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Virginia Sale

Acting 93 (deceased) years old Urbana, Illinois, USA ★ 0.5
Born: May 19, 1899
Died: August 23, 1992

Biography

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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.

Filmography

Acting Credits (100)

Slither
Slither Bingo Caller 1973
Big Daddy
Big Daddy 1969
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying Cleaning Woman (uncredited) 1967
One Man's Way
One Man's Way Miss S. E. Collingswood 1964
Petticoat Junction
Petticoat Junction Selma Plout 1963
Petticoat Junction
Petticoat Junction Maude Blake 1963
The Beverly Hillbillies
The Beverly Hillbillies Chicken Woman 1962
The Andy Griffith Show
The Andy Griffith Show Woman #1 1960
The Andy Griffith Show
The Andy Griffith Show Mrs. Beggs 1960
The Case of the Baby-Sitter
The Case of the Baby-Sitter Veronica Hoopler 1947
The Hat Box Mystery
The Hat Box Mystery Veronica Hoopler 1947
Trail Street
Trail Street Hannah 1947
Badman's Territory
Badman's Territory Meg 1946
Danger Signal
Danger Signal Mrs. Crockett 1945
Star in the Night
Star in the Night Miss Roberts (uncredited) 1945
Blazing the Western Trail
Blazing the Western Trail Nellie 1945
She Gets Her Man
She Gets Her Man Phoebe 1945
The Thin Man Goes Home
The Thin Man Goes Home Tom's Wife 1944
Together Again
Together Again Secretary (uncredited) 1944
Hi, Beautiful
Hi, Beautiful Wife 1944
Dark Mountain
Dark Mountain Aletha Bates 1944
When Strangers Marry
When Strangers Marry Chambermaid 1944
The Gang's All Here
The Gang's All Here Miss Custer, Secretary (uncredited) 1943
Destroyer
Destroyer Kansas' Dance Partner 1943
Hit the Ice
Hit the Ice Nurse who Faints (uncredited) 1943
Reveille with Beverly
Reveille with Beverly Mrs. Browning (uncredited) 1943
Torpedo Boat
Torpedo Boat Mrs. Sweeney 1942
Harvard Here I Come
Harvard Here I Come Miss Frisbie 1941
They Died with Their Boots On
They Died with Their Boots On Nurse (uncredited) 1941
Miss Polly
Miss Polly Orsina Wiggins 1941
One Foot in Heaven
One Foot in Heaven Sister Sale at the Movie Theatre (uncredited) 1941
The Flame of New Orleans
The Flame of New Orleans Giraud's Cousin Clarissa 1941
Her First Beau
Her First Beau Miss Blackmere 1941
Strike Up the Band
Strike Up the Band Music Teacher 1940
The Howards of Virginia
The Howards of Virginia Neighbor Girl 1940
Calling All Husbands
Calling All Husbands Aunt Mabel Parker 1940
Flowing Gold
Flowing Gold Nurse 1940
Gold Rush Maisie
Gold Rush Maisie Mrs. Harry Gilpin 1940
I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby
I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby Landlady (uncredited) 1940
Forty Little Mothers
Forty Little Mothers Miss Fairwell 1940
The Doctor Takes a Wife
The Doctor Takes a Wife School Teacher (uncredited) 1940
The Amazing Mr. Williams
The Amazing Mr. Williams Miss Mason - Schoolteacher (uncredited) 1939
When Tomorrow Comes
When Tomorrow Comes Waitress (uncredited) 1939
Charlie Chan in Reno
Charlie Chan in Reno Maid Reporting Missing Passkey 1939
The Jury's Secret
The Jury's Secret Miss Montague 1938
You're a Sweetheart
You're a Sweetheart Gawking Wife (uncredited) 1937
Topper
Topper Miss Johnson 1937
Angel's Holiday
Angel's Holiday Hatchet-Faced Woman 1937
Dangerous Holiday
Dangerous Holiday Aunt Augusta 1937
Meet the Missus
Meet the Missus Mrs. Moseby 1937
The Go-Getter
The Go-Getter Servant of J. Browne #2 (uncredited) 1937
We Have Our Moments
We Have Our Moments Miss Koltz 1937
Outcast
Outcast Jessica Tuite 1937
Three Men on a Horse
Three Men on a Horse Chambermaid 1936
We're in the Money
We're in the Money Nanny (uncredited) 1935
After the Dance
After the Dance Edna 1935
It's A Small World
It's A Small World Lizzie 1935
Madame du Barry
Madame du Barry Sophie, the King's Daughter 1934
Embarrassing Moments
Embarrassing Moments Mother 1934
The Man with Two Faces
The Man with Two Faces Peabody 1934
Smarty
Smarty Edna - Vicki's Maid 1934
Registered Nurse
Registered Nurse Miss Dixon 1934
I Like it That Way
I Like it That Way Old Maid 1934
Love Past Thirty
Love Past Thirty Nettle 1934
The Iron Master
The Iron Master Miss Smith 1933
Smoke Lightning
Smoke Lightning Housekeeper Sawyer 1933
Those We Love
Those We Love Bertha 1932
The Hollywood Handicap
The Hollywood Handicap 1932
Fireman, Save My Child
Fireman, Save My Child Miss Gallop 1932
Running Hollywood
Running Hollywood Virginia Sale 1932
Union Depot
Union Depot Woman on Platform Watching Actress (uncredited) 1932
Selling Shorts
Selling Shorts Dot 1931
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
The Sin of Madelon Claudet Charity Ward Nun (uncredited) 1931
Gold Dust Gertie
Gold Dust Gertie Secretary Who Models Bathing Suit 1931
Big Business Girl
Big Business Girl Sally Curtin (uncredited) 1931
My Past
My Past Miss Taft, Thornley's Secretary 1931
Too Young to Marry
Too Young to Marry Myra 1931
Many a Slip
Many a Slip Smitty 1931
New Moon
New Moon Madame Romanski 1930
Bright Lights
Bright Lights Newspaper reporter 1930
Moby Dick
Moby Dick Old Maid 1930
The Dude Wrangler
The Dude Wrangler Dude Guest 1930
Back Pay
Back Pay Miss Flanagan - Wheeler's Secretary 1930
Show Girl in Hollywood
Show Girl in Hollywood Miss J. Rule 1930
Lovin' the Ladies
Lovin' the Ladies Marie - Joan's Maid 1930
What a Life
What a Life Head Prison Reformer 1930
Lord Byron of Broadway
Lord Byron of Broadway Flirty Dowager 1930
Loose Ankles
Loose Ankles Mrs. Berry from Walla Walla 1930
Embarrassing Moments
Embarrassing Moments Aunt Prudence 1930
Stewed, Fried and Boiled
Stewed, Fried and Boiled 1929
The Cohens and Kellys in Atlantic City
The Cohens and Kellys in Atlantic City Selma Meyer 1929
Why Be Good?
Why Be Good? Junior's Secretary (uncredited) 1929
Weary River
Weary River Noisy Lady in Audience (uncredited) 1929
Fancy Baggage
Fancy Baggage Miss Hickey 1929
Below the Deadline
Below the Deadline Mother Biblow 1929
The Floating College
The Floating College Miss Cobbs 1928
Harold Teen
Harold Teen Mrs. Schmittenberger 1928
Midnight Madness
Midnight Madness The Gargoyle - Childers' Secretary 1928
The Crowd
The Crowd Mary's Sister-in-Law (uncredited) 1928
Legionnaires in Paris
Legionnaires in Paris Fifi 1927

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