Virginia Sale

Virginia Sale

1899-05-19 – 1992-08-23 (age 93) Urbana, Illinois, USA
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Biography

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Virginia Sale (May 20, 1899 โ€“ 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.

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Known For

They Died with Their Boots On
They Died with Their Boots On

1941

as Nurse (uncredited)

Topper
Topper

1937

as Miss Johnson

Moby Dick
Moby Dick

1930

as Old Maid

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

1967

as Cleaning Woman (uncredited)

The Thin Man Goes Home
The Thin Man Goes Home

1944

as Tom's Wife

The Crowd
The Crowd

1928

as Mary's Sister-in-Law (uncredited)

Smarty
Smarty

1934

as Edna - Vicki's Maid

Slither
Slither

1973

as Bingo Caller

The Howards of Virginia
The Howards of Virginia

1940

as Neighbor Girl

Destroyer
Destroyer

1943

as Kansas' Dance Partner

The Gang's All Here
The Gang's All Here

1943

as Miss Custer, Secretary (uncredited)

The Jury's Secret
The Jury's Secret

1938

as Miss Montague

Badman's Territory
The Amazing Mr. Williams
The Amazing Mr. Williams

1939

as Miss Mason - Schoolteacher (uncredited)

Hit the Ice
Hit the Ice

1943

as Nurse who Faints (uncredited)

Fireman, Save My Child
Fireman, Save My Child

1932

as Miss Gallop

Outcast
Outcast

1937

as Jessica Tuite

The Sin of Madelon Claudet
The Sin of Madelon Claudet

1931

as Charity Ward Nun (uncredited)

Trail Street
Trail Street

1947

as Hannah

Miss Polly
Miss Polly

1941

as Orsina Wiggins