Acting
Virginia Grey
EN cinema · 105 credits
Born
22 March 1917
Died
31 July 2004 (aged 87)
Birthplace
Edendale, California, USA
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Virginia Grey, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Filmography
Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star
as Self - Actress
The Lives of Jenny Dolan
as Landlady
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Airport
as Mrs. Schultz
Rosie!
as Mrs. Peters
Madame X
as Mimsy
Love Has Many Faces
as Irene Talbot
The Naked Kiss
as Candy
Black Zoo
as Jenny Brooks
Tammy Tell Me True
as Miss Jenks
Bachelor in Paradise
as Camille Quinlaw
Back Street
as Janey nee Smith
Portrait in Black
as Miss Lee
No Name on the Bullet
as Roseanne Fraden
The Great Gatsby
as Myrtle Wilson
The Restless Years
as Miss Robson
Jeanne Eagels
as Elsie Desmond
Crime of Passion
as Sara Alidas
Accused of Murder
as Sandra Lamoreaux
All That Heaven Allows
as Alida Anderson
The Rose Tattoo
as Estelle Hohengarten
The Eternal Sea
as Dorothy Buracker
The Last Command
as Mrs. Dickinson
Target Earth
as Vicki Harris
The Forty-Niners
as Stella Walker
Fighting Lawman
as Raquel Jackson
Captain Scarface
as Elsa
Desert Pursuit
as Mary Smith
Bullfighter and the Lady
as Lisbeth Flood
Slaughter Trail
as Lorabelle Larkin
Three Desperate Men
as Laura Brock
Highway 301
as Mary Simms
Hurricane at Pilgrim Hill
as Janet Smedley Adams
The Threat
as Carol
Mexican Hayride
as Mary / Montana
Who Killed Doc Robbin?
as Ann Loring
So This Is New York
as Ella Finch
Jungle Jim
as Dr. Hilary Parker
Unknown Island
as Carole Lane
Miraculous Journey
as Patricia
Leather Gloves
as Jane Gilbert
Glamour Girl
as Lorraine Royle
Unconquered
as Diana
Wyoming
as Lila Regan
House of Horrors
as Joan Medford
Smooth as Silk
as Paula Marlowe
Swamp Fire
as Janet Hilton
Flame of Barbary Coast
as Rita Dane
Blonde Ransom
1945
Blonde Ransom
as Vicki Morrison
Grissly's Millions
as Katherine Palmor Bentley
Men in Her Diary
as Diana Lee
Strangers in the Night
as Dr. Leslie Ross
Idaho
as Terry
Sweet Rosie O'Grady
as Edna Van Dyke
Stage Door Canteen
as Virginia Grey
Tarzan's New York Adventure
as Connie Beach
Grand Central Murder
as Sue 'Butch' Custer
Mr. and Mrs. North
as Jane Wilson
Tish
as Katherine 'Kit' Bowser Sands
Bells of Capistrano
as Jennifer Benton
Secrets of the Underground
as Terry Parker
The Big Store
as Joan Sutton
Whistling in the Dark
as 'Fran' Post
Blonde Inspiration
as Margie Blake, Phil's Secretary
Washington Melodrama
as Teddy Carlyle
The Golden Fleecing
as Lila Hanley
Hullabaloo
as Laura Merriweather
Three Cheers for the Irish
as Patricia Casey
Keeping Company
as Anastasia Atherton
The Captain is a Lady
as Mary Peabody
The Women
as Pat
Another Thin Man
as Lois MacFay
Thunder Afloat
as Susan Thorson
Broadway Serenade
as Pearl
Idiot's Delight
as Shirley Laughlin
The Hardys Ride High
as Consuela MacNish
Dramatic School
as Simone
Rich Man, Poor Girl
as Selma Willis
Youth Takes a Fling
as Madge
Test Pilot
as Sarah
The Shopworn Angel
as Chorus Girl #1
Ladies in Distress
as Sally
Billy Rose's Casa Mañana Revue
as Virginia Mason
The Canary Comes Across
as Ann Clayton
Rosalie
as Mary Callahan
Secret Valley
as Joan Carlo
Bad Guy
as Kitty Ryan
Pacific Paradise
as Woman Kissing Naval Officer (uncredited)
Old Hutch
as Ethel
Our Relations
as Pirate's Club Customer (uncredited)
Violets in Spring
1936
Violets in Spring
as Mary Jones
Don't Bet on Blondes
as Girl with Henry (Uncredited)
Dames
as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Flirtation Walk
as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Secrets
as Audrey Carlton as a Child (uncredited)
Palmy Days
as Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
Misbehaving Ladies
as Hazel Boyd
The Michigan Kid
as Rose, as a child
Heart to Heart
as Hazel Boyd
Uncle Tom's Cabin
as Evangeline 'Eva' St. Clare