Virginia Grey
- Child actor
- Teen actor
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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Acted in
Hollywood, la vie rêvée de Lana Turner
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star
2002
as Self - Actress
The Lives of Jenny Dolan
1975
as Landlady
That's Entertainment!
1974
as (archive footage)
Airport
1970
as Mrs. Schultz
Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969
as Mrs. Cavanaugh
Rosie!
1967
as Mrs. Peters
Madame X
1966
as Mimsy
Love Has Many Faces
1965
as Irene Talbot
The Naked Kiss
1964
as Candy
Burke's Law
1963
as Elaine Barrows
Black Zoo
1963
as Jenny Brooks
The Virginian
1962
as Laura Pritican
Bachelor in Paradise
1961
as Camille Quinlaw
Back Street
1961
as Janey nee Smith
Tammy Tell Me True
1961
as Miss Jenks
My Three Sons
1960
Portrait in Black
1960
as Miss Lee
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959
as Connie Vaccarous
No Name on the Bullet
1959
as Roseanne Fraden
The Restless Years
1958
as Miss Robson
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
Yancy Derringer
1958
as Emily Dubois
Peter Gunn
1958
The Great Gatsby
1958
as Myrtle Wilson
Trackdown
1957
Jeanne Eagels
1957
as Elsie Desmond
Crime of Passion
1956
as Sara
Accused of Murder
1956
as Sandra Lamoreaux
All That Heaven Allows
1955
as Alida Anderson
The Rose Tattoo
1955
as Estelle Hohengarten
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
The Last Command
1955
as Mrs. Dickinson
The Eternal Sea
1955
as Dorothy Buracker
The Millionaire
1955
as Iris Millar
The Millionaire
1955
as Marjorie Martinson
Target Earth
1954
as Vicki Harris
Climax!
1954
as Edna
The Forty-Niners
1954
as Stella Walker
Captain Scarface
1953
as Elsa
Fighting Lawman
1953
as Raquel Jackson
A Perilous Journey
1953
as Abby
General Electric Theater
1953
as Mrs. Bennett
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Nancy Shaw
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Angela
Desert Pursuit
1952
as Mary Smith
Slaughter Trail
1951
as Lorabelle Larkin
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Laura Ward
Bullfighter and the Lady
1951
as Lisbeth Flood
Three Desperate Men
1951
as Laura Brock
Hurricane at Pilgrim Hill
1950
as Janet Smedley Adams
Highway 301
1950
as Mary Simms
Your Show of Shows
1950
The Threat
1949
as Carol
Mexican Hayride
1948
as Mary / Montana
Jungle Jim
1948
as Dr. Hilary Parker
Leather Gloves
1948
as Jane Gilbert
Unknown Island
1948
as Carole Lane
Miraculous Journey
1948
as Patricia
So This Is New York
1948
as Ella Finch
Who Killed Doc Robbin?
1948
as Ann Loring
Glamour Girl
1948
as Lorraine Royle
Unconquered
1947
as Diana
Wyoming
1947
as Lila Regan
Swamp Fire
1946
as Janet Hilton
House of Horrors
1946
as Joan Medford
Smooth as Silk
1946
as Paula Marlowe
Men in Her Diary
1945
as Diana Lee
Flame of Barbary Coast
1945
as Rita Dane
Blonde Ransom
1945
as Vicki Morrison
Grissly's Millions
1945
as Katherine Palmor Bentley
Strangers in the Night
1944
as Dr. Leslie Ross
Sweet Rosie O'Grady
1943
as Edna Van Dyke
Stage Door Canteen
1943
as Virginia Grey
Idaho
1943
as Terry
Secrets of the Underground
1942
as Terry Parker
Tish
1942
as Katherine 'Kit' Bowser Sands
Bells of Capistrano
1942
as Jennifer Benton
Tarzan's New York Adventure
1942
as Connie Beach
Grand Central Murder
1942
as Sue 'Butch' Custer
Mr. and Mrs. North
1942
as Jane Wilson
Whistling in the Dark
1941
as 'Fran' Post
The Big Store
1941
as Joan Sutton
Washington Melodrama
1941
as Teddy Carlyle
Blonde Inspiration
1941
as Margie Blake, Phil's Secretary
Keeping Company
1940
as Anastasia Atherton
Hullabaloo
1940
as Laura Merriweather
The Golden Fleecing
1940
as Lila Hanley
The Captain Is a Lady
1940
as Mary Peabody
Three Cheers for the Irish
1940
as Patricia Casey
Another Thin Man
1939
as Lois MacFay
Thunder Afloat
1939
as Susan Thorson
The Women
1939
as Pat
From the Ends of the Earth
1939
as Self
The Hardys Ride High
1939
as Consuela MacNish
Broadway Serenade
1939
as Pearl
Idiot's Delight
1939
as Shirley Laughlin
Dramatic School
1938
as Simone
Youth Takes a Fling
1938
as Madge
Rich Man, Poor Girl
1938
as Selma Willis
The Shopworn Angel
1938
as Chorus Girl #1
Ladies in Distress
1938
as Sally
Snow Gets in Your Eyes
1938
as June
Billy Rose's Casa Mañana Revue
1938
as Virginia Mason
Test Pilot
1938
as Sarah
The Canary Comes Across
1938
as Ann Clayton
Rosalie
1937
as Mary Callahan
Pacific Paradise
1937
as Woman Kissing Naval Officer (uncredited)
Bad Guy
1937
as Kitty Ryan
The Romance of Celluloid
1937
as Self
Secret Valley
1937
as Joan Carlo
Old Hutch
1936
as Ethel
Our Relations
1936
as Pirate's Club Customer (uncredited)
Violets in Spring
1936
as Mary Jones
Don't Bet on Blondes
1935
as Girl with Henry (Uncredited)
Flirtation Walk
1934
as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Dames
1934
as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Secrets
1933
as Audrey Carlton as a Child (uncredited)
Palmy Days
1931
as Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
Misbehaving Ladies
1931
as Hazel Boyd
The Michigan Kid
1928
as Rose, as a child
Heart to Heart
1928
as Hazel Boyd
Uncle Tom's Cabin
1927
as Evangeline 'Eva' St. Clare