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Virginia Sale

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

May 19, 1899 (127 years old)

Place of Birth

Urbana, Illinois, USA

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.

Known For

Acting
1973SlitherBingo Caller
1969Big Daddy
1967How to Succeed in Business Without Really TryingCleaning Woman (uncredited)
1964One Man's WayMiss S. E. Collingswood
1963Petticoat JunctionSelma Plout
1963Petticoat JunctionMaude Blake
1962The Beverly HillbilliesChicken Woman
1960The Andy Griffith ShowWoman #1
1960The Andy Griffith ShowMrs. Beggs
1947The Case of the Baby-SitterVeronica Hoopler
1947The Hat Box MysteryVeronica Hoopler
1947Trail StreetHannah
1946Badman's TerritoryMeg
1945Danger SignalMrs. Crockett
1945Star in the NightMiss Roberts (uncredited)
1945Blazing the Western TrailNellie
1945She Gets Her ManPhoebe
1944The Thin Man Goes HomeTom's Wife
1944Dark MountainAletha Bates
1944Together AgainSecretary (uncredited)
1944When Strangers MarryChambermaid
1944Hi, BeautifulWife
1943Reveille with BeverlyMrs. Browning (uncredited)
1943DestroyerKansas' Dance Partner
1943Hit the IceNurse who Faints (uncredited)
1943The Gang's All HereMiss Custer, Secretary (uncredited)
1942Torpedo BoatMrs. Sweeney
1941The Flame of New OrleansGiraud's Cousin Clarissa
1941Miss PollyOrsina Wiggins
1941Harvard Here I ComeMiss Frisbie
1941They Died with Their Boots OnNurse (uncredited)
1941Her First BeauMiss Blackmere
1941One Foot in HeavenSister Sale at the Movie Theatre (uncredited)
1940Calling All HusbandsAunt Mabel Parker
1940I Can't Give You Anything But Love, BabyLandlady (uncredited)
1940The Doctor Takes a WifeSchool Teacher (uncredited)
1940Flowing GoldNurse
1940Strike Up the BandMusic Teacher
1940The Howards of VirginiaNeighbor Girl
1940Forty Little MothersMiss Fairwell
1940Gold Rush MaisieMrs. Harry Gilpin
1939The Amazing Mr. WilliamsMiss Mason - Schoolteacher (uncredited)
1939Charlie Chan in RenoMaid Reporting Missing Passkey
1939When Tomorrow ComesWaitress (uncredited)
1938The Jury's SecretMiss Montague
1937TopperMiss Johnson
1937Dangerous HolidayAunt Augusta
1937Meet the MissusMrs. Moseby
1937We Have Our MomentsMiss Koltz
1937OutcastJessica Tuite
1937You're a SweetheartGawking Wife (uncredited)
1937Angel's HolidayHatchet-Faced Woman
1937The Go-GetterServant of J. Browne #2 (uncredited)
1936Three Men on a HorseChambermaid
1935It's A Small WorldLizzie
1935After the DanceEdna
1935We're in the MoneyNanny (uncredited)
1934The Man with Two FacesPeabody
1934Love Past ThirtyNettle
1934SmartyEdna - Vicki's Maid
1934Madame du BarrySophie, the King's Daughter
1934Registered NurseMiss Dixon
1934Embarrassing MomentsMother
1934I Like it That WayOld Maid
1933The Iron MasterMiss Smith
1933Smoke LightningHousekeeper Sawyer
1932Those We LoveBertha
1932Running HollywoodVirginia Sale
1932Fireman, Save My ChildMiss Gallop
1932Union DepotWoman on Platform Watching Actress (uncredited)
1932The Hollywood Handicap
1931Selling ShortsDot
1931My PastMiss Taft, Thornley's Secretary
1931Gold Dust GertieSecretary Who Models Bathing Suit
1931The Sin of Madelon ClaudetCharity Ward Nun (uncredited)
1931Too Young to MarryMyra
1931Big Business GirlSally Curtin (uncredited)
1931Many a SlipSmitty
1930The Dude WranglerDude Guest
1930Embarrassing MomentsAunt Prudence
1930Lovin' the LadiesMarie - Joan's Maid
1930Back PayMiss Flanagan - Wheeler's Secretary
1930New MoonMadame Romanski
1930Show Girl in HollywoodMiss J. Rule
1930Lord Byron of BroadwayFlirty Dowager
1930Bright LightsNewspaper reporter
1930Moby DickOld Maid
1930What a LifeHead Prison Reformer
1930Loose AnklesMrs. Berry from Walla Walla
1929Stewed, Fried and Boiled
1929Weary RiverNoisy Lady in Audience (uncredited)
1929Why Be Good?Junior's Secretary (uncredited)
1929Fancy BaggageMiss Hickey
1929Below the DeadlineMother Biblow
1929The Cohens and Kellys in Atlantic CitySelma Meyer
1928Midnight MadnessThe Gargoyle - Childers' Secretary
1928Harold TeenMrs. Schmittenberger
1928The CrowdMary's Sister-in-Law (uncredited)
1928The Floating CollegeMiss Cobbs
1927Legionnaires in ParisFifi