Virginia Sale

Virginia Sale

Actor

Urbana, Illinois, USA
May 19, 1899

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.

Photo

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Representative Works

Topper
Topper
6.7
/ English
Hit the Ice
Hit the Ice
6.0
/ English
Moby Dick
Moby Dick
5.6
/ English
Embarrassing Moments
Embarrassing Moments
10.0
/ English
Big Daddy
Big Daddy
8.0
/ English
Harold Teen
Harold Teen
7.0
/ English
Outcast
Outcast
8.0
/ English
Badman's Territory
Badman's Territory
6.3
/ English
The Crowd
The Crowd
7.6
/ English
The Gang's All Here
The Gang's All Here
5.9
/ English

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

They Died with Their Boots On
1941Nominee

Best Performance

They Died with Their Boots On

Topper
1937Nominee

Best Performance

Topper

Hit the Ice
1943Nominee

Best Performance

Hit the Ice

Career Highlights

Moby Dick
1930Highlight

Best Performance

Moby Dick

Embarrassing Moments
1930Highlight

Best Performance

Embarrassing Moments

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