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Virginia Grey

22nd March 1917 Edendale, California, USA Acting

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.

103 Movies 20 TV Shows 125 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

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Airport 25th March 1970 as Mrs. Schultz
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Rosie! 22nd November 1967 as Mrs. Peters
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Idaho 10th March 1943 as Terry
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Tish 17th September 1942 as Katherine 'Kit' Bowser Sands
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Rosalie 24th December 1937 as Mary Callahan
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Bad Guy 27th August 1937 as Kitty Ryan
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Our Relations 15th September 1936 as Pirate's Club Customer (uncredited)
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Dames 1st September 1934 as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
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Secrets 16th March 1933 as Audrey Carlton as a Child (uncredited)
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Palmy Days 23rd September 1931 as Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)