highway Patrol, and The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp. She left the movie business in 1958, but returned to acting for a few films in the 1980s. She never married nor had any children. Jean died in Burbank, California, and is interred in Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills).
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Year | Movie | Role |
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2006 | "All -Singing All-Dancing" Before And After | Archive Footage |
1984 | His Mistress | Lillian |
1974 | That's Entertainment! | (archive footage) |
1951 | Danger Zone | Claire Underwood |
1948 | Docks of New Orleans | Rene Blanchette |
1948 | Strike It Rich | Mabel |
1947 | Fall Guy | Marie |
1947 | The Hucksters | Kimberly Receptionist |
1947 | Dragnet | Irene Trilling |
1943 | Headin' for God's Country | Laurie Lane |
1942 | Holiday Inn | Lila Dixon |
1941 | Las Vegas Nights | Patsy Grant |
1941 | Kiss the Boys Goodbye | Gwendolyn Abbott |
1941 | The Singing Hill | Jo Adams |
1941 | World Premiere | Lee Morrisson |
1940 | Buck Benny Rides Again | Virginia |
1940 | Dancing on a Dime | Dolly Stewart |
1940 | Parole Fixer | Enid Casserly |
1940 | Fashion Horizons | |
1940 | The Quarterback | Kay Merrill |
1940 | Love Thy Neighbor | Virginia Astor |
1939 | Idiot's Delight | Francine Merle |
1939 | The Kid From Texas | 'Okay' Kinney |
1939 | All Women Have Secrets | Jennifer Warwick |
1939 | Death of a Champion | Patsy Doyle |
1938 | Start Cheering | Mabel |
1938 | No Time to Marry | Eleanor Winthrop |
1937 | Missing Witnesses | Mary Norton |
1936 | Swing Banditry | Virginia Paxton (uncredited) |
1921 | Shadows of the West | Lucy Norton |
Year | TV Show | Role |
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1987 | Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder | Miss Taylor |
1985 | North and South | 3rd Abolitionist |
1957 | Code 3 | |
1955 | Highway Patrol | |
1955 | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | |
1955 | Buffalo Bill Jr. | |
1951 | The Adventures of Kit Carson |