Virginia Dale
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Virginia Dale, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- 2006 · "All -Singing All-Dancing" Before And After as Archive Footage
- 1987 · Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder as Miss Taylor
- 1985 · North and South as 3rd Abolitionist
- 1984 · His Mistress as Lillian
- 1974 · That's Entertainment! as (archive footage)
- 1957 · Code 3 as
- 1955 · Highway Patrol as
- 1955 · The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp as
- 1955 · Buffalo Bill Jr. as
- 1951 · The Adventures of Kit Carson as
- 1951 · Danger Zone as Claire Underwood
- 1948 · Strike It Rich as Mabel
- 1948 · Docks of New Orleans as Rene Blanchette
- 1947 · Dragnet as Irene Trilling
- 1947 · The Hucksters as Kimberly Receptionist
- 1947 · Fall Guy as Marie
- 1943 · Headin' for God's Country as Laurie Lane
- 1942 · Holiday Inn as Lila Dixon
- 1941 · World Premiere as Lee Morrisson
- 1941 · Kiss the Boys Goodbye as Gwendolyn Abbott
- 1941 · The Singing Hill as Jo Adams
- 1941 · Las Vegas Nights as Patsy Grant
- 1940 · Love Thy Neighbor as Virginia Astor
- 1940 · Dancing on a Dime as Dolly Stewart
- 1940 · The Quarterback as Kay Merrill
- 1940 · Fashion Horizons as
- 1940 · Buck Benny Rides Again as Virginia
- 1940 · Parole Fixer as Enid Casserly
- 1939 · All Women Have Secrets as Jennifer Warwick
- 1939 · Death of a Champion as Patsy Doyle
- 1939 · The Kid From Texas as 'Okay' Kinney
- 1939 · Idiot's Delight as Francine Merle
- 1938 · Start Cheering as Mabel
- 1938 · No Time to Marry as Eleanor Winthrop
- 1937 · Missing Witnesses as Mary Norton
- 1936 · Swing Banditry as Virginia Paxton (uncredited)
- 1921 · Shadows of the West as Lucy Norton