Person Details

Birthday: 1899-05-20 07:33:51

Death: 1992-08-23 07:33:51

Aliases: Virginia Sales

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Urbana, Illinois, USA

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Movie Involvements: 37

TV Involvements: 0


Most Famous Work

Biography

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.

Most Famous Work

They Died with Their Boots On
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7

They Died with Their Boots On

(1941) Nurse (uncredited)
The Crowd
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8

The Crowd

(1928) Mary's Sister-in-Law (uncredited)
Danger Signal
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5

Danger Signal

(1945) Mrs. Crockett
The Howards of Virginia
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6

The Howards of Virginia

(1940) Neighbor Girl
When Strangers Marry
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6

When Strangers Marry

(1944) Chambermaid
Bright Lights
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4

Bright Lights

(1930) Newspaper reporter
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
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6

The Sin of Madelon Claudet

(1931) Charity Ward Nun (uncredited)
One Foot in Heaven
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7

One Foot in Heaven

(1941) Sister Sale at the Movie Theatre (uncredited)

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
1973 Bingo Caller
1969 N/A
1967 Cleaning Woman (uncredited)
1964 Miss S. E. Collingswood
1960 Mrs. Beggs
1947 Veronica Hoopler
Veronica Hoopler
Hannah
1946 Meg
1945 Mrs. Crockett
Miss Roberts (uncredited)
Nellie
Phoebe
1944 Tom's Wife
Secretary (uncredited)
Aletha Bates
Chambermaid
1943 Miss Custer, Secretary (uncredited)
Kansas' Dance Partner
Nurse who Faints (uncredited)
Mrs. Browning (uncredited)
1942 Mrs. Sweeney
1941 Miss Frisbie
Nurse (uncredited)
Orsina Wiggins
Sister Sale at the Movie Theatre (uncredited)
Giraud's Cousin Clarissa
Miss Blackmere
1940 Music Teacher
Neighbor Girl
Aunt Mabel Parker
Nurse
Mrs. Harry Gilpin
Landlady (uncredited)
Miss Fairwell
School Teacher
1939 Miss Mason - Schoolteacher (uncredited)
Maid Reporting Missing Passkey
1938 Miss Montague
1937 Gawking Wife (uncredited)
Miss Johnson
Hatchet-Faced Woman
Aunt Augusta
Mrs. Moseby
Servant of J. Browne #2 (uncredited)
Miss Koltz
1936 Chambermaid
1935 Nanny (uncredited)
Edna
Lizzie
1934 Sophie, the King's Daughter
Mother
Peabody
Edna - Vicki's Maid
Miss Dixon
Old Maid
Nettle
1933 Miss Smith
1932 Bertha
Miss Gallop
Virginia Sale
Woman on Platform Watching Actress (uncredited)
1931 Dot
Charity Ward Nun (uncredited)
Secretary Who Models Bathing Suit
Sally Curtin (uncredited)
Myra
Miss Taft, Thornley's Secretary
Smitty
1930 Madame Romanski
Newspaper reporter
Old Maid
Dude Guest
Miss Flanagan - Wheeler's Secretary
Miss J. Rule
Marie - Joan's Maid
Head Prison Reformer
Flirty Dowager
Mrs. Berry from Walla Walla
Aunt Prudence
1929 N/A
Junior's Secretary (uncredited)
Noisy Lady in Audience (uncredited)
Miss Hickey
Mother Biblow
1928 Miss Cobbs
Mrs. Schmittenberger
The Gargoyle - Childers' Secretary
Mary's Sister-in-Law (uncredited)
1927 Fifi
Year Character Movie/Tv

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