Virginia Grey
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 22, 1917
- Died
- July 31, 2004
- 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.
Filmography
The Green Fog 2018
Actor
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) (uncredited)
Airport 1970
as Mrs. Schultz
Rosie! 1967
as Mrs. Peters
Madame X 1966
as Mimsy
Love Has Many Faces 1965
as Irene Talbot
The Naked Kiss 1964
as Candy
Black Zoo 1963
as Jenny Brooks
Bachelor in Paradise 1961
as Camille Quinlaw
Back Street 1961
as Janey nee Smith
Tammy Tell Me True 1961
as Miss Jenks
Portrait in Black 1960
as Miss Lee
No Name on the Bullet 1959
as Roseanne Fraden
The Restless Years 1958
as Miss Robson
The Great Gatsby 1958
as Myrtle Wilson
Jeanne Eagels 1957
as Elsie Desmond
Crime of Passion 1956
as Sara Alidas
Accused of Murder 1956
as Sandra Lamoreaux
The Rose Tattoo 1955
as Estelle Hohengarten
All That Heaven Allows 1955
as Alida Anderson
The Last Command 1955
as Mrs. Dickinson
The Eternal Sea 1955
as Dorothy Buracker
Target Earth 1954
as Vicki Harris
The Forty-Niners 1954
as Stella Walker
Captain Scarface 1953
as Elsa
Fighting Lawman 1953
as Raquel Jackson
A Perilous Journey 1953
as Abby
Desert Pursuit 1952
as Mary Smith
Slaughter Trail 1951
as Lorabelle Larkin
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
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
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
Grand Central Murder 1942
as Sue 'Butch' Custer
Tarzan's New York Adventure 1942
as Connie Beach
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)
The Romance of Celluloid 1937
as Self
Bad Guy 1937
as Kitty Ryan
Secret Valley 1937
as Joan Carlo
Old Hutch 1936
as Ethel
Our Relations 1936
as Pirate's Club Customer (uncredited)
- Violets in Spring
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
Credits from TMDB.