Virginia Grey
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.
Known For
Sara Alidas
Crime of Passion
Mrs. Schultz
Airport
Irene Talbot
Love Has Many Faces
Vicki Harris
Target Earth
Jenny Brooks
Black Zoo
Pat
The Women
Mary / Montana
Mexican Hayride
Candy
The Naked Kiss
Joan Sutton
The Big Store
Connie Beach
Tarzan's New York Adventure
Rita Dane
Flame of Barbary Coast
Myrtle Wilson
The Great Gatsby
Mary Simms
Highway 301
Ann Loring
Who Killed Doc Robbin?
Lois MacFay
Another Thin Man
Mimsy
Madame X
Dr. Leslie Ross
Strangers in the Night
Alida Anderson
All That Heaven Allows
Sandra Lamoreaux
Accused of Murder
Mary Callahan
Rosalie
Miss Jenks
Tammy Tell Me True
Miss Lee
Portrait in Black
Estelle Hohengarten
The Rose Tattoo
Sue 'Butch' Custer
Grand Central Murder
Roseanne Fraden
No Name on the Bullet
Camille Quinlaw
Bachelor in Paradise
Diana
Unconquered
Carol
The Threat
'Fran' Post
Whistling in the Dark
Joan Medford
House of Horrors
Lisbeth Flood
Bullfighter and the Lady
Susan Thorson
Thunder Afloat
Ella Finch
So This Is New York
Jane Wilson
Mr. and Mrs. North
Dr. Hilary Parker
Jungle Jim
Miss Robson
The Restless Years
Elsie Desmond
Jeanne Eagels
Lorabelle Larkin
Slaughter Trail
Abby
A Perilous Journey
Laura Brock
Three Desperate Men
Pearl
Broadway Serenade
Paula Marlowe
Smooth as Silk
Lila Hanley
The Golden Fleecing
Carole Lane
Unknown Island
Terry
Idaho
Margie Blake, Phil's Secretary
Blonde Inspiration
Simone
Dramatic School
Laura Merriweather
Hullabaloo
Selma Willis
Rich Man, Poor Girl
Mrs. Peters
Rosie!
Joan Carlo
Secret Valley
Kitty Ryan
Bad Guy
Patricia Casey
Three Cheers for the Irish
Dorothy Buracker
The Eternal Sea
Janey nee Smith
Back Street
Patricia
Miraculous Journey
Stella Walker
The Forty-Niners
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Dames
Teddy Carlyle
Washington Melodrama
Jane Gilbert
Leather Gloves
Self - Actress
Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star
Rose, as a child
The Michigan Kid
Ethel
Old Hutch
Katherine 'Kit' Bowser Sands
Tish
Hazel Boyd
Heart to Heart
Anastasia Atherton
Keeping Company
Madge
Youth Takes a Fling
June
Snow Gets in Your Eyes
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Flirtation Walk
(archive footage)
That's Entertainment!
Pirate's Club Customer (uncredited)
Our Relations
Sarah
Test Pilot
Raquel Jackson
Fighting Lawman
Shirley Laughlin
Idiot's Delight
Consuela MacNish
The Hardys Ride High
Jennifer Benton
Bells of Capistrano
Edna Van Dyke
Sweet Rosie O'Grady
Mary Smith
Desert Pursuit
Janet Hilton
Swamp Fire
Mrs. Dickinson
The Last Command
Chorus Girl #1
The Shopworn Angel
Virginia Grey
Stage Door Canteen
Sally
Ladies in Distress
Vicki Morrison
Blonde Ransom
Virginia Mason
Billy Rose's Casa Mañana Revue
Terry Parker
Secrets of the Underground
Katherine Palmor Bentley
Grissly's Millions
Mary Peabody
The Captain Is a Lady
Lorraine Royle
Glamour Girl
Elsa
Captain Scarface
Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
Palmy Days
Hazel Boyd
Misbehaving Ladies
Janet Smedley Adams
Hurricane at Pilgrim Hill
Self
The Romance of Celluloid
Audrey Carlton as a Child (uncredited)
Secrets
Lila Regan
Wyoming
Mary Jones
Violets in Spring
Self
From the Ends of the Earth
Evangeline 'Eva' St. Clare
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Diana Lee
Men in Her Diary
Ann Clayton
The Canary Comes Across
Landlady
The Lives of Jenny Dolan
Woman Kissing Naval Officer (uncredited)
Pacific Paradise
Girl with Henry (Uncredited)
Don't Bet on Blondes
Because I Love Him
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
105
Gender
Female
Birthday
1917-03-22
Place of Birth
Edendale, California, USA
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