Virginia Grey
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.
Known For
Credits
- 2019 · Hollywood, la vie rêvée de Lana Turner as Self (archive footage)
- 2002 · Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star as Self - Actress
- 1975 · The Lives of Jenny Dolan as Landlady
- 1974 · That's Entertainment! as (archive footage)
- 1970 · Airport as Mrs. Schultz
- 1969 · Marcus Welby, M.D. as Mrs. Cavanaugh
- 1967 · Rosie! as Mrs. Peters
- 1966 · Madame X as Mimsy
- 1965 · Love Has Many Faces as Irene Talbot
- 1964 · The Naked Kiss as Candy
- 1963 · Burke's Law as Elaine Barrows
- 1963 · Black Zoo as Jenny Brooks
- 1962 · The Virginian as Laura Pritican
- 1961 · Bachelor in Paradise as Camille Quinlaw
- 1961 · Back Street as Janey nee Smith
- 1961 · Tammy Tell Me True as Miss Jenks
- 1960 · My Three Sons as
- 1960 · Portrait in Black as Miss Lee
- 1959 · The DuPont Show with June Allyson as Connie Vaccarous
- 1959 · No Name on the Bullet as Roseanne Fraden
- 1958 · The Restless Years as Miss Robson
- 1958 · Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse as
- 1958 · Yancy Derringer as Emily Dubois
- 1958 · Peter Gunn as
- 1958 · The Great Gatsby as Myrtle Wilson
- 1957 · Trackdown as
- 1957 · Jeanne Eagels as Elsie Desmond
- 1956 · Crime of Passion as Sara
- 1956 · Accused of Murder as Sandra Lamoreaux
- 1955 · All That Heaven Allows as Alida Anderson
- 1955 · The Rose Tattoo as Estelle Hohengarten
- 1955 · The 20th Century Fox Hour as
- 1955 · The Last Command as Mrs. Dickinson
- 1955 · The Eternal Sea as Dorothy Buracker
- 1955 · The Millionaire as Iris Millar
- 1955 · The Millionaire as Marjorie Martinson
- 1954 · Target Earth as Vicki Harris
- 1954 · Climax! as Edna
- 1954 · The Forty-Niners as Stella Walker
- 1954 · The Lone Wolf as
- 1953 · Captain Scarface as Elsa
- 1953 · Fighting Lawman as Raquel Jackson
- 1953 · A Perilous Journey as Abby
- 1953 · General Electric Theater as Mrs. Bennett
- 1952 · Four Star Playhouse as Nancy Shaw
- 1952 · Four Star Playhouse as Angela
- 1952 · Desert Pursuit as Mary Smith
- 1951 · Slaughter Trail as Lorabelle Larkin
- 1951 · Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Laura Ward
- 1951 · Bullfighter and the Lady as Lisbeth Flood
- 1951 · Three Desperate Men as Laura Brock
- 1950 · Hurricane at Pilgrim Hill as Janet Smedley Adams
- 1950 · Highway 301 as Mary Simms
- 1950 · Your Show of Shows as
- 1949 · The Threat as Carol
- 1948 · Mexican Hayride as Mary / Montana
- 1948 · Jungle Jim as Dr. Hilary Parker
- 1948 · Leather Gloves as Jane Gilbert
- 1948 · Unknown Island as Carole Lane
- 1948 · Miraculous Journey as Patricia
- 1948 · The Ed Sullivan Show as Blanche Bickerson
- 1948 · So This Is New York as Ella Finch
- 1948 · Who Killed Doc Robbin? as Ann Loring
- 1948 · Glamour Girl as Lorraine Royle
- 1947 · Unconquered as Diana
- 1947 · Wyoming as Lila Regan
- 1946 · Swamp Fire as Janet Hilton
- 1946 · House of Horrors as Joan Medford
- 1946 · Smooth as Silk as Paula Marlowe
- 1945 · Men in Her Diary as Diana Lee
- 1945 · Flame of Barbary Coast as Rita Dane
- 1945 · Blonde Ransom as Vicki Morrison
- 1945 · Grissly's Millions as Katherine Palmor Bentley
- 1944 · Strangers in the Night as Dr. Leslie Ross
- 1943 · Sweet Rosie O'Grady as Edna Van Dyke
- 1943 · Stage Door Canteen as Virginia Grey
- 1943 · Idaho as Terry
- 1942 · Secrets of the Underground as Terry Parker
- 1942 · Tish as Katherine 'Kit' Bowser Sands
- 1942 · Bells of Capistrano as Jennifer Benton
- 1942 · Tarzan's New York Adventure as Connie Beach
- 1942 · Grand Central Murder as Sue 'Butch' Custer
- 1942 · Mr. and Mrs. North as Jane Wilson
- 1941 · Whistling in the Dark as 'Fran' Post
- 1941 · The Big Store as Joan Sutton
- 1941 · Washington Melodrama as Teddy Carlyle
- 1941 · Blonde Inspiration as Margie Blake, Phil's Secretary
- 1940 · Keeping Company as Anastasia Atherton
- 1940 · Hullabaloo as Laura Merriweather
- 1940 · The Golden Fleecing as Lila Hanley
- 1940 · The Captain Is a Lady as Mary Peabody
- 1940 · Three Cheers for the Irish as Patricia Casey
- 1939 · Another Thin Man as Lois MacFay
- 1939 · Thunder Afloat as Susan Thorson
- 1939 · The Women as Pat
- 1939 · From the Ends of the Earth as Self
- 1939 · The Hardys Ride High as Consuela MacNish
- 1939 · Broadway Serenade as Pearl
- 1939 · Idiot's Delight as Shirley Laughlin
- 1938 · Dramatic School as Simone
- 1938 · Youth Takes a Fling as Madge
- 1938 · Rich Man, Poor Girl as Selma Willis
- 1938 · The Shopworn Angel as Chorus Girl #1
- 1938 · Ladies in Distress as Sally
- 1938 · Snow Gets in Your Eyes as June
- 1938 · Billy Rose's Casa Mañana Revue as Virginia Mason
- 1938 · Test Pilot as Sarah
- 1938 · The Canary Comes Across as Ann Clayton
- 1937 · Rosalie as Mary Callahan
- 1937 · Pacific Paradise as Woman Kissing Naval Officer (uncredited)
- 1937 · The Romance of Celluloid as Self
- 1937 · Bad Guy as Kitty Ryan
- 1937 · Secret Valley as Joan Carlo
- 1936 · Old Hutch as Ethel
- 1936 · Our Relations as Pirate's Club Customer (uncredited)
- 1936 · Violets in Spring as Mary Jones
- 1935 · Don't Bet on Blondes as Girl with Henry (Uncredited)
- 1934 · Flirtation Walk as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
- 1934 · Dames as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
- 1933 · Secrets as Audrey Carlton as a Child (uncredited)
- 1931 · Palmy Days as Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
- 1931 · Misbehaving Ladies as Hazel Boyd
- 1928 · The Michigan Kid as Rose, as a child
- 1928 · Heart to Heart as Hazel Boyd
- 1927 · Uncle Tom's Cabin as Evangeline 'Eva' St. Clare