Virginia Grey
Known for: 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.
Filmography
Series
The Virginian
Laura Pritican
1962
Series
My Three Sons
1960
Series
Burke's Law
Elaine Barrows
1963
Series
Climax!
Edna
1954
Series
Four Star Playhouse
Nancy Shaw
1952
Series
Four Star Playhouse
Angela
1952
Series
Peter Gunn
1958
Series
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Mrs. Cavanaugh
1969
Series
The Ed Sullivan Show
Blanche Bickerson
1948
Series
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
Series
The Millionaire
Iris Millar
1955
Series
The Millionaire
Marjorie Martinson
1955
Series
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Jane Trask
1955
Series
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Zelda
1958
Series
Trackdown
1957
Series
Your Show of Shows
1950
Series
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
Connie Vaccarous
1959
Series
Yancy Derringer
Emily Dubois
1958
Film
Airport
Mrs. Schultz
1970
Film
Unconquered
Diana
1947
Film
The Women
Pat
1939
Film
Fighting Lawman
Raquel Jackson
1953
Film
All That Heaven Allows
Alida Anderson
1955
Film
The Big Store
Joan Sutton
1941
Film
That's Entertainment!
(archive footage) (uncredited)
1974
Film
The Naked Kiss
Candy
1964
Series
General Electric Theater
Mrs. Bennett
1953
Film
Another Thin Man
Lois MacFay
1939
Film
Jeanne Eagels
Elsie Desmond
1957
Film
Madame X
Mimsy
1966
Film
No Name on the Bullet
Roseanne Fraden
1959
Film
The Rose Tattoo
Estelle Hohengarten
1955
Film
Stage Door Canteen
Virginia Grey
1943
Film
Bachelor in Paradise
Camille Quinlaw
1961
Series
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Laura Ward
1951
Film
Tarzan's New York Adventure
Connie Beach
1942
Film
Test Pilot
Sarah
1938
Film
Crime of Passion
Sara Alidas
1956
Film
Pacific Paradise
Woman Kissing Naval Officer (uncredited)
1937
Film
Back Street
Janey nee Smith
1961
Film
Our Relations
Pirate's Club Customer (uncredited)
1936
Film
Grissly's Millions
Katherine Palmor Bentley
1945
Film
The Last Command
Mrs. Dickinson
1955
Film
Don't Bet on Blondes
Girl with Henry (Uncredited)
1935
Film
Blonde Inspiration
Margie Blake, Phil's Secretary
1941
Film
Idiot's Delight
Shirley Laughlin
1939
Film
Portrait in Black
Miss Lee
1960
Film
Broadway Serenade
Pearl
1939
Film
So This Is New York
Ella Finch
1948
Film
Palmy Days
Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
1931
Film
Rosalie
Mary Callahan
1937
Film
Tammy Tell Me True
Miss Jenks
1961
Film
Flame of Barbary Coast
Rita Dane
1945
Film
Mexican Hayride
Mary / Montana
1948
Film
The Romance of Celluloid
Self
1937
Film
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Evangeline 'Eva' St. Clare
1927
Film
The Golden Fleecing
Lila Hanley
1940
Film
House of Horrors
Joan Medford
1946
Film
The Great Gatsby
Myrtle Wilson
1958
Film
Hullabaloo
Laura Merriweather
1940
Film
Ladies in Distress
Sally
1938
Film
Sweet Rosie O'Grady
Edna Van Dyke
1943
Film
Black Zoo
Jenny Brooks
1963
Film
Thunder Afloat
Susan Thorson
1939
Film
A Perilous Journey
Abby
1953
Film
From the Ends of the Earth
Self
1939
Film
Idaho
Terry
1943
Film
Unknown Island
Carole Lane
1948
Film
Dames
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
1934
Film
Secrets
Audrey Carlton as a Child (uncredited)
1933
Film
Accused of Murder
Sandra Lamoreaux
1956
Film
The Shopworn Angel
Chorus Girl #1
1938
Film
Snow Gets in Your Eyes
June
1938
Film
Love Has Many Faces
Irene Talbot
1965
Film
Washington Melodrama
Teddy Carlyle
1941
Film
Dramatic School
Simone
1938
Film
Flirtation Walk
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
1934
Film
Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star
Self - Actress
2002
Film
Slaughter Trail
Lorabelle Larkin
1951
Film
Whistling in the Dark
'Fran' Post
1941
Film
Captain Scarface
Elsa
1953
Film
Secrets of the Underground
Terry Parker
1942
Film
The Hardys Ride High
Consuela MacNish
1939
Film
Smooth as Silk
Paula Marlowe
1946
Film
Highway 301
Mary Simms
1950
Film
The Eternal Sea
Dorothy Buracker
1955
Film
Keeping Company
Anastasia Atherton
1940
Blonde Ransom
Vicki Morrison
1945
Film
Bad Guy
Kitty Ryan
1937
Film
The Forty-Niners
Stella Walker
1954
Film
The Restless Years
Miss Robson
1958
Film
Youth Takes a Fling
Madge
1938
Film
Tish
Katherine 'Kit' Bowser Sands
1942
Film
Bullfighter and the Lady
Lisbeth Flood
1951
Film
Men in Her Diary
Diana Lee
1945
Film
Grand Central Murder
Sue 'Butch' Custer
1942
Film
The Threat
Carol
1949
Film
The Lives of Jenny Dolan
Landlady
1975
Film
Three Cheers for the Irish
Patricia Casey
1940
Film
The Green Fog
2018
Film
Who Killed Doc Robbin?
Ann Loring
1948
Film
Miraculous Journey
Patricia
1948
Film
Bells of Capistrano
Jennifer Benton
1942
Film
Mr. and Mrs. North
Jane Wilson
1942
Film
Jungle Jim
Dr. Hilary Parker
1948
Film
Rich Man, Poor Girl
Selma Willis
1938
Film
Hurricane at Pilgrim Hill
Janet Smedley Adams
1950
Film
Desert Pursuit
Mary Smith
1952
Film
Target Earth
Vicki Harris
1954
Film
Swamp Fire
Janet Hilton
1946
Film
Old Hutch
Ethel
1936
Film
The Captain is a Lady
Mary Peabody
1940
Film
The Michigan Kid
Rose, as a child
1928
Film
Heart to Heart
Hazel Boyd
1928
Film
Wyoming
Lila Regan
1947
Film
Secret Valley
Joan Carlo
1937
Film
Rosie!
Mrs. Peters
1967
Film
Billy Rose's Casa Mañana Revue
Virginia Mason
1938
Film
Leather Gloves
Jane Gilbert
1948
Film
Glamour Girl
Lorraine Royle
1948
Film
Misbehaving Ladies
Hazel Boyd
1931
Film
The Canary Comes Across
Ann Clayton
1938
Film
Three Desperate Men
Laura Brock
1951
Film
Strangers in the Night
Dr. Leslie Ross
1944
Violets in Spring
Mary Jones
1936