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Virginia Grey
Actor
Died July 31, 2004 (87 years)
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.
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Filmography
| 2017 | The Green Fog · as Miss Lee |
| 1976 | Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers (TV Series) · as Miss Callahan |
| 1974 | That's Entertainment! · as (archive footage) |
| 1970 | Airport · as Mrs. Schultz |
| 1969 | Love, American Style (TV Series) · as Jack's Mom (segment "Love and the Hot Spell") |
| 1969 | Marcus Welby, M.D. (TV Series) · as Mrs. Cavanaugh |
| 1967 | Ironside (TV Series) · as Mrs. Meacham |
| 1966 | Madame X · as Mimsy |
| 1965 | Love Has Many Faces · as Irene Talbot |
| 1965 | I Spy (TV Series) · as Grace |
| 1964 | The Naked Kiss · as Candy |
| 1962 | The Virginian (TV Series) · as Laura Pritican |
| 1961 | Flower Drum Song · as Rosalind |
| 1961 | Back Street · as Janey nee Smith |
| 1961 | Bachelor in Paradise · as Camille Quinlaw |
| 1960 | Stagecoach West (TV Series) · as Clara Calloway |
| 1960 | My Three Sons (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1960 | The Jim Backus Show (TV Series) · as Laura Jennings |
| 1959 | No Name on the Bullet · as Roseanne Fraden |
| 1959 | |
| 1958 | Yancy Derringer (TV Series) · as Emily Dubois |
| 1958 | Peter Gunn (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1957 | Jeanne Eagels · as Elsie Desmond |
| 1957 | Trackdown (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1957 | Wagon Train (TV Series) · as Ranie Webster |
| 1956 | Crime of Passion · as Sara |
| 1956 | Accused of Murder · as Sandra Lamoreaux |
| 1955 | The Last Command · as Mrs. Dickinson |
| 1955 | All That Heaven Allows · as Alida Anderson |
| 1955 | The Rose Tattoo · as Estelle Hohengarten |
| 1955 | The Eternal Sea · as Dorothy Buracker |
| 1954 | Target Earth · as Vicki Harris |
| 1954 | Climax! (TV Series) · as Edna |
| 1953 | Captain Scarface · as Elsa |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater (TV Series) · as Mrs. Bennett |
| 1952 | Four Star Playhouse (TV Series) · as Angela |
| 1952 | The Unexpected (TV Series) · as Dr. Lorraine Rhodes |
| 1951 | Three Desperate Men · as Laura Brock |
| 1951 | The Red Skelton Show (TV Series) · as Clara Appleby |
| 1950 | Hurricane at Pilgrim Hill · as Janet Smedley Adams |
| 1948 | Who Killed 'Doc' Robbin? · as Ann Loring |
| 1948 | Unknown Island · as Carole Lane |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show (TV Series) · as Blanche Bickerson |
| 1947 | Unconquered · as Diana |
| 1947 | Wyoming · as Lila Regan |
| 1946 | Swamp Fire · as Janet Hilton |
| 1945 | Flame of Barbary Coast · as Rita Dane |
| 1943 | Stage Door Canteen · as Virginia Grey |
| 1943 | |
| 1942 | Tarzan's New York Adventure · as Connie Beach |
| 1942 | Grand Central Murder · as Sue 'Butch' Custer |
| 1942 | Mr. and Mrs. North · as Jane Wilson |
| 1942 | Tish · as Katherine 'Kit' Bowser Sands |
| 1942 | Bells of Capistrano · as Jennifer Benton |
| 1942 | Secrets of the Underground · as Terry Parker |
| 1941 | The Big Store · as Joan Sutton |
| 1940 | The Golden Fleecing · as Lila Hanley |
| 1940 | Hullabaloo · as Laura Merriweather |
| 1940 | Keeping Company · as Anastasia Atherton |
| 1940 | The Captain Is a Lady · as Mary Peabody |
| 1939 | Another Thin Man · as Lois MacFay |
| 1939 | The Women · as Pat |
| 1939 | Idiot's Delight · as Shirley Laughlin |
| 1939 | Broadway Serenade · as Pearl |
| 1938 | Test Pilot · as Sarah |
| 1938 | The Shopworn Angel · as Chorus Girl #1 |
| 1938 | Youth Takes a Fling · as Madge |
| 1937 | Rosalie · as Mary Callahan |
| 1937 | Secret Valley · as Joan Carlo |
| 1936 | The Great Ziegfeld · as Ziegfeld Girl |
| 1936 | Our Relations · as Pirate's Club Customer (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Gold Diggers of 1935 · as Chorus Girl |
| 1934 | Dames · as Chorus Girl (uncredited) |
| 1933 | Secrets · as Audrey Carlton as a Child (uncredited) |
| 1931 | Palmy Days · as Goldwyn Girl (uncredited) |
| 1927 | Uncle Tom's Cabin · as Evangeline 'Eva' St. Clare |