Virginia Sale
Known for: Acting
Born: May 19, 1899
Died: August 23, 1992
Place of birth: Urbana, Illinois, USA
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.
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Filmography
95 movies · 3 TV shows, newest first
5.8
Slither
1973
8.0
Big Daddy
1969
6.7
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
1967
4.3
One Man's Way
1964
5.9
Petticoat Junction
1963
6.9
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
7.6
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
6.5
The Case of the Baby-Sitter
1947
4.5
The Hat Box Mystery
1947
6.5
Trail Street
1947
6.3
Badman's Territory
1946
6.0
Danger Signal
1945
7.5
Star in the Night
1945
6.3
Blazing the Western Trail
1945
5.3
She Gets Her Man
1945
7.1
The Thin Man Goes Home
1944
5.5
Together Again
1944
9.8
Hi, Beautiful
1944
5.3
Dark Mountain
1944
6.2
When Strangers Marry
1944
5.9
The Gang's All Here
1943
6.8
Destroyer
1943
6.0
Hit the Ice
1943
7.5
Reveille with Beverly
1943
7.5
Torpedo Boat
1942
5.8
Harvard Here I Come
1941
6.7
They Died with Their Boots On
1941
4.9
Miss Polly
1941
6.9
One Foot in Heaven
1941
6.6
The Flame of New Orleans
1941
6.5
Her First Beau
1941
6.6
Strike Up the Band
1940
6.7
The Howards of Virginia
1940
8.0
Calling All Husbands
1940
6.7
Flowing Gold
1940
6.8
Gold Rush Maisie
1940
7.0
I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby
1940
6.5
Forty Little Mothers
1940
6.8
The Doctor Takes a Wife
1940
6.0
The Amazing Mr. Williams
1939
5.4
When Tomorrow Comes
1939
6.5
Charlie Chan in Reno
1939
5.0
The Jury's Secret
1938
4.6
You're a Sweetheart
1937
6.7
Topper
1937
6.0
Angel's Holiday
1937
5.3
Dangerous Holiday
1937
6.5
Meet the Missus
1937
6.2
The Go-Getter
1937
7.2
We Have Our Moments
1937
8.0
Outcast
1937
6.4
Three Men on a Horse
1936
5.9
We're in the Money
1935
6.5
After the Dance
1935
6.0
It's A Small World
1935
4.6
Madame du Barry
1934
9.0
Embarrassing Moments
1934
6.8
The Man with Two Faces
1934
4.6
Smarty
1934
4.8
Registered Nurse
1934
7.0
I Like it That Way
19347.0
Love Past Thirty
1934
7.0
The Iron Master
1933
5.3
Smoke Lightning
1933
6.5
Those We Love
19327.0
The Hollywood Handicap
1932
6.4
Fireman, Save My Child
19329.0
Running Hollywood
1932
6.1
Union Depot
19329.0
Selling Shorts
1931
5.9
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
1931
6.0
Gold Dust Gertie
1931
6.8
Big Business Girl
1931
4.0
My Past
1931
8.0
Too Young to Marry
1931
10.0
Many a Slip
1931
5.8
New Moon
1930
5.2
Bright Lights
1930
5.6
Moby Dick
1930
10.0
The Dude Wrangler
1930
4.9
Back Pay
1930
5.8
Show Girl in Hollywood
1930
5.5
Lovin' the Ladies
1930
NR
What a Life
1930
4.7
Lord Byron of Broadway
1930
4.3
Loose Ankles
1930
10.0
Embarrassing Moments
19307.0
Stewed, Fried and Boiled
1929
9.0
The Cohens and Kellys in Atlantic City
1929
6.8
Why Be Good?
1929
5.8
Weary River
1929
10.0
Fancy Baggage
1929
4.0
Below the Deadline
1929
8.0
The Floating College
1928
7.0
Harold Teen
1928
9.0
Midnight Madness
1928
7.6
The Crowd
1928
8.0
Legionnaires in Paris
1927