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Virginia Sale
Actor

Virginia Sale

19 May 1899Born
23 Aug 1992Died
93Age at death
98Credits

Biography

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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.

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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.

Known for

Filmography

The 80 most recent of 98 credits.

  1. 1973SlitherFilm: Bingo Caller
  2. 1969Big DaddyFilm
  3. 1967How to Succeed in Business Without Really TryingFilm: Cleaning Woman (uncredited)
  4. 1964One Man's WayFilm: Miss S. E. Collingswood
  5. 1963Petticoat JunctionSeries: Selma Plout, Maude Blake (6 episodes)
  6. 1962The Beverly HillbilliesSeries: Chicken Woman (1 episode)
  7. 1960The Andy Griffith ShowSeries: Woman #1, Mrs. Beggs (1 episode)
  8. 1947The Case of the Baby-SitterFilm: Veronica Hoopler
  9. 1947The Hat Box MysteryFilm: Veronica Hoopler
  10. 1947Trail StreetFilm: Hannah
  11. 1946Badman's TerritoryFilm: Meg
  12. 1945Danger SignalFilm: Mrs. Crockett
  13. 1945Star in the NightFilm: Miss Roberts (uncredited)
  14. 1945Blazing the Western TrailFilm: Nellie
  15. 1945She Gets Her ManFilm: Phoebe
  16. 1944The Thin Man Goes HomeFilm: Tom's Wife
  17. 1944Together AgainFilm: Secretary (uncredited)
  18. 1944Hi, BeautifulFilm: Wife
  19. 1944Dark MountainFilm: Aletha Bates
  20. 1944When Strangers MarryFilm: Chambermaid
  21. 1943The Gang's All HereFilm: Miss Custer, Secretary (uncredited)
  22. 1943DestroyerFilm: Kansas' Dance Partner
  23. 1943Hit the IceFilm: Nurse who Faints (uncredited)
  24. 1943Reveille with BeverlyFilm: Mrs. Browning (uncredited)
  25. 1942Torpedo BoatFilm: Mrs. Sweeney
  26. 1941Harvard Here I ComeFilm: Miss Frisbie
  27. 1941They Died with Their Boots OnFilm: Nurse (uncredited)
  28. 1941Miss PollyFilm: Orsina Wiggins
  29. 1941One Foot in HeavenFilm: Sister Sale at the Movie Theatre (uncredited)
  30. 1941The Flame of New OrleansFilm: Giraud's Cousin Clarissa
  31. 1941Her First BeauFilm: Miss Blackmere
  32. 1940Strike Up the BandFilm: Music Teacher
  33. 1940The Howards of VirginiaFilm: Neighbor Girl
  34. 1940Calling All HusbandsFilm: Aunt Mabel Parker
  35. 1940Flowing GoldFilm: Nurse
  36. 1940Gold Rush MaisieFilm: Mrs. Harry Gilpin
  37. 1940I Can't Give You Anything But Love, BabyFilm: Landlady (uncredited)
  38. 1940Forty Little MothersFilm: Miss Fairwell
  39. 1940The Doctor Takes a WifeFilm: School Teacher (uncredited)
  40. 1939The Amazing Mr. WilliamsFilm: Miss Mason - Schoolteacher (uncredited)
  41. 1939When Tomorrow ComesFilm: Waitress (uncredited)
  42. 1939Charlie Chan in RenoFilm: Maid Reporting Missing Passkey
  43. 1938The Jury's SecretFilm: Miss Montague
  44. 1937You're a SweetheartFilm: Gawking Wife (uncredited)
  45. 1937TopperFilm: Miss Johnson
  46. 1937Angel's HolidayFilm: Hatchet-Faced Woman
  47. 1937Dangerous HolidayFilm: Aunt Augusta
  48. 1937Meet the MissusFilm: Mrs. Moseby
  49. 1937The Go-GetterFilm: Servant of J. Browne #2 (uncredited)
  50. 1937We Have Our MomentsFilm: Miss Koltz (uncredited)
  51. 1937OutcastFilm: Jessica Tuite
  52. 1936Three Men on a HorseFilm: Chambermaid
  53. 1935We're in the MoneyFilm: Nanny (uncredited)
  54. 1935After the DanceFilm: Edna
  55. 1935It's A Small WorldFilm: Lizzie
  56. 1934Madame du BarryFilm: Sophie, the King's Daughter
  57. 1934Embarrassing MomentsFilm: Mother
  58. 1934The Man with Two FacesFilm: Peabody
  59. 1934SmartyFilm: Edna - Vicki's Maid
  60. 1934Registered NurseFilm: Miss Dixon
  61. 1934I Like it That WayFilm: Old Maid
  62. 1934Love Past ThirtyFilm: Nettle
  63. 1933The Iron MasterFilm: Miss Smith
  64. 1933Smoke LightningFilm: Housekeeper Sawyer
  65. 1932Those We LoveFilm: Bertha
  66. 1932The Hollywood HandicapFilm
  67. 1932Fireman, Save My ChildFilm: Miss Gallop
  68. 1932Running HollywoodFilm: Virginia Sale
  69. 1932Union DepotFilm: Woman on Platform Watching Actress (uncredited)
  70. 1931Selling ShortsFilm: Dot
  71. 1931The Sin of Madelon ClaudetFilm: Charity Ward Nun (uncredited)
  72. 1931Gold Dust GertieFilm: Secretary Who Models Bathing Suit
  73. 1931Big Business GirlFilm: Sally Curtin (uncredited)
  74. 1931My PastFilm: Miss Taft, Thornley's Secretary
  75. 1931Too Young to MarryFilm: Myra
  76. 1931Many a SlipFilm: Smitty
  77. 1930New MoonFilm: Madame Romanski
  78. 1930Bright LightsFilm: Newspaper reporter
  79. 1930Moby DickFilm: Old Maid
  80. 1930The Dude WranglerFilm: Dude Guest

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