Virginia Grey
Acting
Biography
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.
Born: March 22, 1917
Place of Birth: Edendale, California, USA
Known For
Filmography
as Self - Actress
as Landlady
as (archive footage)
as Mrs. Schultz
as Mrs. Cavanaugh
as Mrs. Peters
as Mimsy
as Irene Talbot
as Candy
as Elaine Barrows
as Jenny Brooks
as Laura Pritican
as Camille Quinlaw
as Janey nee Smith
as Miss Jenks
as Miss Lee
as Connie Vaccarous
as Roseanne Fraden
as Miss Robson
as Emily Dubois
as Myrtle Wilson
as Elsie Desmond
as Sara Alidas
as Sandra Lamoreaux
as Alida Anderson
as Estelle Hohengarten
as Mrs. Dickinson
as Dorothy Buracker
as Iris Millar
as Marjorie Martinson
as Vicki Harris
as Edna
as Stella Walker
as Elsa
as Raquel Jackson
as Abby
as Mrs. Bennett
as Mary Smith
as Lorabelle Larkin
as Laura Ward
as Lisbeth Flood
as Laura Brock
as Janet Smedley Adams
as Mary Simms
as Carol
as Mary / Montana
as Dr. Hilary Parker
as Jane Gilbert
as Carole Lane
as Patricia
as Blanche Bickerson
as Ella Finch
as Ann Loring
as Lorraine Royle
as Diana
as Lila Regan
as Janet Hilton
as Joan Medford
as Paula Marlowe
as Diana Lee
as Rita Dane
as Katherine Palmor Bentley
as Dr. Leslie Ross
as Edna Van Dyke
as Virginia Grey
as Terry
as Terry Parker
as Katherine 'Kit' Bowser Sands
as Jennifer Benton
as Connie Beach
as Sue 'Butch' Custer
as Jane Wilson
as 'Fran' Post
as Joan Sutton
as Teddy Carlyle
as Margie Blake, Phil's Secretary
as Anastasia Atherton
as Laura Merriweather
as Lila Hanley
as Mary Peabody
as Patricia Casey
as Lois MacFay
as Susan Thorson
as Pat
as Consuela MacNish
as Pearl
as Shirley Laughlin
as Simone
as Madge
as Selma Willis
as Chorus Girl #1
as Sally
as June
as Virginia Mason
as Sarah
as Ann Clayton
as Mary Callahan
as Woman Kissing Naval Officer (uncredited)
as Self
as Kitty Ryan
as Joan Carlo
as Ethel
as Pirate's Club Customer (uncredited)
as Girl with Henry (Uncredited)
as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
as Audrey Carlton as a Child (uncredited)
as Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
as Hazel Boyd
as Rose, as a child
as Hazel Boyd
as Evangeline 'Eva' St. Clare