1899-05-19 Urbana, Illinois, USA
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.
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Slither | Bingo Caller | 1973-03-07 |
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Big Daddy | 1969-06-11 | |
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How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying | Cleaning Woman (uncredited) | 1967-03-09 |
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One Man's Way | Miss S. E. Collingswood | 1964-02-26 |
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The Hat Box Mystery | Veronica Hoopler | 1947-06-12 |
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Trail Street | Hannah | 1947-02-19 |
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The Case of the Baby-Sitter | Veronica Hoopler | 1947-07-26 |
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Badman's Territory | Meg | 1946-05-04 |
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She Gets Her Man | Phoebe | 1945-01-12 |
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Star in the Night | Miss Roberts (uncredited) | 1945-10-13 |
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Blazing the Western Trail | Nellie | 1945-09-08 |
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Danger Signal | Mrs. Crockett | 1945-11-21 |
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Hi, Beautiful | Wife | 1944-12-18 |
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Together Again | Secretary (uncredited) | 1944-12-23 |
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Dark Mountain | Aletha Bates | 1944-09-01 |
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When Strangers Marry | Chambermaid | 1944-08-21 |
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The Thin Man Goes Home | Tom's Wife | 1944-12-24 |
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Hit the Ice | Nurse who Faints (uncredited) | 1943-06-02 |
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The Gang's All Here | Miss Custer, Secretary (uncredited) | 1943-12-24 |
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Reveille with Beverly | Mrs. Browning (uncredited) | 1943-02-04 |
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Destroyer | Kansas' Dance Partner | 1943-08-19 |
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Torpedo Boat | Mrs. Sweeney | 1942-01-24 |
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One Foot in Heaven | Sister Sale at the Movie Theatre (uncredited) | 1941-11-01 |
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They Died with Their Boots On | Nurse (uncredited) | 1941-11-20 |
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Harvard Here I Come | Miss Frisbie | 1941-12-18 |
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Miss Polly | Orsina Wiggins | 1941-11-14 |
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The Flame of New Orleans | Giraud's Cousin Clarissa | 1941-07-07 |
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Her First Beau | Miss Blackmere | 1941-05-08 |
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Strike Up the Band | Music Teacher | 1940-09-27 |
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The Doctor Takes a Wife | School Teacher (uncredited) | 1940-04-25 |
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The Howards of Virginia | Neighbor Girl | 1940-09-19 |
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Flowing Gold | Nurse | 1940-08-24 |
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Gold Rush Maisie | Mrs. Harry Gilpin | 1940-07-26 |
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Calling All Husbands | Aunt Mabel Parker | 1940-09-07 |
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I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby | Landlady (uncredited) | 1940-05-01 |
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Forty Little Mothers | Miss Fairwell | 1940-04-26 |
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When Tomorrow Comes | Waitress (uncredited) | 1939-08-11 |
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Charlie Chan in Reno | Maid Reporting Missing Passkey | 1939-06-16 |
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The Amazing Mr. Williams | Miss Mason - Schoolteacher (uncredited) | 1939-11-22 |
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The Jury's Secret | Miss Montague | 1938-01-16 |
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The Go-Getter | Servant of J. Browne #2 (uncredited) | 1937-05-22 |
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Angel's Holiday | Hatchet-Faced Woman | 1937-06-07 |
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Topper | Miss Johnson | 1937-07-16 |
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You're a Sweetheart | Gawking Wife (uncredited) | 1937-12-26 |
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Outcast | Jessica Tuite | 1937-02-05 |
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We Have Our Moments | Miss Koltz | 1937-03-28 |
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Meet the Missus | Mrs. Moseby | 1937-06-04 |
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Dangerous Holiday | Aunt Augusta | 1937-06-06 |
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Three Men on a Horse | Chambermaid | 1936-11-21 |
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It's A Small World | Lizzie | 1935-04-12 |
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We're in the Money | Nanny (uncredited) | 1935-08-17 |
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After the Dance | Edna | 1935-06-25 |
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Registered Nurse | Miss Dixon | 1934-04-06 |
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Smarty | Edna - Vicki's Maid | 1934-05-19 |
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Embarrassing Moments | Mother | 1934-09-01 |
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Love Past Thirty | Nettle | 1934-02-14 |
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I Like it That Way | Old Maid | 1934-04-01 |
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The Man with Two Faces | Peabody | 1934-08-04 |
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Madame du Barry | Sophie, the King's Daughter | 1934-10-13 |
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Smoke Lightning | Housekeeper Sawyer | 1933-01-01 |
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The Iron Master | Miss Smith | 1933-02-04 |
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Running Hollywood | Virginia Sale | 1932-01-27 |
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Union Depot | Woman on Platform Watching Actress (uncredited) | 1932-01-14 |
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Fireman, Save My Child | Miss Gallop | 1932-02-20 |
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The Hollywood Handicap | 1932-08-10 | |
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Those We Love | Bertha | 1932-09-11 |
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My Past | Miss Taft, Thornley's Secretary | 1931-05-03 |
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The Sin of Madelon Claudet | Charity Ward Nun (uncredited) | 1931-10-23 |
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Many a Slip | Smitty | 1931-03-02 |
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Selling Shorts | Dot | 1931-11-29 |
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Gold Dust Gertie | Secretary Who Models Bathing Suit | 1931-06-27 |
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Big Business Girl | Sally Curtin (uncredited) | 1931-06-12 |
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Too Young to Marry | Myra | 1931-05-03 |
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Lord Byron of Broadway | Flirty Dowager | 1930-02-28 |
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Embarrassing Moments | Aunt Prudence | 1930-01-17 |
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New Moon | Madame Romanski | 1930-12-23 |
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The Dude Wrangler | Dude Guest | 1930-07-01 |
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Lovin' the Ladies | Marie - Joan's Maid | 1930-04-06 |
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Loose Ankles | Mrs. Berry from Walla Walla | 1930-02-02 |
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Back Pay | Miss Flanagan - Wheeler's Secretary | 1930-06-01 |
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What a Life | Head Prison Reformer | 1930-03-15 |
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Moby Dick | Old Maid | 1930-09-20 |
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Show Girl in Hollywood | Miss J. Rule | 1930-04-20 |
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Bright Lights | Newspaper reporter | 1930-09-21 |
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Fancy Baggage | Miss Hickey | 1929-01-26 |
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Why Be Good? | Junior's Secretary (uncredited) | 1929-02-28 |
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The Cohens and Kellys in Atlantic City | Selma Meyer | 1929-03-17 |
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Weary River | Noisy Lady in Audience (uncredited) | 1929-02-10 |
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Below the Deadline | Mother Biblow | 1929-01-02 |
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Stewed, Fried and Boiled | 1929-03-29 | |
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Midnight Madness | The Gargoyle - Childers' Secretary | 1928-03-25 |
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The Floating College | Miss Cobbs | 1928-11-10 |
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The Crowd | Mary's Sister-in-Law (uncredited) | 1928-03-03 |
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Harold Teen | Mrs. Schmittenberger | 1928-04-28 |
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Legionnaires in Paris | Fifi | 1927-12-23 |
