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Virginia Dale

Virginia Dale

Birthday: 1917-07-01 | Place of Birth: Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Virginia Dale was an American film actress, who was born Virginia Paxton, in Charlotte, North Carolina. She appeared in a number of movies in the 1930s and 1940s, including Holiday Inn, and became particularly associated with musicals. While working as one of the dancing Paxton Sisters in New York City, she was discovered by Darryl F. Zanuck who signed her to a contract with 20th Century Fox. She appeared in a number of movies in the late 1930s and 1940s, including Holiday Inn, in which she dances and sings with Fred Astaire and Bing Crosby. In the 1950s, she worked mainly in television series such as The Adventures of Kit Carson, Highway Patrol, and The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp. She left the movie business in 1958, but returned to acting for a few films in the 1980s. She never married nor had any children. Jean died in Burbank, California, and is interred in Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills). Description above from the Wikipedia article Virginia Dale, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1951
Danger Zone

as    Claire Underwood

1948
Docks of New Orleans

as    Rene Blanchette

1947
Fall Guy

as    Marie

1943
Headin' for God's Country

as    Laurie Lane

1942
Holiday Inn

as    Lila Dixon

1940
Dancing on a Dime

as    Dolly Stewart

1940
Parole Fixer

as    Enid Casserly

1939
The Kid From Texas

as    'Okay' Kinney

1937
Missing Witnesses

as    Mary Norton