Virginia Sale

Acting

Virginia Sale

Born May 19, 1899Urbana, Illinois, USA98 credits

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.

Known For

Filmography

Slither
1973Slither
as Bingo CallerMovie
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
1967How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
as Cleaning Woman (uncredited)Movie
One Man's Way
1964One Man's Way
as Miss S. E. CollingswoodMovie
Petticoat Junction
1963Petticoat Junction
as Selma PloutTV
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962The Beverly Hillbillies
as Chicken WomanTV
The Case of the Baby-Sitter
1947The Case of the Baby-Sitter
as Veronica HooplerMovie
The Hat Box Mystery
1947The Hat Box Mystery
as Veronica HooplerMovie
Trail Street
1947Trail Street
as HannahMovie
Danger Signal
1945Danger Signal
as Mrs. CrockettMovie
Star in the Night
1945Star in the Night
as Miss Roberts (uncredited)Movie
She Gets Her Man
1945She Gets Her Man
as PhoebeMovie
The Thin Man Goes Home
1944The Thin Man Goes Home
as Tom's WifeMovie
Together Again
1944Together Again
as Secretary (uncredited)Movie
Hi, Beautiful
1944Hi, Beautiful
as WifeMovie
Dark Mountain
1944Dark Mountain
as Aletha BatesMovie
When Strangers Marry
1944When Strangers Marry
as ChambermaidMovie
The Gang's All Here
1943The Gang's All Here
as Miss Custer, Secretary (uncredited)Movie
Destroyer
1943Destroyer
as Kansas' Dance PartnerMovie
Hit the Ice
1943Hit the Ice
as Nurse who Faints (uncredited)Movie
Reveille with Beverly
1943Reveille with Beverly
as Mrs. Browning (uncredited)Movie
Torpedo Boat
1942Torpedo Boat
as Mrs. SweeneyMovie
Harvard Here I Come
1941Harvard Here I Come
as Miss FrisbieMovie
They Died with Their Boots On
1941They Died with Their Boots On
as Nurse (uncredited)Movie
Miss Polly
1941Miss Polly
as Orsina WigginsMovie
One Foot in Heaven
1941One Foot in Heaven
as Sister Sale at the Movie Theatre (uncredited)Movie
The Flame of New Orleans
1941The Flame of New Orleans
as Giraud's Cousin ClarissaMovie
Her First Beau
1941Her First Beau
as Miss BlackmereMovie
Strike Up the Band
1940Strike Up the Band
as Music TeacherMovie
The Howards of Virginia
1940The Howards of Virginia
as Neighbor GirlMovie
Calling All Husbands
1940Calling All Husbands
as Aunt Mabel ParkerMovie
Flowing Gold
1940Flowing Gold
as NurseMovie
Gold Rush Maisie
1940Gold Rush Maisie
as Mrs. Harry GilpinMovie
Forty Little Mothers
1940Forty Little Mothers
as Miss FairwellMovie
The Doctor Takes a Wife
1940The Doctor Takes a Wife
as School Teacher (uncredited)Movie
The Amazing Mr. Williams
1939The Amazing Mr. Williams
as Miss Mason - Schoolteacher (uncredited)Movie
When Tomorrow Comes
1939When Tomorrow Comes
as Waitress (uncredited)Movie
Charlie Chan in Reno
1939Charlie Chan in Reno
as Maid Reporting Missing PasskeyMovie
The Jury's Secret
1938The Jury's Secret
as Miss MontagueMovie
You're a Sweetheart
1937You're a Sweetheart
as Gawking Wife (uncredited)Movie
Topper
1937Topper
as Miss JohnsonMovie
Angel's Holiday
1937Angel's Holiday
as Hatchet-Faced WomanMovie
Dangerous Holiday
1937Dangerous Holiday
as Aunt AugustaMovie
Meet the Missus
1937Meet the Missus
as Mrs. MosebyMovie
The Go-Getter
1937The Go-Getter
as Servant of J. Browne #2 (uncredited)Movie
We Have Our Moments
1937We Have Our Moments
as Miss KoltzMovie
Outcast
1937Outcast
as Jessica TuiteMovie
Three Men on a Horse
1936Three Men on a Horse
as ChambermaidMovie
We're in the Money
1935We're in the Money
as Nanny (uncredited)Movie
Madame du Barry
1934Madame du Barry
as Sophie, the King's DaughterMovie
Smarty
1934Smarty
as Edna - Vicki's MaidMovie
Registered Nurse
1934Registered Nurse
as Miss DixonMovie
I Like it That Way
1934I Like it That Way
as Old MaidMovie
L
1934Love Past Thirty
as NettleMovie
The Iron Master
1933The Iron Master
as Miss SmithMovie
Smoke Lightning
1933Smoke Lightning
as Housekeeper SawyerMovie
Those We Love
1932Those We Love
as BerthaMovie
Fireman, Save My Child
1932Fireman, Save My Child
as Miss GallopMovie
R
1932Running Hollywood
as Virginia SaleMovie
Union Depot
1932Union Depot
as Woman on Platform Watching Actress (uncredited)Movie
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
1931The Sin of Madelon Claudet
as Charity Ward Nun (uncredited)Movie
Gold Dust Gertie
1931Gold Dust Gertie
as Secretary Who Models Bathing SuitMovie
Big Business Girl
1931Big Business Girl
as Sally Curtin (uncredited)Movie
My Past
1931My Past
as Miss Taft, Thornley's SecretaryMovie
Many a Slip
1931Many a Slip
as SmittyMovie
New Moon
1930New Moon
as Madame RomanskiMovie
Bright Lights
1930Bright Lights
as Newspaper reporterMovie
Moby Dick
1930Moby Dick
as Old MaidMovie
The Dude Wrangler
1930The Dude Wrangler
as Dude GuestMovie
Back Pay
1930Back Pay
as Miss Flanagan - Wheeler's SecretaryMovie
Show Girl in Hollywood
1930Show Girl in Hollywood
as Miss J. RuleMovie
Lovin' the Ladies
1930Lovin' the Ladies
as Marie - Joan's MaidMovie
What a Life
1930What a Life
as Head Prison ReformerMovie
Lord Byron of Broadway
1930Lord Byron of Broadway
as Flirty DowagerMovie
Loose Ankles
1930Loose Ankles
as Mrs. Berry from Walla WallaMovie
Embarrassing Moments
1930Embarrassing Moments
as Aunt PrudenceMovie
Why Be Good?
1929Why Be Good?
as Junior's Secretary (uncredited)Movie
Weary River
1929Weary River
as Noisy Lady in Audience (uncredited)Movie
Fancy Baggage
1929Fancy Baggage
as Miss HickeyMovie
Below the Deadline
1929Below the Deadline
as Mother BiblowMovie
The Floating College
1928The Floating College
as Miss CobbsMovie
Harold Teen
1928Harold Teen
as Mrs. SchmittenbergerMovie
Midnight Madness
1928Midnight Madness
as The Gargoyle - Childers' SecretaryMovie
The Crowd
1928The Crowd
as Mary's Sister-in-Law (uncredited)Movie