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Virginia Sale
Actor
Born May 19, 1899Died August 23, 1992 (93 years)
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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.
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.
Filmography
| 1974 | Police Woman (TV Series) · as Elderly Lady #1 |
| 1973 | Slither · as Bingo Caller |
| 1969 | |
| 1967 | How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying · as Cleaning Woman (uncredited) |
| 1966 | Love On A Rooftop (TV Series) · as Esther |
| 1965 | The Wild Wild West (TV Series) · as Aunt Martha |
| 1965 | Green Acres (TV Series) · as Selma Plout |
| 1965 | I Spy (TV Series) · as Ethel |
| 1964 | One Man's Way · as Miss S. E. Collingswood |
| 1963 | Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre (TV Series) · as Mrs. Kerr |
| 1963 | Petticoat Junction (TV Series) · as Selma Plout |
| 1962 | The Beverly Hillbillies (TV Series) · as Chicken Woman |
| 1961 | Ben Casey (TV Series) · as Mrs. Gerstman |
| 1960 | The Andy Griffith Show (TV Series) · as Woman #1 |
| 1959 | The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (TV Series) · as Shoe Store Customer |
| 1957 | The Gray Ghost (TV Series) · as Jessica |
| 1957 | Tales of Wells Fargo (TV Series) · as Townswoman |
| 1956 | The Broken Star · as Ranch Woman |
| 1950 | The Lux Video Theatre (TV Series) · as Mrs. Dunbar |
| 1947 | Kraft Television Theatre (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1947 | Trail Street · as Hannah |
| 1946 | Night and Day · as Minister's Wife |
| 1946 | Badman's Territory · as Meg |
| 1945 | Danger Signal · as Mrs. Crockett |
| 1945 | Her Highness and the Bellboy · as Aunt Gertrude Odell |
| 1945 | Star in the Night · as Miss Roberts (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Rhapsody in Blue · as Cashier |
| 1945 | Blazing the Western Trail · as Nellie |
| 1945 | Out of This World · as Spinster |
| 1945 | Her Lucky Night · as Umbrella Woman |
| 1945 | She Gets Her Man · as Phoebe |
| 1944 | Can't Help Singing · as Washington Dc Townswoman |
| 1944 | The Thin Man Goes Home · as Tom's Wife |
| 1944 | Together Again · as Secretary (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Heavenly Days · as Clark's Secretary |
| 1944 | Janie · as Neighbor |
| 1944 | Dark Mountain · as Aletha Bates |
| 1944 | When Strangers Marry · as Chambermaid |
| 1944 | Gambler's Choice · as Mary's Aunt |
| 1943 | The Gang's All Here · as Miss Custer, Secretary (uncredited) |
| 1943 | My Kingdom for a Cook · as Schoolteacher |
| 1943 | Destroyer · as Kansas' Dance Partner |
| 1943 | Hers to Hold · as Personnel Woman |
| 1943 | Hit the Ice · as Nurse Who Faints (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Reveille with Beverly · as Mrs. Browning (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Pittsburgh · as Mrs. Higgins |
| 1942 | Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood · as Gift Counter Clerk |
| 1942 | The Big Shot · as Mrs. Miggs |
| 1942 | Miss Annie Rooney · as Myrtle's Mother |
| 1942 | A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen · as Mrs. Plumpkin - Landlady |
| 1941 | Harvard, Here I Come! · as Miss Frisbie |
| 1941 | Skylark · as Woman In Subway Car |
| 1941 | They Died with Their Boots On · as Nurse (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Miss Polly · as Orsina Wiggins |
| 1941 | One Foot in Heaven · as Sister Sale At The Movie Theatre (uncredited) |
| 1941 | The Flame of New Orleans · as Giraud's Cousin Clarissa |
| 1941 | The Great Train Robbery · as Secretary |
| 1941 | Back Street · as Mrs. Johnson |
| 1940 | Strike Up the Band · as Music Teacher |
| 1940 | The Howards of Virginia · as Neighbor Girl |
| 1940 | Calling All Husbands · as Aunt Mabel Parker |
| 1940 | Flowing Gold · as Nurse |
| 1940 | Gold Rush Maisie · as Mrs. Harry Gilpin |
| 1940 | The Doctor Takes a Wife · as School Teacher (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Forty Little Mothers · as Miss Fairwell |
| 1939 | The Amazing Mr. Williams · as Miss Mason - Schoolteacher (uncredited) |
| 1939 | When Tomorrow Comes · as Waitress |
| 1939 | Charlie Chan in Reno · as Maid Reporting Missing Passkey |
| 1939 | The Lady's from Kentucky · as Cashier |
| 1938 | Time Out for Murder · as Homely Time-Girl Replacement |
| 1938 | The Jury's Secret · as Miss Montague |
| 1937 | You're a Sweetheart · as Gawking Wife (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Think Fast, Mr. Moto · as Ship's Stewardess |
| 1937 | |
| 1937 | Dangerous Holiday · as Aunt Augusta |
| 1937 | Meet the Missus · as Mrs. Moseby |
| 1937 | The Go Getter · as Servant Of J. Browne #2 (uncredited) |
| 1937 | We Have Our Moments · as Miss Koltz |
| 1937 | A Family Affair · as 'daily Star' Social News Editor |
| 1937 | Outcast · as Jessica Tuite |
| 1936 | Three Men on a Horse · as Chambermaid |
| 1935 | We're in the Money · as Nanny (uncredited) |
| 1935 | After the Dance · as Edna |
| 1935 | It's a Small World · as Lizzie |
| 1934 | Madame Du Barry · as Sophie, The King's Daughter |
| 1934 | The Man with Two Faces · as Peabody |
| 1934 | Smarty · as Edna - Vicki's Maid |
| 1934 | Registered Nurse · as Miss Dixon |
| 1933 | Sitting Pretty · as Old Maid |
| 1933 | Oliver Twist · as Mrs. Sowerberry |
| 1933 | Smoke Lightning · as Housekeeper Sawyer |
| 1932 | Those We Love · as Bertha |
| 1932 | Two Against the World · as Radio Commentator |
| 1932 | |
| 1932 | Union Depot · as Woman On Platform Watching Actress (uncredited) |
| 1932 | Are You Listening? · as Marjorie |
| 1932 | Fireman, Save My Child! · as Miss Gallop |
| 1931 | Her Majesty, Love · as Laura Reisenfeld |
| 1931 | Good Sport · as Kendrick's Secretary |
| 1931 | Secret Service · as Miss Kittridge |
| 1931 | The Sin of Madelon Claudet · as Charity Ward Nun (uncredited) |
| 1931 | Gold Dust Gertie · as Secretary Who Models Bathing Suit |
| 1931 | Big Business Girl · as Sally Curtin (uncredited) |
| 1931 | Too Young to Marry · as Myra |
| 1931 | My Past · as Miss Taft, Thornley's Secretary |
| 1931 | The Great Meadow · as Pioneer Woman |
| 1930 | New Moon · as Madame Romanski |
| 1930 | Viennese Nights · as Emma Stirner |
| 1930 | A Soldier's Plaything · as Recruitment Speaker |
| 1930 | Bright Lights · as Newspaper Reporter |
| 1930 | Moby Dick · as Old Maid |
| 1930 | Back Pay · as Miss Flanagan - Wheeler's Secretary |
| 1930 | Show Girl in Hollywood · as Miss J. Rule |
| 1930 | Lovin' the Ladies · as Marie - Joan's Maid |
| 1930 | Lord Byron of Broadway · as Flirty Dowager |
| 1930 | Loose Ankles · as Mrs. Berry From Walla Walla |
| 1929 | Why Be Good? · as Junior's Secretary (uncredited) |
| 1929 | Weary River · as Noisy Lady In Audience (uncredited) |
| 1928 | The Crowd · as Mary's Sister-In-Law (uncredited) |