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Virginia Sale

Acting

0.2 Popularity May 19, 1899 (93 years old) Urbana, Illinois, USA

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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 fi...

Biography

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 98

1973
Slither Movie

as Bingo Caller

1969
1967
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying Movie

as Cleaning Woman (uncredited)

1964
One Man's Way Movie

as Miss S. E. Collingswood

1963
Petticoat Junction TV

as Selma Plout

1963
Petticoat Junction TV

as Maude Blake

1962
The Beverly Hillbillies TV

as Chicken Woman

1960
1960
The Andy Griffith Show TV

as Mrs. Beggs

1947
The Case of the Baby-Sitter Movie

as Veronica Hoopler

1947
The Hat Box Mystery Movie

as Veronica Hoopler

1947
Trail Street Movie

as Hannah

1946
1945
Danger Signal Movie

as Mrs. Crockett

1945
Star in the Night Movie

as Miss Roberts (uncredited)

1945
1945
She Gets Her Man Movie

as Phoebe

1944
The Thin Man Goes Home Movie

as Tom's Wife

1944
Together Again Movie

as Secretary (uncredited)

1944
Hi, Beautiful Movie

as Wife

Photos 1

Virginia Sale Photo

Personal Details

Known For Acting
Gender Not specified
Birthday May 19, 1899 (93 years old)
Died August 23, 1992
Place of Birth Urbana, Illinois, USA
Also Known As Virginia Sales
Years Active 1927 - 1973
Popularity 0.2
Career Stats
98 Total Credits
93 Movie Roles
5 TV Roles
1 Photos