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Virginia Sale

Virginia Sale

Actor · 1899 – 1992 · 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.

Movies24

  • Movie6.7
  • Movie6.6

    The Flame of New Orleans

    1941 · 26 votes

  • Movie6.0

    Hit the Ice

    1943 · 31 votes

  • Movie7.6

    The Crowd

    1928 · 202 votes

  • Movie6.7
  • Movie6.7

    Topper

    1937 · 141 votes

  • Movie7.1

    The Thin Man Goes Home

    1944 · 111 votes

  • Movie5.9

    The Gang's All Here

    1943 · 42 votes

  • Movie6.9

    One Foot in Heaven

    1941 · 23 votes

  • Movie6.6

    Strike Up the Band

    1940 · 27 votes

  • Movie5.9
  • Movie8.0

    Big Daddy

    1969 · 1 votes

  • Movie6.7

    The Howards of Virginia

    1940 · 15 votes

  • Movie6.5

    Charlie Chan in Reno

    1939 · 20 votes

  • Movie6.3

    Badman's Territory

    1946 · 13 votes

  • Movie6.5

    Trail Street

    1947 · 13 votes

  • Movie5.0

    The Jury's Secret

    1938 · 4 votes

  • Movie6.0

    The Amazing Mr. Williams

    1939 · 11 votes

  • Movie5.8

    Show Girl in Hollywood

    1930 · 10 votes

  • Movie4.3

    One Man's Way

    1964 · 4 votes

  • Movie6.8

    Destroyer

    1943 · 17 votes

  • Movie5.9

    We're in the Money

    1935 · 7 votes

  • Movie5.4

    When Tomorrow Comes

    1939 · 17 votes

  • Movie5.6

    Moby Dick

    1930 · 11 votes

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  • TV7.6

    The Andy Griffith Show

    1960 · 175 votes

  • TV6.9

    The Beverly Hillbillies

    1962 · 139 votes

  • TV5.9

    Petticoat Junction

    1963 · 42 votes