Portrait of Virginia Sale

Virginia Sale

Acting

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.

Born: May 19, 1899

Place of Birth: Urbana, Illinois, USA

Filmography

1973
Slither

as Bingo Caller

1967
1964
One Man's Way

as Miss S. E. Collingswood

1963
Petticoat Junction

as Selma Plout

1963
Petticoat Junction

as Maude Blake

1962
The Beverly Hillbillies

as Chicken Woman

1960
1960
1947
The Case of the Baby-Sitter

as Veronica Hoopler

1947
The Hat Box Mystery

as Veronica Hoopler

1947
Trail Street

as Hannah

1945
Danger Signal

as Mrs. Crockett

1945
Star in the Night

as Miss Roberts (uncredited)

1945
1944
1944
Together Again

as Secretary (uncredited)

1944
1944
Dark Mountain

as Aletha Bates

1944
When Strangers Marry

as Chambermaid

1943
The Gang's All Here

as Miss Custer, Secretary (uncredited)

1943
Destroyer

as Kansas' Dance Partner

1943
Hit the Ice

as Nurse who Faints (uncredited)

1943
Reveille with Beverly

as Mrs. Browning (uncredited)

1942
Torpedo Boat

as Mrs. Sweeney

1941
Harvard Here I Come

as Miss Frisbie

1941
They Died with Their Boots On

as Nurse (uncredited)

1941
Miss Polly

as Orsina Wiggins

1941
One Foot in Heaven

as Sister Sale at the Movie Theatre (uncredited)

1941
The Flame of New Orleans

as Giraud's Cousin Clarissa

1941
Her First Beau

as Miss Blackmere

1940
Strike Up the Band

as Music Teacher

1940
The Howards of Virginia

as Neighbor Girl

1940
Calling All Husbands

as Aunt Mabel Parker

1940
Flowing Gold

as Nurse

1940
Gold Rush Maisie

as Mrs. Harry Gilpin

1940
1940
Forty Little Mothers

as Miss Fairwell

1940
The Doctor Takes a Wife

as School Teacher (uncredited)

1939
The Amazing Mr. Williams

as Miss Mason - Schoolteacher (uncredited)

1939
When Tomorrow Comes

as Waitress (uncredited)

1939
Charlie Chan in Reno

as Maid Reporting Missing Passkey

1938
The Jury's Secret

as Miss Montague

1937
You're a Sweetheart

as Gawking Wife (uncredited)

1937
Topper

as Miss Johnson

1937
Angel's Holiday

as Hatchet-Faced Woman

1937
Dangerous Holiday

as Aunt Augusta

1937
Meet the Missus

as Mrs. Moseby

1937
The Go-Getter

as Servant of J. Browne #2 (uncredited)

1937
We Have Our Moments

as Miss Koltz

1937
Outcast

as Jessica Tuite

1936
Three Men on a Horse

as Chambermaid

1935
We're in the Money

as Nanny (uncredited)

1935
1935
1934
Madame du Barry

as Sophie, the King's Daughter

1934
Smarty

as Edna - Vicki's Maid

1934
Registered Nurse

as Miss Dixon

1934
1933
The Iron Master

as Miss Smith

1933
Smoke Lightning

as Housekeeper Sawyer

1932
Those We Love

as Bertha

1932
1932
Union Depot

as Woman on Platform Watching Actress (uncredited)

1931
The Sin of Madelon Claudet

as Charity Ward Nun (uncredited)

1931
Gold Dust Gertie

as Secretary Who Models Bathing Suit

1931
Big Business Girl

as Sally Curtin (uncredited)

1931
My Past

as Miss Taft, Thornley's Secretary

1931
Many a Slip

as Smitty

1930
New Moon

as Madame Romanski

1930
Bright Lights

as Newspaper reporter

1930
Moby Dick

as Old Maid

1930
The Dude Wrangler

as Dude Guest

1930
Back Pay

as Miss Flanagan - Wheeler's Secretary

1930
Show Girl in Hollywood

as Miss J. Rule

1930
Lovin' the Ladies

as Marie - Joan's Maid

1930
What a Life

as Head Prison Reformer

1930
Lord Byron of Broadway

as Flirty Dowager

1930
Loose Ankles

as Mrs. Berry from Walla Walla

1930
Embarrassing Moments

as Aunt Prudence

1929
Why Be Good?

as Junior's Secretary (uncredited)

1929
Weary River

as Noisy Lady in Audience (uncredited)

1929
Fancy Baggage

as Miss Hickey

1929
Below the Deadline

as Mother Biblow

1928
1928
Harold Teen

as Mrs. Schmittenberger

1928
Midnight Madness

as The Gargoyle - Childers' Secretary

1928
The Crowd

as Mary's Sister-in-Law (uncredited)