Virginia Sale

Virginia Sale

Biography

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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.

Personal info

Gender

Female

Birthday

1899-05-19

Place of birth

Urbana, Illinois, USA

Images

Cast

Topper

Topper

1937

6.71

Miss Polly

Miss Polly

1941

4.50

Slither

Slither

1973

5.68

Smarty

Smarty

1934

4.30

My Past

My Past

1931

3.30

Back Pay

Back Pay

1930

4.00

New Moon

New Moon

1930

4.30

Weary River

Weary River

1929

5.70

Harold Teen

Harold Teen

1928

7.00

Outcast

Outcast

1937

0.00

Why Be Good?

Why Be Good?

1929

6.50

Moby Dick

Moby Dick

1930

5.30

Flowing Gold

Flowing Gold

1940

7.00

What a Life

What a Life

1930

0.00

The Crowd

The Crowd

1928

7.55

Loose Ankles

Loose Ankles

1930

3.83

Destroyer

Destroyer

1943

6.60

Big Daddy

Big Daddy

1969

0.00

Hit the Ice

Hit the Ice

1943

5.90

Trail Street

Trail Street

1947

6.40

Union Depot

Union Depot

1932

5.75

Torpedo Boat

Torpedo Boat

1942

6.00

Many a Slip

Many a Slip

1931

0.00