Virginia Sale
Known for Acting · 98 credits
- Born
- 1899-05-19
- Died
- 1992-08-23
- Place of birth
- Urbana, Illinois, USA
- Also known as
- Virginia Sales
Biography
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.
Known For
TV Shows (3)
Movies (95)
The Go-Getter
1937
as Servant of J. Browne #2 (uncredited)
The Crowd
1928
as Mary's Sister-in-Law (uncredited)
Trail Street
1947
as Hannah
Topper
1937
as Miss Johnson
The Howards of Virginia
1940
as Neighbor Girl
Destroyer
1943
as Kansas' Dance Partner
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
1967
as Cleaning Woman (uncredited)
They Died with Their Boots On
1941
as Nurse (uncredited)
Moby Dick
1930
as Old Maid
The Thin Man Goes Home
1944
as Tom's Wife
Back Pay
1930
as Miss Flanagan - Wheeler's Secretary
Union Depot
1932
as Woman on Platform Watching Actress (uncredited)
Show Girl in Hollywood
1930
as Miss J. Rule
Dark Mountain
1944
as Aletha Bates
Calling All Husbands
1940
as Aunt Mabel Parker
Strike Up the Band
1940
as Music Teacher
Smarty
1934
as Edna - Vicki's Maid
Embarrassing Moments
1930
as Aunt Prudence
Embarrassing Moments
1934
as Mother
Slither
1973
as Bingo Caller
When Tomorrow Comes
1939
as Waitress (uncredited)
Miss Polly
1941
as Orsina Wiggins
Charlie Chan in Reno
1939
as Maid Reporting Missing Passkey
The Gang's All Here
1943
as Miss Custer, Secretary (uncredited)
Badman's Territory
1946
as Meg
The Jury's Secret
1938
as Miss Montague
Harvard Here I Come
1941
as Miss Frisbie
Bright Lights
1930
as Newspaper reporter
Big Business Girl
1931
as Sally Curtin (uncredited)
We Have Our Moments
1937
as Miss Koltz
My Past
1931
as Miss Taft, Thornley's Secretary
Fireman, Save My Child
1932
as Miss Gallop
Midnight Madness
1928
as The Gargoyle - Childers' Secretary
Angel's Holiday
1937
as Hatchet-Faced Woman
Together Again
1944
as Secretary (uncredited)
Hi, Beautiful
1944
as Wife
The Man with Two Faces
1934
as Peabody
The Doctor Takes a Wife
1940
as School Teacher (uncredited)
Flowing Gold
1940
as Nurse
One Man's Way
1964
as Miss S. E. Collingswood
We're in the Money
1935
as Nanny (uncredited)
Hit the Ice
1943
as Nurse who Faints (uncredited)
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
1931
as Charity Ward Nun (uncredited)
Lord Byron of Broadway
1930
as Flirty Dowager
Reveille with Beverly
1943
as Mrs. Browning (uncredited)
Danger Signal
1945
as Mrs. Crockett
Forty Little Mothers
1940
as Miss Fairwell
The Hat Box Mystery
1947
as Veronica Hoopler
Big Daddy
1969
Dangerous Holiday
1937
as Aunt Augusta
Smoke Lightning
1933
as Housekeeper Sawyer
Selling Shorts
1931
as Dot
The Flame of New Orleans
1941
as Giraud's Cousin Clarissa
Gold Rush Maisie
1940
as Mrs. Harry Gilpin
Star in the Night
1945
as Miss Roberts (uncredited)
Blazing the Western Trail
1945
as Nellie
One Foot in Heaven
1941
as Sister Sale at the Movie Theatre (uncredited)
Loose Ankles
1930
as Mrs. Berry from Walla Walla
Her First Beau
1941
as Miss Blackmere
When Strangers Marry
1944
as Chambermaid
I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby
1940
as Landlady (uncredited)
Gold Dust Gertie
1931
as Secretary Who Models Bathing Suit
Meet the Missus
1937
as Mrs. Moseby
Outcast
1937
as Jessica Tuite
It's A Small World
1935
as Lizzie
Fancy Baggage
1929
as Miss Hickey
Weary River
1929
as Noisy Lady in Audience (uncredited)
Three Men on a Horse
1936
as Chambermaid
Madame du Barry
1934
as Sophie, the King's Daughter
The Amazing Mr. Williams
1939
as Miss Mason - Schoolteacher (uncredited)
She Gets Her Man
1945
as Phoebe
Registered Nurse
1934
as Miss Dixon
The Cohens and Kellys in Atlantic City
1929
as Selma Meyer
What a Life
1930
as Head Prison Reformer
The Case of the Baby-Sitter
1947
as Veronica Hoopler
The Iron Master
1933
as Miss Smith
Love Past Thirty
1934
as Nettle
Torpedo Boat
1942
as Mrs. Sweeney
New Moon
1930
as Madame Romanski
Those We Love
1932
as Bertha
Running Hollywood
1932
as Virginia Sale
The Dude Wrangler
1930
as Dude Guest
After the Dance
1935
as Edna
The Hollywood Handicap
1932
Why Be Good?
1929
as Junior's Secretary (uncredited)
The Floating College
1928
as Miss Cobbs
Harold Teen
1928
as Mrs. Schmittenberger
You're a Sweetheart
1937
as Gawking Wife (uncredited)
Lovin' the Ladies
1930
as Marie - Joan's Maid
Too Young to Marry
1931
as Myra
Below the Deadline
1929
as Mother Biblow
Many a Slip
1931
as Smitty
I Like it That Way
1934
as Old Maid
Legionnaires in Paris
1927
as Fifi
Stewed, Fried and Boiled
1929
About Virginia Sale
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 t… With 98 credits spanning from 1927 to 1973, Virginia Sale has appeared in 95 films and 3 TV shows.
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Most Popular Virginia Sale Movies
- The Go-Getter (1937) — as Servant of J. Browne #2 (uncredited)
- The Crowd (1928) — as Mary's Sister-in-Law (uncredited)
- Trail Street (1947) — as Hannah
- Topper (1937) — as Miss Johnson
- The Howards of Virginia (1940) — as Neighbor Girl
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