Virginia Grey
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 22, 1917
- Died
- July 31, 2004 (aged 87)
- Birthplace
- 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. 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.
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Filmography
The Green Fog
Movie
Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star
Movie · as Self - Actress
The Lives of Jenny Dolan
Movie · as Landlady
That's Entertainment!
Movie · as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Airport
Movie · as Mrs. Schultz
Marcus Welby, M.D.
TV · as Mrs. Cavanaugh · 1 ep
Rosie!
Movie · as Mrs. Peters
Madame X
Movie · as Mimsy
Love Has Many Faces
Movie · as Irene Talbot
The Naked Kiss
Movie · as Candy
Black Zoo
Movie · as Jenny Brooks
Burke's Law
TV · as Elaine Barrows · 1 ep
The Virginian
TV · as Laura Pritican · 1 ep
Tammy Tell Me True
Movie · as Miss Jenks
Bachelor in Paradise
Movie · as Camille Quinlaw
Back Street
Movie · as Janey nee Smith
Portrait in Black
Movie · as Miss Lee
My Three Sons
TV · 1 ep
No Name on the Bullet
Movie · as Roseanne Fraden
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
TV · as Connie Vaccarous · 1 ep
The Great Gatsby
Movie · as Myrtle Wilson
The Restless Years
Movie · as Miss Robson
Yancy Derringer
TV · as Emily Dubois · 1 ep
Peter Gunn
TV · 1 ep
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
TV · as Zelda · 1 ep
Jeanne Eagels
Movie · as Elsie Desmond
Trackdown
TV · 1 ep
Crime of Passion
Movie · as Sara Alidas
Accused of Murder
Movie · as Sandra Lamoreaux
All That Heaven Allows
Movie · as Alida Anderson
The Rose Tattoo
Movie · as Estelle Hohengarten
The Eternal Sea
Movie · as Dorothy Buracker
The Last Command
Movie · as Mrs. Dickinson
The Millionaire
TV · as Iris Millar, Marjorie Martinson · 1 ep
The 20th Century Fox Hour
TV · as Jane Trask · 1 ep
Target Earth
Movie · as Vicki Harris
The Forty-Niners
Movie · as Stella Walker
Climax!
TV · as Edna · 1 ep
A Perilous Journey
Movie · as Abby
Fighting Lawman
Movie · as Raquel Jackson
Captain Scarface
Movie · as Elsa
General Electric Theater
TV · as Mrs. Bennett · 1 ep
Desert Pursuit
Movie · as Mary Smith
Four Star Playhouse
TV · as Nancy Shaw, Angela · 1 ep
The Ford Television Theatre
TV · 1 ep
Bullfighter and the Lady
Movie · as Lisbeth Flood
Slaughter Trail
Movie · as Lorabelle Larkin
Three Desperate Men
Movie · as Laura Brock
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV · as Laura Ward · 1 ep
Highway 301
Movie · as Mary Simms
Hurricane at Pilgrim Hill
Movie · as Janet Smedley Adams
Your Show of Shows
TV · 1 ep
The Threat
Movie · as Carol
Mexican Hayride
Movie · as Mary / Montana
Who Killed Doc Robbin?
Movie · as Ann Loring
So This Is New York
Movie · as Ella Finch
Jungle Jim
Movie · as Dr. Hilary Parker
Unknown Island
Movie · as Carole Lane
Miraculous Journey
Movie · as Patricia
Leather Gloves
Movie · as Jane Gilbert
Glamour Girl
Movie · as Lorraine Royle
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV · as Blanche Bickerson · 2 eps
Unconquered
Movie · as Diana
Wyoming
Movie · as Lila Regan
House of Horrors
Movie · as Joan Medford
Smooth as Silk
Movie · as Paula Marlowe
Swamp Fire
Movie · as Janet Hilton
Flame of Barbary Coast
Movie · as Rita Dane
Blonde Ransom
Movie · as Vicki Morrison
Grissly's Millions
Movie · as Katherine Palmor Bentley
Men in Her Diary
Movie · as Diana Lee
Strangers in the Night
Movie · as Dr. Leslie Ross
Idaho
Movie · as Terry
Sweet Rosie O'Grady
Movie · as Edna Van Dyke
Stage Door Canteen
Movie · as Virginia Grey
Tarzan's New York Adventure
Movie · as Connie Beach
Grand Central Murder
Movie · as Sue 'Butch' Custer
Mr. and Mrs. North
Movie · as Jane Wilson
Tish
Movie · as Katherine 'Kit' Bowser Sands
Bells of Capistrano
Movie · as Jennifer Benton
Secrets of the Underground
Movie · as Terry Parker
The Big Store
Movie · as Joan Sutton
Whistling in the Dark
Movie · as 'Fran' Post
Blonde Inspiration
Movie · as Margie Blake, Phil's Secretary
Washington Melodrama
Movie · as Teddy Carlyle
The Golden Fleecing
Movie · as Lila Hanley
Hullabaloo
Movie · as Laura Merriweather
Three Cheers for the Irish
Movie · as Patricia Casey
Keeping Company
Movie · as Anastasia Atherton
The Captain is a Lady
Movie · as Mary Peabody
The Women
Movie · as Pat
Another Thin Man
Movie · as Lois MacFay
Thunder Afloat
Movie · as Susan Thorson
Broadway Serenade
Movie · as Pearl
Idiot's Delight
Movie · as Shirley Laughlin
The Hardys Ride High
Movie · as Consuela MacNish
From the Ends of the Earth
Movie · as Self
Dramatic School
Movie · as Simone
Rich Man, Poor Girl
Movie · as Selma Willis
Youth Takes a Fling
Movie · as Madge
Snow Gets in Your Eyes
Movie · as June
Test Pilot
Movie · as Sarah
The Shopworn Angel
Movie · as Chorus Girl #1
Ladies in Distress
Movie · as Sally
Billy Rose's Casa Mañana Revue
Movie · as Virginia Mason
The Canary Comes Across
Movie · as Ann Clayton
Rosalie
Movie · as Mary Callahan
Secret Valley
Movie · as Joan Carlo
Bad Guy
Movie · as Kitty Ryan
The Romance of Celluloid
Movie · as Self
Pacific Paradise
Movie · as Woman Kissing Naval Officer (uncredited)
Old Hutch
Movie · as Ethel
Our Relations
Movie · as Pirate's Club Customer (uncredited)
Violets in Spring
Movie · as Mary Jones
Don't Bet on Blondes
Movie · as Girl with Henry (Uncredited)
Dames
Movie · as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Flirtation Walk
Movie · as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Secrets
Movie · as Audrey Carlton as a Child (uncredited)
Palmy Days
Movie · as Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
Misbehaving Ladies
Movie · as Hazel Boyd
The Michigan Kid
Movie · as Rose, as a child
Heart to Heart
Movie · as Hazel Boyd
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Movie · as Evangeline 'Eva' St. Clare