Virginia Grey
102 movies · 17 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Mar 22, 1917
- Died
- Jul 31, 2004 (age 87)
- Place of birth
- Edendale, California, USA
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.
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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.
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Known for
Virginia Grey: movies and TV shows
Acting (119)
- 2018
- 1975 The Lives of Jenny Dolan
as Landlady
- 1974 That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1970 Airport
as Mrs. Schultz
- 1969
- 1967 Rosie!
as Mrs. Peters
- 1966 Madame X
as Mimsy
- 1965 Love Has Many Faces
as Irene Talbot
- 1964 The Naked Kiss
as Candy
- 1963
- 1963 Black Zoo
as Jenny Brooks
- 1962
- 1961 Bachelor in Paradise
as Camille Quinlaw
- 1961 Back Street
as Janey nee Smith
- 1961 Tammy Tell Me True
as Miss Jenks
- 1960
- 1960 Portrait in Black
as Miss Lee
- 1959
- 1959 No Name on the Bullet
as Roseanne Fraden
- 1958 The Restless Years
as Miss Robson
- 1958
- 1958
- 1958
- 1958 The Great Gatsby
as Myrtle Wilson
- 1957
- 1957 Jeanne Eagels
as Elsie Desmond
- 1956 Crime of Passion
as Sara Alidas
- 1956 Accused of Murder
as Sandra Lamoreaux
- 1955 The Rose Tattoo
as Estelle Hohengarten
- 1955
- 1955 All That Heaven Allows
as Alida Anderson
- 1955 The Last Command
as Mrs. Dickinson
- 1955 The Eternal Sea
as Dorothy Buracker
- 1955
- 1954 Target Earth
as Vicki Harris
- 1954
- 1954 The Forty-Niners
as Stella Walker
- 1953 Captain Scarface
as Elsa
- 1953 Fighting Lawman
as Raquel Jackson
- 1953 A Perilous Journey
as Abby
- 1953
- 1952
- 1952
- 1952 Desert Pursuit
as Mary Smith
- 1951 Slaughter Trail
as Lorabelle Larkin
- 1951
- 1951 Bullfighter and the Lady
as Lisbeth Flood
- 1951 Three Desperate Men
as Laura Brock
- 1950 Hurricane at Pilgrim Hill
as Janet Smedley Adams
- 1950 Highway 301
as Mary Simms
- 1950
- 1949 The Threat
as Carol
- 1948 Mexican Hayride
as Mary / Montana
- 1948 Jungle Jim
as Dr. Hilary Parker
- 1948 Leather Gloves
as Jane Gilbert
- 1948 Unknown Island
as Carole Lane
- 1948 Miraculous Journey
as Patricia
- 1948 So This Is New York
as Ella Finch
- 1948 Who Killed Doc Robbin?
as Ann Loring
- 1948 Glamour Girl
as Lorraine Royle
- 1947 Unconquered
as Diana
- 1947 Wyoming
as Lila Regan
- 1946 Swamp Fire
as Janet Hilton
- 1946 House of Horrors
as Joan Medford
- 1946 Smooth as Silk
as Paula Marlowe
- 1945 Men in Her Diary
as Diana Lee
- 1945 Flame of Barbary Coast
as Rita Dane
- 1945 Blonde Ransom
as Vicki Morrison
- 1945 Grissly's Millions
as Katherine Palmor Bentley
- 1944 Strangers in the Night
as Dr. Leslie Ross
- 1943 Sweet Rosie O'Grady
as Edna Van Dyke
- 1943 Stage Door Canteen
as Virginia Grey
- 1943 Idaho
as Terry
- 1942 Secrets of the Underground
as Terry Parker
- 1942 Tish
as Katherine 'Kit' Bowser Sands
- 1942 Bells of Capistrano
as Jennifer Benton
- 1942 Tarzan's New York Adventure
as Connie Beach
- 1942 Grand Central Murder
as Sue 'Butch' Custer
- 1942 Mr. and Mrs. North
as Jane Wilson
- 1941 Whistling in the Dark
as 'Fran' Post
- 1941 The Big Store
as Joan Sutton
- 1941 Washington Melodrama
as Teddy Carlyle
- 1941 Blonde Inspiration
as Margie Blake, Phil's Secretary
- 1940 Keeping Company
as Anastasia Atherton
- 1940 Hullabaloo
as Laura Merriweather
- 1940 The Golden Fleecing
as Lila Hanley
- 1940 The Captain is a Lady
as Mary Peabody
- 1940 Three Cheers for the Irish
as Patricia Casey
- 1939 Another Thin Man
as Lois MacFay
- 1939 Thunder Afloat
as Susan Thorson
- 1939 The Women
as Pat
- 1939 The Hardys Ride High
as Consuela MacNish
- 1939 Broadway Serenade
as Pearl
- 1939 Idiot's Delight
as Shirley Laughlin
- 1938 Dramatic School
as Simone
- 1938 Youth Takes a Fling
as Madge
- 1938 Rich Man, Poor Girl
as Selma Willis
- 1938 The Shopworn Angel
as Chorus Girl #1
- 1938 Ladies in Distress
as Sally
- 1938 Snow Gets in Your Eyes
as June
- 1938 Billy Rose's Casa Mañana Revue
as Virginia Mason
- 1938 Test Pilot
as Sarah
- 1938 The Canary Comes Across
as Ann Clayton
- 1937 Rosalie
as Mary Callahan
- 1937 Pacific Paradise
as Woman Kissing Naval Officer (uncredited)
- 1937 Bad Guy
as Kitty Ryan
- 1937 Secret Valley
as Joan Carlo
- 1936 Old Hutch
as Ethel
- 1936 Our Relations
as Pirate's Club Customer (uncredited)
- 1936 Violets in Spring
as Mary Jones
- 1935 Don't Bet on Blondes
as Girl with Henry (Uncredited)
- 1934 Flirtation Walk
as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
- 1934 Dames
as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
- 1933 Secrets
as Audrey Carlton as a Child (uncredited)
- 1931 Palmy Days
as Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
- 1931 Misbehaving Ladies
as Hazel Boyd
- 1928 The Michigan Kid
as Rose, as a child
- 1928 Heart to Heart
as Hazel Boyd
- 1927 Uncle Tom's Cabin
as Evangeline 'Eva' St. Clare
Talk shows and appearances (4)
- 2002
- 1948 The Ed Sullivan Show
2 episodes
- 1939
- 1937