Virginia Grey
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1917-03-22
Day of Death
2004-07-31 (87 years old)
Place of Birth
Edendale, California, USA
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.
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Known For
Acting
(2002)
Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star
as Self - Actress
(1975)
The Lives of Jenny Dolan
as Landlady
(1974)
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage)
(1970)
Airport
as Mrs. Schultz
(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)
Black Zoo
as Jenny Brooks
(1961)
Bachelor in Paradise
as Camille Quinlaw
(1961)
Back Street
as Janey nee Smith
(1961)
Tammy Tell Me True
as Miss Jenks
(1960)
Portrait in Black
as Miss Lee
(1959)
No Name on the Bullet
as Roseanne Fraden
(1958)
The Restless Years
as Miss Robson
(1958)
The Great Gatsby
as Myrtle Wilson
(1957)
Jeanne Eagels
as Elsie Desmond
(1956)
Crime of Passion
as Sara Alidas
(1956)
Accused of Murder
as Sandra Lamoreaux
(1955)
All That Heaven Allows
as Alida Anderson
(1955)
The Eternal Sea
as Dorothy Buracker
(1955)
The Last Command
as Mrs. Dickinson
(1955)
The Rose Tattoo
as Estelle Hohengarten
(1954)
Target Earth
as Vicki Harris
(1954)
The Forty-Niners
as Stella Walker
(1953)
A Perilous Journey
as Abby
(1953)
Captain Scarface
as Elsa
(1953)
Fighting Lawman
as Raquel Jackson
(1952)
Desert Pursuit
as Mary Smith
(1951)
Three Desperate Men
as Laura Brock
(1951)
Bullfighter and the Lady
as Lisbeth Flood
(1951)
Slaughter Trail
as Lorabelle Larkin
(1950)
Highway 301
as Mary Simms
(1950)
Hurricane at Pilgrim Hill
as Janet Smedley Adams
(1949)
The Threat
as Carol
(1948)
Mexican Hayride
as Mary / Montana
(1948)
Miraculous Journey
as Patricia
(1948)
Jungle Jim
as Dr. Hilary Parker
(1948)
Unknown Island
as Carole Lane
(1948)
Leather Gloves
as Jane Gilbert
(1948)
Glamour Girl
as Lorraine Royle
(1948)
So This Is New York
as Ella Finch
(1948)
Who Killed Doc Robbin?
as Ann Loring
(1947)
Wyoming
as Lila Regan
(1947)
Unconquered
as Diana
(1946)
Swamp Fire
as Janet Hilton
(1946)
Smooth as Silk
as Paula Marlowe
(1946)
House of Horrors
as Joan Medford
(1945)
Flame of Barbary Coast
as Rita Dane
(1945)
Grissly's Millions
as Katherine Palmor Bentley
(1945)
Blonde Ransom
as Vicki Morrison
(1945)
Men in Her Diary
as Diana Lee
(1944)
Strangers in the Night
as Dr. Leslie Ross
(1943)
Idaho
as Terry
(1943)
Stage Door Canteen
as Virginia Grey
(1943)
Sweet Rosie O'Grady
as Edna Van Dyke
(1942)
Grand Central Murder
as Sue 'Butch' Custer
(1942)
Bells of Capistrano
as Jennifer Benton
(1942)
Secrets of the Underground
as Terry Parker
(1942)
Tish
as Katherine 'Kit' Bowser Sands
(1942)
Tarzan's New York Adventure
as Connie Beach
(1942)
Mr. and Mrs. North
as Jane Wilson
(1941)
Whistling in the Dark
as 'Fran' Post
(1941)
Washington Melodrama
as Teddy Carlyle
(1941)
The Big Store
as Joan Sutton
(1941)
Blonde Inspiration
as Margie Blake, Phil's Secretary
(1940)
Three Cheers for the Irish
as Patricia Casey
(1940)
Hullabaloo
as Laura Merriweather
(1940)
Keeping Company
as Anastasia Atherton
(1940)
The Golden Fleecing
as Lila Hanley
(1940)
The Captain Is a Lady
as Mary Peabody
(1939)
Broadway Serenade
as Pearl
(1939)
The Women
as Pat
(1939)
The Hardys Ride High
as Consuela MacNish
(1939)
Idiot's Delight
as Shirley Laughlin
(1939)
Another Thin Man
as Lois MacFay
(1939)
From the Ends of the Earth
as Self
(1939)
Thunder Afloat
as Susan Thorson
(1938)
Snow Gets in Your Eyes
as June
(1938)
Rich Man, Poor Girl
as Selma Willis
(1938)
Dramatic School
as Simone
(1938)
Test Pilot
as Sarah
(1938)
Youth Takes a Fling
as Madge
(1938)
The Canary Comes Across
as Ann Clayton
(1938)
Billy Rose's Casa Mañana Revue
as Virginia Mason
(1938)
Ladies in Distress
as Sally
(1938)
The Shopworn Angel
as Chorus Girl #1
(1937)
Secret Valley
as Joan Carlo
(1937)
The Romance of Celluloid
as Self
(1937)
Pacific Paradise
as Woman Kissing Naval Officer (uncredited)
(1937)
Rosalie
as Mary Callahan
(1937)
Bad Guy
as Kitty Ryan
(1936)
Our Relations
as Pirate's Club Customer (uncredited)
(1936)
Old Hutch
as Ethel
(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)
Misbehaving Ladies
as Hazel Boyd
(1931)
Palmy Days
as Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
(1928)
Heart to Heart
as Hazel Boyd
(1928)
The Michigan Kid
as Rose, as a child
(1927)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
as Evangeline 'Eva' St. Clare