Virginia Grey
Age: 87 | From: Los Angeles, California, USA
Person Details
Birthday: 1917-03-22 09:50:20
Death: 2004-07-31 09:50:20
Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
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Movie Involvements: 70
TV Involvements: 8
Most Famous Work
Biography
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.
Most Famous Work
The Virginian
(1962) Laura Pritican
Climax!
(1954) Edna
Burke's Law
(1963) Elaine Barrows
Marcus Welby, M.D.
(1969) Mrs. Cavanaugh
The Millionaire
(1955) Marjorie Martinson
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
(1959) Connie Vaccarous
Airport
(1970) Mrs. Schultz
Yancy Derringer
(1958) Emily DuboisActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2002 | Self - Actress | |
| 1975 | Landlady | |
| 1974 | (archive footage) | |
| 1970 | Mrs. Schultz | |
| 1969 | Mrs. Cavanaugh | |
| 1967 | Mrs. Peters | |
| 1966 | Mimsy | |
| 1965 | Irene Talbot | |
| 1964 | Candy | |
| 1963 | Elaine Barrows | |
| Jenny Brooks | ||
| 1962 | Laura Pritican | |
| 1961 | Camille Quinlaw | |
| Janey nee Smith | ||
| Miss Jenks | ||
| 1960 | N/A | |
| Miss Lee | ||
| 1959 | Connie Vaccarous | |
| Roseanne Fraden | ||
| 1958 | Miss Robson | |
| N/A | ||
| Emily Dubois | ||
| N/A | ||
| Myrtle Wilson | ||
| 1957 | N/A | |
| Elsie Desmond | ||
| 1956 | Sara | |
| Sandra Lamoreaux | ||
| 1955 | Alida Anderson | |
| Estelle Hohengarten | ||
| N/A | ||
| Mrs. Dickinson | ||
| Dorothy Buracker | ||
| Marjorie Martinson | ||
| Iris Millar | ||
| 1954 | Vicki Harris | |
| Edna | ||
| Stella Walker | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1953 | Elsa | |
| Raquel Jackson | ||
| Abby | ||
| Mrs. Bennett | ||
| 1952 | Angela | |
| Nancy Shaw | ||
| Mary Smith | ||
| 1951 | Lorabelle Larkin | |
| Laura Ward | ||
| Lisbeth Flood | ||
| Laura Brock | ||
| 1950 | Janet Smedley Adams | |
| Mary Simms | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1949 | Carol | |
| 1948 | Mary / Montana | |
| Dr. Hilary Parker | ||
| Jane Gilbert | ||
| Carole Lane | ||
| Patricia | ||
| Blanche Bickerson | ||
| Ella Finch | ||
| Ann Loring | ||
| 1947 | Diana | |
| Lila Regan | ||
| 1946 | Janet Hilton | |
| Joan Medford | ||
| Paula Marlowe | ||
| 1945 | Diana Lee | |
| Rita Dane | ||
| Vicki Morrison | ||
| Katherine Palmor Bentley | ||
| 1944 | Dr. Leslie Ross | |
| 1943 | Edna Van Dyke | |
| Virginia Grey | ||
| Terry | ||
| 1942 | Terry Parker | |
| Katherine 'Kit' Bowser Sands | ||
| Jennifer Benton | ||
| Sue 'Butch' Custer | ||
| Connie Beach | ||
| Jane Wilson | ||
| 1941 | 'Fran' Post | |
| Joan Sutton | ||
| Teddy Carlyle | ||
| Margie Blake, Phil's Secretary | ||
| 1940 | Anastasia Atherton | |
| Laura Merriweather | ||
| Lila Hanley | ||
| Mary Peabody | ||
| Patricia Casey | ||
| 1939 | Lois MacFay | |
| Susan Thorson | ||
| Pat | ||
| Self | ||
| Consuela MacNish | ||
| Pearl | ||
| Shirley Laughlin | ||
| 1938 | Simone | |
| Madge | ||
| Selma Willis | ||
| Chorus Girl #1 | ||
| Sally | ||
| June | ||
| Virginia Mason | ||
| Sarah | ||
| Ann Clayton | ||
| 1937 | Mary Callahan | |
| Woman Kissing Naval Officer (uncredited) | ||
| Kitty Ryan | ||
| Self | ||
| Joan Carlo | ||
| 1936 | Ethel | |
| Pirate's Club Customer (uncredited) | ||
| Mary Jones | ||
| 1935 | Girl with Henry (Uncredited) | |
| 1934 | Chorus Girl (uncredited) | |
| 1933 | Audrey Carlton as a Child (uncredited) | |
| 1931 | Goldwyn Girl (uncredited) | |
| Hazel Boyd | ||
| 1928 | Rose, as a child | |
| Hazel Boyd | ||
| 1927 | Evangeline 'Eva' St. Clare | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
