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Virginia Sale

Virginia Sale

Birthday: 1899-05-20 | Place of Birth: Urbana, Illinois, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Virginia Sale (May 20, 1899 – 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

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1947
Trail Street

as    Hannah

1947
The Hat Box Mystery

as    Veronica Hoopler

1946
Badman's Territory

as    Meg

1945
Danger Signal

as    Mrs. Crockett

1944
When Strangers Marry

as    Chambermaid

1937
Topper

as    Miss Johnson

1935
It's A Small World

as    Lizzie

1931
My Past

as    Miss Taft, Thornley's Secretary

1930
Lovin' the Ladies

as    Marie - Joan's Maid

1928
Midnight Madness

as    The Gargoyle - Childers' Secretary