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Aliases: Jean Dale , Phyllis Randall , Virginia Paxton

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

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Movie Involvements: 12

TV Involvements: 2


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Biography

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.

Most Famous Work

North and South
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7

North and South

(1985) 3rd Abolitionist
Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder
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7
That's Entertainment!
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7

That's Entertainment!

(1974) (archive footage)
The Singing Hill
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0

The Singing Hill

(1941) Jo Adams
Danger Zone
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4

Danger Zone

(1951) Claire Underwood
Fall Guy
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5

Fall Guy

(1947) Marie
Headin' for God's Country
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Headin' for God's Country

(1943) Laurie Lane
His Mistress
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His Mistress

(1984) Lillian

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2006 Archive Footage
1987 Miss Taylor
1985 3rd Abolitionist
1984 Lillian
1974 (archive footage)
1957 N/A
1955 N/A
N/A
N/A
1951 N/A
Claire Underwood
1948 Mabel
Rene Blanchette
1947 Irene Trilling
Kimberly Receptionist
Marie
1943 Laurie Lane
1942 Lila Dixon
1941 Lee Morrisson
Gwendolyn Abbott
Jo Adams
Patsy Grant
1940 Virginia Astor
Dolly Stewart
Kay Merrill
N/A
Virginia
Enid Casserly
1939 Jennifer Warwick
Patsy Doyle
'Okay' Kinney
Francine Merle
1938 Mabel
Eleanor Winthrop
1937 Mary Norton
1936 Virginia Paxton (uncredited)
1921 Lucy Norton
Year Character Movie/Tv

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