1917-03-22 Edendale, California, USA
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Virginia Grey, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star | Self - Actress | 2002-08-01 |
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The Lives of Jenny Dolan | Landlady | 1975-10-27 |
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That's Entertainment! | (archive footage) | 1974-06-21 |
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Airport | Mrs. Schultz | 1970-03-25 |
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Rosie! | Mrs. Peters | 1967-11-22 |
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Madame X | Mimsy | 1966-03-03 |
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Love Has Many Faces | Irene Talbot | 1965-02-24 |
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The Naked Kiss | Candy | 1964-10-29 |
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Black Zoo | Jenny Brooks | 1963-05-15 |
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Back Street | Janey nee Smith | 1961-10-11 |
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Tammy Tell Me True | Miss Jenks | 1961-07-26 |
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Bachelor in Paradise | Camille Quinlaw | 1961-11-01 |
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Portrait in Black | Miss Lee | 1960-07-27 |
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No Name on the Bullet | Roseanne Fraden | 1959-02-01 |
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The Restless Years | Miss Robson | 1958-12-01 |
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The Great Gatsby | Myrtle Wilson | 1958-06-26 |
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Jeanne Eagels | Elsie Desmond | 1957-08-02 |
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Crime of Passion | Sara Alidas | 1956-12-28 |
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Accused of Murder | Sandra Lamoreaux | 1956-12-21 |
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The Rose Tattoo | Estelle Hohengarten | 1955-12-12 |
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The Last Command | Mrs. Dickinson | 1955-08-03 |
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The Eternal Sea | Dorothy Buracker | 1955-04-19 |
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All That Heaven Allows | Alida Anderson | 1955-08-25 |
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The Forty-Niners | Stella Walker | 1954-07-30 |
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Target Earth | Vicki Harris | 1954-11-07 |
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A Perilous Journey | Abby | 1953-04-05 |
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Fighting Lawman | Raquel Jackson | 1953-09-20 |
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Captain Scarface | Elsa | 1953-10-15 |
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Desert Pursuit | Mary Smith | 1952-05-10 |
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Slaughter Trail | Lorabelle Larkin | 1951-10-15 |
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Bullfighter and the Lady | Lisbeth Flood | 1951-04-26 |
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Three Desperate Men | Laura Brock | 1951-01-12 |
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Highway 301 | Mary Simms | 1950-12-01 |
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Hurricane at Pilgrim Hill | Janet Smedley Adams | 1950-12-08 |
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The Threat | Carol | 1949-12-01 |
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Mexican Hayride | Mary / Montana | 1948-12-27 |
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Leather Gloves | Jane Gilbert | 1948-11-11 |
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Who Killed Doc Robbin? | Ann Loring | 1948-04-09 |
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Jungle Jim | Dr. Hilary Parker | 1948-12-15 |
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Unknown Island | Carole Lane | 1948-10-15 |
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Glamour Girl | Lorraine Royle | 1948-01-16 |
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So This Is New York | Ella Finch | 1948-06-01 |
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Miraculous Journey | Patricia | 1948-09-17 |
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Unconquered | Diana | 1947-10-10 |
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Wyoming | Lila Regan | 1947-07-28 |
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Smooth as Silk | Paula Marlowe | 1946-02-01 |
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House of Horrors | Joan Medford | 1946-03-29 |
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Swamp Fire | Janet Hilton | 1946-09-06 |
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Blonde Ransom | Vicki Morrison | 1945-05-01 |
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Flame of Barbary Coast | Rita Dane | 1945-05-28 |
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Men in Her Diary | Diana Lee | 1945-09-14 |
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Grissly's Millions | Katherine Palmor Bentley | 1945-01-16 |
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Strangers in the Night | Dr. Leslie Ross | 1944-09-12 |
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Sweet Rosie O'Grady | Edna Van Dyke | 1943-10-01 |
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Stage Door Canteen | Virginia Grey | 1943-06-24 |
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Idaho | Terry | 1943-03-10 |
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Bells of Capistrano | Jennifer Benton | 1942-09-15 |
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Grand Central Murder | Sue 'Butch' Custer | 1942-05-01 |
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Tarzan's New York Adventure | Connie Beach | 1942-05-01 |
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Secrets of the Underground | Terry Parker | 1942-12-18 |
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Tish | Katherine 'Kit' Bowser Sands | 1942-09-17 |
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Mr. and Mrs. North | Jane Wilson | 1942-01-23 |
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Whistling in the Dark | 'Fran' Post | 1941-08-08 |
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Washington Melodrama | Teddy Carlyle | 1941-04-17 |
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The Big Store | Joan Sutton | 1941-06-20 |
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Blonde Inspiration | Margie Blake, Phil's Secretary | 1941-02-07 |
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Three Cheers for the Irish | Patricia Casey | 1940-03-16 |
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The Captain is a Lady | Mary Peabody | 1940-06-21 |
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The Golden Fleecing | Lila Hanley | 1940-08-16 |
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Hullabaloo | Laura Merriweather | 1940-10-25 |
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Keeping Company | Anastasia Atherton | 1940-12-27 |
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Broadway Serenade | Pearl | 1939-04-07 |
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Another Thin Man | Lois MacFay | 1939-11-17 |
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Thunder Afloat | Susan Thorson | 1939-09-15 |
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From the Ends of the Earth | Self | 1939-05-28 |
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The Women | Pat | 1939-09-01 |
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The Hardys Ride High | Consuela MacNish | 1939-04-21 |
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Idiot's Delight | Shirley Laughlin | 1939-01-27 |
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Youth Takes a Fling | Madge | 1938-09-22 |
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Billy Rose's Casa Mañana Revue | Virginia Mason | 1938-04-26 |
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The Canary Comes Across | Ann Clayton | 1938-01-26 |
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Ladies in Distress | Sally | 1938-06-13 |
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Rich Man, Poor Girl | Selma Willis | 1938-08-12 |
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Test Pilot | Sarah | 1938-04-16 |
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Snow Gets in Your Eyes | June | 1938-05-14 |
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Dramatic School | Simone | 1938-12-09 |
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The Shopworn Angel | Chorus Girl #1 | 1938-07-15 |
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Pacific Paradise | Woman Kissing Naval Officer (uncredited) | 1937-08-28 |
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The Romance of Celluloid | Self | 1937-08-27 |
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Bad Guy | Kitty Ryan | 1937-08-27 |
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Secret Valley | Joan Carlo | 1937-01-15 |
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Rosalie | Mary Callahan | 1937-12-24 |
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Old Hutch | Ethel | 1936-09-25 |
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Violets in Spring | Mary Jones | 1936-09-05 |
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Our Relations | Pirate's Club Customer (uncredited) | 1936-09-15 |
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Don't Bet on Blondes | Girl with Henry (Uncredited) | 1935-07-13 |
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Flirtation Walk | Chorus Girl (uncredited) | 1934-12-01 |
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Dames | Chorus Girl (uncredited) | 1934-09-01 |
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Secrets | Audrey Carlton as a Child (uncredited) | 1933-03-16 |
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Misbehaving Ladies | Hazel Boyd | 1931-04-16 |
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Palmy Days | Goldwyn Girl (uncredited) | 1931-09-23 |
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The Michigan Kid | Rose, as a child | 1928-10-20 |
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Heart to Heart | Hazel Boyd | 1928-07-22 |
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Uncle Tom's Cabin | Evangeline 'Eva' St. Clare | 1927-11-04 |
