Virginia Sale
Date of birth: 1899-05-19
Place of birth: Urbana, Illinois, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Virginia Sales
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.
Movie Credits
Topper
1937-07-16
Madcap couple George and Marion Kerby are killed in an automobile accident. They return as ghosts to
One Man's Way
1964-02-26
Reverend Norman Vincent Peale fights to bring his message to the nation.
Legionnaires in Paris
1927-12-23
Two American soldiers are on leave in Paris on Armistice Day and, due to a misunderstanding, believe
The Dude Wrangler
1930-07-01
In order to prove his manliness to the girl he loves, a young urban dandy takes a job at a dude ranc
Danger Signal
1945-11-21
After robbing and murdering his married lover and then making her death look like suicide, conniving
The Thin Man Goes Home
1944-12-24
On a trip to visit his parents, detective Nick Charles gets mixed up in a murder investigation.
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
1967-03-09
A young but bright former window cleaner rises to the top of his company by following the advice of
The Flame of New Orleans
1941-07-07
In old New Orleans, a beautiful adventuress juggles the attentions of a rich banker and a dashing se
Those We Love
1932-09-11
Director Robert Florey's 1932 melodrama about a woman who suspects her husband of infidelity stars M
Badman's Territory
1946-05-04
After some gun play with a posse, the James Gang head for Quinto in a section of land which is not a
The Man with Two Faces
1934-08-04
Actress Jessica Wells, sister of actor Damon Wells, is on top of her form except when her husband Va
The Case of the Baby-Sitter
1947-07-26
The baby sitter is none other than veteran Hollywood tough guy Tom Neal. A private detective, Neal i
Miss Polly
1941-11-14
A small-town spinster, who's a born romantic, takes on the strict members of the local "Purity Leagu
Slither
1973-03-07
While searching for a small fortune of embezzled money, an ex-con, a small-time bandleader, his doti
Dark Mountain
1944-09-01
A woman doesn't realize that the man she has just married is a gangster. When she is implicated in a
Love Past Thirty
1934-02-14
When a woman's boyfriend dumps her for a younger girl, she hatches a scheme to get revenge by going
The Hat Box Mystery
1947-06-12
Susan Hart, assistant to private detective Russ Ashton, is given a camera concealed in a hat box and
Stewed, Fried and Boiled
1929-03-29
Stewed, Fried and Boiled is a 1929 comedy short.
Three Men on a Horse
1936-11-21
A meek salesman with an uncanny ability to pick horses is virtually kidnapped by a trio of gamblers.
Embarrassing Moments
1930-01-17
A couple meet, fall in love and get married in a 24-hour period.
Selling Shorts
1931-11-29
Third in the series of six Traveling Man two-reel comedy shorts. While traveling they are in need of
Smarty
1934-05-19
Vicki Wallace takes great pleasure in teasing her husband Tony who takes no pleasure at all in being
My Past
1931-05-03
A stage star finds herself torn between a wealthy older man and a handsome younger one.
Gold Dust Gertie
1931-06-27
Early 30s pre-code comedy about a woman attempting to get her two ex-husbands to pay back alimony.
Dangerous Holiday
1937-06-06
A young violin prodigy is assumed kidnapped after he runs away from home.
Madame du Barry
1934-10-13
Brought to Versailles as the companion of courtier D'Aigullon, former street waif Madame du Barry ch
Running Hollywood
1932-01-27
Running Hollywood is a comedy short.
Lovin' the Ladies
1930-04-06
A man who believes that love is more animal and chemical than spiritual, bets that by controlling th
It's A Small World
1935-04-12
Socialite, privileged, Jane Dale and lawyer Bill Shevlin meet in an automobile accident at night, o
Meet the Missus
1937-06-04
A small town Ohio barber accompanies his ditzy wife to Atlantic City, where she competes in the Happ
Back Pay
1930-06-01
Bored with small town life, a woman leaves for the big city and winds up becoming the mistress of a
New Moon
1930-12-23
New Moon is the name of the ship crossing the Caspian Sea. A young Lt. Petroff meets the Princess Ta
Show Girl in Hollywood
1930-04-20
Broadway actress leaves New York to become a star in Hollywood, and succeeds despite sleazy director
Weary River
1929-02-10
A gangster is put in prison, but finds salvation through music while serving his time. Again on the
Lord Byron of Broadway
1930-02-28
A talented songwriter gets his inspiration for songs from others and not from within himself. He is
Midnight Madness
1928-03-25
In Midnight Madness millionaire diamond miner Michael Bream (Clive Brook) discovers that the woman h
Harold Teen
1928-04-28
Farmboy Harold moves to the city and there attends high school. Soon he is very popular, his spirite
Fireman, Save My Child
1932-02-20
Joe Grant is an inventor, fireman and baseball player in his small hometown. He gets an offer to pla
Together Again
1944-12-23
Anne Crandall is the mayor of a small town in Vermont. Her deceased husband had been the mayor for y
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
1931-10-23
Out of jail for a crime she did not commit, Madelon turns to prostitution and thievery to send her i
Bright Lights
1930-09-21
A successful Broadway star ready to retire from her wild career announces her engagement. But her tu
After the Dance
1935-06-25
Though he was protecting her when he accidentally killed a man, Mabel Kane (Thelma Todd) refuses to
Registered Nurse
1934-04-06
In this sudsy hospital melodrama, a married nurse finds herself falling in love with one of two surg
We Have Our Moments
1937-03-28
A trio of American crooks board a ship bound for Europe, intending to get rid of $100,000 in stolen
The Amazing Mr. Williams
1939-11-22
Kenny Williams, a lieutenant on the homicide squad, is engaged to Maxine Carroll, the Mayor's secret
Calling All Husbands
1940-09-07
A henpecked husband and his bossy wife are due for a surprise when the wife's former boyfriend unexp
Charlie Chan in Reno
1939-06-16
Mary Whitman has gone to Reno to obtain a divorce. While there she is arrested on suspicion of murde
Outcast
1937-02-05
A physician in a small town suddenly finds himself the object of vilification and persecution when o
The Iron Master
1933-02-04
The wealthy owner of an iron foundry dies, and his greedy heirs are outraged when they find out that
I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby
1940-05-01
In I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby, Broderick Crawford plays a sentimental gangster who abd
Smoke Lightning
1933-01-01
After Smoke wins the Blake ranch in a poker game, Blake commits suicide and Smoke deeds the ranch to
Why Be Good?
1929-02-28
A flapper unwittingly falls for the boss' son.
Star in the Night
1945-10-13
Nick, a motel owner who has lost faith in more than just the humanity of mankind, is visited by a ki
Moby Dick
1930-09-20
Herman Melville's mad Capt. Ahab (John Barrymore) spends years hunting the white whale that got his
Harvard Here I Come
1941-12-18
Slapsie Rosenbloom receives an award from the satirical Harvard Lampoon for his well-known stupidity
When Strangers Marry
1944-08-21
A naive small-town girl comes to New York City to meet her husband, and discovers that he may be a m
The Doctor Takes a Wife
1940-04-25
A best-selling author of women's issues and a medical academic find it is to their mutual advantage
Flowing Gold
1940-08-24
In the American oilfields, a fugitive from justice's destiny is intertwined with the fortunes and th
Strike Up the Band
1940-09-27
Jimmy and Mary get a group of kids together to play in a school orchestra. A huge contest between sc
The Howards of Virginia
1940-09-19
Beautiful young Virginian Jane steps down from her proper aristocratic upbringing when she marries d
You're a Sweetheart
1937-12-26
A Broadway producer is in a quandary when he discovers that the opening of his newest big production
Too Young to Marry
1931-05-03
In this comedy drama set in a small town, a milque-toast gets a backbone and stands up to his overbe
Reveille with Beverly
1943-02-04
Beverly Ross, the switchboard operator at a local radio station, jumps at the chance to be the DJ fo
What a Life
1930-03-15
A musical parody on prison reform in which a prison warden gives his cellblocks the look of a summer
Big Business Girl
1931-06-12
A young woman goes to New York and finds success in advertising thanks to her legs while her boyfrie
Forty Little Mothers
1940-04-26
An out-of-work professor gets a break from an old college buddy to teach at an exclusive girl's scho
They Died with Their Boots On
1941-11-20
The story follows General George Armstrong Custer's adventures from his West Point days to his death
Fancy Baggage
1929-01-26
In order to get back some very important papers from her father's business rival, a young woman pret
Blazing the Western Trail
1945-09-08
Stage line owner Brent has his men robbing Halliday stages and when his manager Waring learns of it,
We're in the Money
1935-08-17
Ginger and Dixie are process servers for goofy lawyer Homer Bronson. The two friends want to quit, b
The Crowd
1928-03-03
John, an ambitious but undisciplined New York City office worker, meets and marries Mary. They start
Angel's Holiday
1937-06-07
Lively June, teen-aged daughter of mystery writer Waldo Everett, who calls her "Angel," becomes invo
The Go-Getter
1937-05-22
A Navy veteran with one leg fights to make himself a success.
The Floating College
1928-11-10
College Life - Love - and the big things of life under the light-heartedness of youth.
She Gets Her Man
1945-01-12
The corny daughter of a famed policewoman tries to catch a blowgun killer.
Below the Deadline
1929-01-02
Beau Nash is a "gentleman crook" who headquarters his gang of jewel thieves in a run-down boardingho
Her First Beau
1941-05-08
15-year-old Penelope (Penny) Wood has two great interests - Chuck Harris and the hope that some day
Loose Ankles
1930-02-02
A grandmother's will leaves her fortune to a few, mostly to her great-niece Ann. Ann will only recei
Destroyer
1943-08-19
Flagwaving story of a new American destroyer, the JOHN PAUL JONES, from the day her keel is laid, to
The Jury's Secret
1938-01-16
A reporter covering a murder trial guesses that the murderer of a ruthless businessman is her ex-fia
Big Daddy
1969-06-11
A visitor to the Everglades swamps in Florida encounters and falls in love with an uneducated girl.
Gold Rush Maisie
1940-07-26
Maisie becomes attached to a dirt-poor farmer and his family as they try to make ends meet joining h
Hit the Ice
1943-06-02
After Flash Fulton and Weejie McCoy take pictures of a bank robbery, they're lured to the mountain r
Trail Street
1947-02-19
Bat Masterson's old friend Billy Burns convinces him to become marshal of Liberal, Kansas and help t
Union Depot
1932-01-14
Among the travelers of varied backgrounds that meet and interact on one night at Union Depot, a metr
Embarrassing Moments
1934-09-01
Jerry Randolph is an inveterate and obnoxious practical joker. Things take a serious turn when it lo
Torpedo Boat
1942-01-24
Richard Arlen and Phil Terry star as Skimmer and Tommy, two lifelong buddies who've invented a light
The Gang's All Here
1943-12-24
A soldier falls for a chorus girl and then experiences trouble when he is posted to the Pacific.
Many a Slip
1931-03-02
Comedy centering on the question of whether a man's wife is or isn't pregnant.
One Foot in Heaven
1941-11-01
Episodic look at the life of a minister and his family as they move from one parish to another.
I Like it That Way
1934-04-01
A telephone operator gives up her job to try to be a nightclub singer.
The Hollywood Handicap
1932-08-10
1930s Thalians Club comedy.
Hi, Beautiful
1944-12-18
Part of the series of Universal B-musicals teaming Martha O'Driscoll and Noah Beery Jr., this film i
When Tomorrow Comes
1939-08-11
A waitress destined for a better life falls in love with a handsome stranger, only to find that he i