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Virginia Sale (May 20, 1899 β 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.
Filmography
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Movies 96
TV Shows 3
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Slither (1973)
Big Daddy (1969)
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967)
One Man's Way (1964)
Petticoat Junction (1963)
The Beverly Hillbillies (1962)
The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
The Case of the Baby-Sitter (1947)
The Hat Box Mystery (1947)
Trail Street (1947)
Danger Signal (1945)
Star in the Night (1945)
The Thin Man Goes Home (1944)
Together Again (1944)
Dark Mountain (1944)
When Strangers Marry (1944)
The Gang's All Here (1943)
Destroyer (1943)
Hit the Ice (1943)
Reveille with Beverly (1943)
Torpedo Boat (1942)
Harvard Here I Come (1941)
They Died with Their Boots On (1941)
Miss Polly (1941)
One Foot in Heaven (1941)
The Flame of New Orleans (1941)
Her First Beau (1941)
Strike Up the Band (1940)
The Howards of Virginia (1940)
Calling All Husbands (1940)
Gold Rush Maisie (1940)
I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby (1940)
Forty Little Mothers (1940)
The Doctor Takes a Wife (1940)
The Amazing Mr. Williams (1939)
Charlie Chan in Reno (1939)
The Jury's Secret (1938)
You're a Sweetheart (1937)
Topper (1937)
Angel's Holiday (1937)
Dangerous Holiday (1937)
Meet the Missus (1937)
The Go-Getter (1937)
We Have Our Moments (1937)
Outcast (1937)
Three Men on a Horse (1936)
We're in the Money (1935)
Madame du Barry (1934)
Smarty (1934)
Registered Nurse (1934)
I Like it That Way (1934)
The Iron Master (1933)
Smoke Lightning (1933)
Fireman, Save My Child (1932)
Running Hollywood (1932)
Union Depot (1932)
The Sin of Madelon Claudet (1931)
Gold Dust Gertie (1931)
Big Business Girl (1931)
My Past (1931)
Many a Slip (1931)
New Moon (1930)
Bright Lights (1930)
Moby Dick (1930)
The Dude Wrangler (1930)
Back Pay (1930)
Show Girl in Hollywood (1930)
Lovin' the Ladies (1930)
What a Life (1930)
Lord Byron of Broadway (1930)
Loose Ankles (1930)
Embarrassing Moments (1930)
Modern Love (1929)
Why Be Good? (1929)
Weary River (1929)
Fancy Baggage (1929)
Below the Deadline (1929)
The Floating College (1928)
Happiness Ahead (1928)
Harold Teen (1928)
Midnight Madness (1928)
The Crowd (1928)
Nifty Nags (1927)
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GenderFemale
Birthday1899-05-20
Deathday1992-08-23 (93 years old)
Birth PlaceUrbana, United States
CitizenshipsUnited States
Also Known AsVirginia Sales
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