Virginia Sale
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 19, 1899
- Died
- August 23, 1992
- Birthplace
- Urbana, Illinois, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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
Slither 1973
as Bingo Caller
Big Daddy 1969
Actor
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying 1967
as Cleaning Woman (uncredited)
One Man's Way 1964
as Miss S. E. Collingswood
The Case of the Baby-Sitter 1947
as Veronica Hoopler
The Hat Box Mystery 1947
as Veronica Hoopler
Trail Street 1947
as Hannah
Badman's Territory 1946
as Meg
Danger Signal 1945
as Mrs. Crockett
Star in the Night 1945
as Miss Roberts (uncredited)
Blazing the Western Trail 1945
as Nellie
She Gets Her Man 1945
as Phoebe
The Thin Man Goes Home 1944
as Tom's Wife
Together Again 1944
as Secretary (uncredited)
Hi, Beautiful 1944
as Wife
Dark Mountain 1944
as Aletha Bates
When Strangers Marry 1944
as Chambermaid
The Gang's All Here 1943
as Miss Custer, Secretary (uncredited)
Destroyer 1943
as Kansas' Dance Partner
Hit the Ice 1943
as Nurse who Faints (uncredited)
Reveille with Beverly 1943
as Mrs. Browning (uncredited)
Torpedo Boat 1942
as Mrs. Sweeney
Harvard Here I Come 1941
as Miss Frisbie
They Died with Their Boots On 1941
as Nurse (uncredited)
Miss Polly 1941
as Orsina Wiggins
One Foot in Heaven 1941
as Sister Sale at the Movie Theatre (uncredited)
The Flame of New Orleans 1941
as Giraud's Cousin Clarissa
Her First Beau 1941
as Miss Blackmere
Strike Up the Band 1940
as Music Teacher
The Howards of Virginia 1940
as Neighbor Girl
Calling All Husbands 1940
as Aunt Mabel Parker
Flowing Gold 1940
as Nurse
Gold Rush Maisie 1940
as Mrs. Harry Gilpin
I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby 1940
as Landlady (uncredited)
Forty Little Mothers 1940
as Miss Fairwell
The Doctor Takes a Wife 1940
as School Teacher (uncredited)
The Amazing Mr. Williams 1939
as Miss Mason - Schoolteacher (uncredited)
When Tomorrow Comes 1939
as Waitress (uncredited)
Charlie Chan in Reno 1939
as Maid Reporting Missing Passkey
The Jury's Secret 1938
as Miss Montague
You're a Sweetheart 1937
as Gawking Wife (uncredited)
Topper 1937
as Miss Johnson
Angel's Holiday 1937
as Hatchet-Faced Woman
Dangerous Holiday 1937
as Aunt Augusta
Meet the Missus 1937
as Mrs. Moseby
The Go-Getter 1937
as Servant of J. Browne #2 (uncredited)
We Have Our Moments 1937
as Miss Koltz (uncredited)
Outcast 1937
as Jessica Tuite
Three Men on a Horse 1936
as Chambermaid
We're in the Money 1935
as Nanny (uncredited)
After the Dance 1935
as Edna
It's A Small World 1935
as Lizzie
Madame du Barry 1934
as Sophie, the King's Daughter
Embarrassing Moments 1934
as Mother
The Man with Two Faces 1934
as Peabody
Smarty 1934
as Edna - Vicki's Maid
Registered Nurse 1934
as Miss Dixon
I Like it That Way 1934
as Old Maid
- Love Past Thirty
Love Past Thirty 1934
as Nettle
The Iron Master 1933
as Miss Smith
Smoke Lightning 1933
as Housekeeper Sawyer
Those We Love 1932
as Bertha
- The Hollywood Handicap
The Hollywood Handicap 1932
Actor
Fireman, Save My Child 1932
as Miss Gallop
- Running Hollywood
Running Hollywood 1932
as Virginia Sale
Union Depot 1932
as Woman on Platform Watching Actress (uncredited)
- Selling Shorts
Selling Shorts 1931
as Dot
The Sin of Madelon Claudet 1931
as Charity Ward Nun (uncredited)
Gold Dust Gertie 1931
as Secretary Who Models Bathing Suit
Big Business Girl 1931
as Sally Curtin (uncredited)
Too Young to Marry 1931
as Myra
My Past 1931
as Miss Taft, Thornley's Secretary
Many a Slip 1931
as Smitty
New Moon 1930
as Madame Romanski
Bright Lights 1930
as Newspaper reporter
Moby Dick 1930
as Old Maid
The Dude Wrangler 1930
as Dude Guest
Back Pay 1930
as Miss Flanagan - Wheeler's Secretary
Show Girl in Hollywood 1930
as Miss J. Rule
Lovin' the Ladies 1930
as Marie - Joan's Maid
What a Life 1930
as Head Prison Reformer
Lord Byron of Broadway 1930
as Flirty Dowager
Loose Ankles 1930
as Mrs. Berry from Walla Walla
Embarrassing Moments 1930
as Aunt Prudence
- Stewed, Fried and Boiled
Stewed, Fried and Boiled 1929
Actor
The Cohens and Kellys in Atlantic City 1929
as Selma Meyer
Why Be Good? 1929
as Junior's Secretary (uncredited)
Weary River 1929
as Noisy Lady in Audience (uncredited)
Fancy Baggage 1929
as Miss Hickey
Below the Deadline 1929
as Mother Biblow
The Floating College 1928
as Miss Cobbs
Harold Teen 1928
as Mrs. Schmittenberger
Midnight Madness 1928
as The Gargoyle - Childers' Secretary
The Crowd 1928
as Mary's Sister-in-Law (uncredited)
Legionnaires in Paris 1927
as Fifi
Credits from TMDB.