Virginia Sale
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 19, 1899
- Place of birth
- Urbana, Illinois, USA
- Died
- August 23, 1992
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Virginia Sale (May 20, 1899 – August 23, 1992) was an American character actress whose career spanned six decades, during most of which she played older women, even when she was in her twenties. Over the 46 years she was active as an actress, she worked in films, stage, radio and television. She was famous for her one-woman stage show, Americana Sketches, which she did for more than 1,000 performances during a 15-year span.
Married to actor and studio executive Sam Wren, she co-starred with him in one of the first television family comedies, Wren's Nest, in the late 1940s and early 1950s. She gave birth to fraternal twins, Virginia and Christopher, in 1936. Later in her career she worked on television, and in commercials. She died from heart failure at the age of 93 at the Motion Picture and Television Hospital in 1992.
Movies with Virginia Sale
- The Crowd 1928 · ★ 7.6
- Topper 1937 · ★ 6.7
- They Died with Their Boots On 1941 · ★ 6.7
- The Thin Man Goes Home 1944 · ★ 7.1
- How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying 1967 · ★ 6.7
- The Gang's All Here 1943 · ★ 5.9
- When Strangers Marry 1944 · ★ 6.2
- Hit the Ice 1943 · ★ 6.1
- Slither 1973 · ★ 5.8
- The Sin of Madelon Claudet 1931 · ★ 5.8
- Strike Up the Band 1940 · ★ 6.6
- The Flame of New Orleans 1941 · ★ 6.6
- Star in the Night 1945 · ★ 7.5
- One Foot in Heaven 1941 · ★ 6.9
- Charlie Chan in Reno 1939 · ★ 6.5
- Union Depot 1932 · ★ 6.1
- Danger Signal 1945 · ★ 6.0
- Destroyer 1943 · ★ 6.8
- When Tomorrow Comes 1939 · ★ 5.4
- The Howards of Virginia 1940 · ★ 6.6
- You're a Sweetheart 1937 · ★ 4.6
- Why Be Good? 1929 · ★ 6.9
- Badman's Territory 1946 · ★ 6.3
- The Man with Two Faces 1934 · ★ 6.8
- Weary River 1929 · ★ 5.8
- Trail Street 1947 · ★ 6.5
- Together Again 1944 · ★ 5.5
- The Amazing Mr. Williams 1939 · ★ 6.0
- Dark Mountain 1944 · ★ 5.3
- Moby Dick 1930 · ★ 5.6
- Smarty 1934 · ★ 4.6
- Show Girl in Hollywood 1930 · ★ 5.8
- The Doctor Takes a Wife 1940 · ★ 6.8
- Miss Polly 1941 · ★ 4.9
- Flowing Gold 1940 · ★ 6.7
- Registered Nurse 1934 · ★ 4.8
- Three Men on a Horse 1936 · ★ 6.4
- My Past 1931 · ★ 4.0
- Madame du Barry 1934 · ★ 4.6
- Back Pay 1930 · ★ 4.9