Virginia Sale

Virginia Sale

1899-05-19 – 1992-08-23 (age 93) Urbana, Illinois, USA
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Biography

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Virginia Sale (May 20, 1899 โ€“ 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.

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Known For

Topper
Topper

1937

as Miss Johnson

They Died with Their Boots On
They Died with Their Boots On

1941

as Nurse (uncredited)

The Gang's All Here
The Gang's All Here

1943

as Miss Custer, Secretary (uncredited)

The Thin Man Goes Home
The Thin Man Goes Home

1944

as Tom's Wife

Trail Street
Trail Street

1947

as Hannah

Strike Up the Band
Strike Up the Band

1940

as Music Teacher

We Have Our Moments
We Have Our Moments

1937

as Miss Koltz (uncredited)

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

1967

as Cleaning Woman (uncredited)

The Flame of New Orleans
The Flame of New Orleans

1941

as Giraud's Cousin Clarissa

Destroyer
Destroyer

1943

as Kansas' Dance Partner

Badman's Territory
Harvard Here I Come
Harvard Here I Come

1941

as Miss Frisbie

Hit the Ice
Hit the Ice

1943

as Nurse who Faints (uncredited)

The Sin of Madelon Claudet
The Sin of Madelon Claudet

1931

as Charity Ward Nun (uncredited)

The Crowd
The Crowd

1928

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

Too Young to Marry
The Amazing Mr. Williams
The Amazing Mr. Williams

1939

as Miss Mason - Schoolteacher (uncredited)

The Doctor Takes a Wife
The Doctor Takes a Wife

1940

as School Teacher (uncredited)

Slither
Slither

1973

as Bingo Caller

Gold Rush Maisie
Gold Rush Maisie

1940

as Mrs. Harry Gilpin