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Acting
Birthday:
March 22, 1917
Place of Birth:
Edendale, California, USA
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Virginia Grey
Biography
Virginia Grey (March 22, 1917 – July 31, 2004) was an American actress.
She was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of director Ray Grey. One of her early babysitters was Gloria Swanson. Grey debuted at the age of ten in the silent film Uncle Tom's Cabin (1927) as Little Eva. She continued acting for a few more years, but then left movies in order to finish her education.
Grey returned to films in the 1930s with bit parts and extra work, but she eventually signed a contract with MGM and appeared in such movies as Another Thin Man, Hullabaloo and The Big Store. She played Consuela McNish in The Hardys Ride High (1939) with Mickey Rooney.
She left MGM in 1942, and signed with several different studios over the years, working steadily. During the 1950s and 1960s, producer Ross Hunter frequently included Grey in his popular soap melodramas, such as All That Heaven Allows, Back Street and Madame X.
She had an on again/off again relationship with Clark Gable in the 1940s. After his wife Carole Lombard died and he returned from military service, Clark and Virginia were often seen at restaurants and nightclubs together. Many, including Virginia herself, expected him to marry her. The tabloids were all expecting the wedding announcement. It was a great surprise when he hastily married Lady Sylvia Ashley in 1949. Virginia was heartbroken. They divorced in 1952, but much to Virginia's dismay their brief romance was never rekindled. Her friends say that her hoping and waiting for Clark was the reason she never married.
She was a regular on television in the 1950s and 1960s, appearing on Playhouse 90, General Electric Theater, The DuPont Show with June Allyson, Your Show of Shows, Wagon Train, Bonanza, Marcus Welby, M.D., Love, American Style, Burke's Law, The Virginian, Peter Gunn and many others.
She was portrayed by Anna Torv in the HBO Mini-series The Pacific.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Hollywood, The Dream Life of Lana Turner | Self (archive footage) |
| 2002 | Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star | Self - Actress |
| 1975 | The Lives of Jenny Dolan | Landlady |
| 1974 | That's Entertainment! | (archive footage) |
| 1970 | Airport | Mrs. Schultz |
| 1967 | Rosie! | Mrs. Peters |
| 1966 | Madame X | Mimsy |
| 1965 | Love Has Many Faces | Irene Talbot |
| 1964 | The Naked Kiss | Candy |
| 1963 | Black Zoo | Jenny Brooks |
| 1961 | Tammy Tell Me True | Miss Jenks |
| 1961 | Bachelor in Paradise | Camille Quinlaw |
| 1961 | Back Street | Janey nee Smith |
| 1960 | Portrait in Black | Miss Lee |
| 1959 | No Name on the Bullet | Roseanne Fraden |
| 1958 | The Great Gatsby | Myrtle Wilson |
| 1958 | The Restless Years | Miss Robson |
| 1957 | Jeanne Eagels | Elsie Desmond |
| 1956 | Crime of Passion | Sara Alidas |
| 1956 | Accused of Murder | Sandra Lamoreaux |
| 1955 | All That Heaven Allows | Alida Anderson |
| 1955 | The Rose Tattoo | Estelle Hohengarten |
| 1955 | The Eternal Sea | Dorothy Buracker |
| 1955 | The Last Command | Mrs. Dickinson |
| 1954 | Target Earth | Vicki Harris |
| 1954 | The Forty-Niners | Stella Walker |
| 1953 | A Perilous Journey | Abby |
| 1953 | Fighting Lawman | Raquel Jackson |
| 1953 | Captain Scarface | Elsa |
| 1952 | Desert Pursuit | Mary Smith |
| 1951 | Bullfighter and the Lady | Lisbeth Flood |
| 1951 | Slaughter Trail | Lorabelle Larkin |
| 1951 | Three Desperate Men | Laura Brock |
| 1950 | Highway 301 | Mary Simms |
| 1950 | Hurricane at Pilgrim Hill | Janet Smedley Adams |
| 1949 | The Threat | Carol |
| 1948 | Mexican Hayride | Mary / Montana |
| 1948 | Who Killed Doc Robbin? | Ann Loring |
| 1948 | So This Is New York | Ella Finch |
| 1948 | Jungle Jim | Dr. Hilary Parker |
| 1948 | Unknown Island | Carole Lane |
| 1948 | Miraculous Journey | Patricia |
| 1948 | Leather Gloves | Jane Gilbert |
| 1948 | Glamour Girl | Lorraine Royle |
| 1947 | Unconquered | Diana |
| 1947 | Wyoming | Lila Regan |
| 1946 | House of Horrors | Joan Medford |
| 1946 | Smooth as Silk | Paula Marlowe |
| 1946 | Swamp Fire | Janet Hilton |
| 1945 | Flame of Barbary Coast | Rita Dane |
| 1945 | Blonde Ransom | Vicki Morrison |
| 1945 | Grissly's Millions | Katherine Palmor Bentley |
| 1945 | Men in Her Diary | Diana Lee |
| 1944 | Strangers in the Night | Dr. Leslie Ross |
| 1943 | Idaho | Terry |
| 1943 | Sweet Rosie O'Grady | Edna Van Dyke |
| 1943 | Stage Door Canteen | Virginia Grey |
| 1942 | Tarzan's New York Adventure | Connie Beach |
| 1942 | Grand Central Murder | Sue 'Butch' Custer |
| 1942 | Mr. and Mrs. North | Jane Wilson |
| 1942 | Tish | Katherine 'Kit' Bowser Sands |
| 1942 | Bells of Capistrano | Jennifer Benton |
| 1942 | Secrets of the Underground | Terry Parker |
| 1941 | The Big Store | Joan Sutton |
| 1941 | Whistling in the Dark | 'Fran' Post |
| 1941 | Blonde Inspiration | Margie Blake, Phil's Secretary |
| 1941 | Washington Melodrama | Teddy Carlyle |
| 1940 | The Golden Fleecing | Lila Hanley |
| 1940 | Hullabaloo | Laura Merriweather |
| 1940 | Three Cheers for the Irish | Patricia Casey |
| 1940 | Keeping Company | Anastasia Atherton |
| 1940 | The Captain Is a Lady | Mary Peabody |
| 1939 | The Women | Pat |
| 1939 | Another Thin Man | Lois MacFay |
| 1939 | Thunder Afloat | Susan Thorson |
| 1939 | Broadway Serenade | Pearl |
| 1939 | Idiot's Delight | Shirley Laughlin |
| 1939 | The Hardys Ride High | Consuela MacNish |
| 1939 | From the Ends of the Earth | Self |
| 1938 | Dramatic School | Simone |
| 1938 | Rich Man, Poor Girl | Selma Willis |
| 1938 | Youth Takes a Fling | Madge |
| 1938 | Snow Gets in Your Eyes | June |
| 1938 | Test Pilot | Sarah |
| 1938 | The Shopworn Angel | Chorus Girl #1 |
| 1938 | Ladies in Distress | Sally |
| 1938 | Billy Rose's Casa Mañana Revue | Virginia Mason |
| 1938 | The Canary Comes Across | Ann Clayton |
| 1937 | Rosalie | Mary Callahan |
| 1937 | Secret Valley | Joan Carlo |
| 1937 | Bad Guy | Kitty Ryan |
| 1937 | The Romance of Celluloid | Self |
| 1937 | Pacific Paradise | Woman Kissing Naval Officer (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Old Hutch | Ethel |
| 1936 | Our Relations | Pirate's Club Customer (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Violets in Spring | Mary Jones |
| 1935 | Don't Bet on Blondes | Girl with Henry (Uncredited) |
| 1934 | Dames | Chorus Girl (uncredited) |
| 1934 | Flirtation Walk | Chorus Girl (uncredited) |
| 1933 | Secrets | Audrey Carlton as a Child (uncredited) |
| 1931 | Palmy Days | Goldwyn Girl (uncredited) |
| 1931 | Misbehaving Ladies | Hazel Boyd |
| 1928 | The Michigan Kid | Rose, as a child |
| 1928 | Heart to Heart | Hazel Boyd |
| 1927 | Uncle Tom's Cabin | Evangeline 'Eva' St. Clare |
| Because I Love Him |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1969 | Marcus Welby, M.D. | Mrs. Cavanaugh |
| 1963 | Burke's Law | Elaine Barrows |
| 1962 | The Virginian | Laura Pritican |
| 1960 | My Three Sons | |
| 1959 | The DuPont Show with June Allyson | Connie Vaccarous |
| 1958 | Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse | |
| 1958 | Yancy Derringer | Emily Dubois |
| 1958 | Peter Gunn | |
| 1957 | Trackdown | |
| 1955 | The Millionaire | Iris Millar |
| 1955 | The 20th Century Fox Hour | |
| 1955 | The Millionaire | Marjorie Martinson |
| 1954 | Climax! | Edna |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Mrs. Bennett |
| 1952 | Four Star Playhouse | Nancy Shaw |
| 1952 | Four Star Playhouse | Angela |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Laura Ward |
| 1950 | Your Show of Shows | |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Blanche Bickerson |