Virginia Grey
Acting
Born March 22, 1917 · Edendale, California, USA
Virginia Grey (March 22, 1917 – July 31, 2004) was an American actress. She was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of director Ray Grey. One of her early babysitters was Gloria Swanson. Grey debuted at the age of ten in the silent film Uncle Tom's Cabin (1927) as Little Eva. She continued acting for a few more years, but then left movies in order to finish her education. Grey returned to films in the 1930s with bit parts and extra work, but she eventually signed a contract with MGM and appeared in such movies as Another Thin Man, Hullabaloo and The Big Store. She played Consuela McNish in The Hardys Ride High (1939) with Mickey Rooney. She left MGM in 1942, and signed with several different studios over the years, working steadily. During the 1950s and 1960s, producer Ross Hunter frequently included Grey in his popular soap melodramas, such as All That Heaven Allows, Back Street and Madame X. She had an on again/off again relationship with Clark Gable in the 1940s. After his wife Carole Lombard died and he returned from military service, Clark and Virginia were often seen at restaurants and nightclubs together. Many, including Virginia herself, expected him to marry her. The tabloids were all expecting the wedding announcement. It was a great surprise when he hastily married Lady Sylvia Ashley in 1949. Virginia was heartbroken. They divorced in 1952, but much to Virginia's dismay their brief romance was never rekindled. Her friends say that her hoping and waiting for Clark was the reason she never married. She was a regular on television in the 1950s and 1960s, appearing on Playhouse 90, General Electric Theater, The DuPont Show with June Allyson, Your Show of Shows, Wagon Train, Bonanza, Marcus Welby, M.D., Love, American Style, Burke's Law, The Virginian, Peter Gunn and many others. She was portrayed by Anna Torv in the HBO Mini-series The Pacific. Description above from the Wikipedia article Virginia Grey, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Films (104)
Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star
2002
The Lives of Jenny Dolan
1975
That's Entertainment!
1974
Airport
1970
Rosie!
1967
Madame X
1966
Love Has Many Faces
1965
The Naked Kiss
1964
Black Zoo
1963
Bachelor in Paradise
1961
Back Street
1961
Tammy Tell Me True
1961
Portrait in Black
1960
No Name on the Bullet
1959
The Restless Years
1958
The Great Gatsby
1958
Jeanne Eagels
1957
Crime of Passion
1956
Accused of Murder
1956
The Rose Tattoo
1955
All That Heaven Allows
1955
The Last Command
1955
The Eternal Sea
1955
Target Earth
1954
The Forty-Niners
1954
Captain Scarface
1953
Fighting Lawman
1953
A Perilous Journey
1953
Desert Pursuit
1952
Slaughter Trail
1951
Bullfighter and the Lady
1951
Three Desperate Men
1951
Hurricane at Pilgrim Hill
1950
Highway 301
1950
The Threat
1949
Mexican Hayride
1948
Jungle Jim
1948
Leather Gloves
1948
Unknown Island
1948
Miraculous Journey
1948
So This Is New York
1948
Who Killed Doc Robbin?
1948
Glamour Girl
1948
Unconquered
1947
Wyoming
1947
Swamp Fire
1946
House of Horrors
1946
Smooth as Silk
1946
Men in Her Diary
1945
Flame of Barbary Coast
1945
Blonde Ransom
1945
Grissly's Millions
1945
Strangers in the Night
1944
Sweet Rosie O'Grady
1943
Stage Door Canteen
1943
Idaho
1943
Secrets of the Underground
1942
Tish
1942
Bells of Capistrano
1942
Tarzan's New York Adventure
1942
Grand Central Murder
1942
Mr. and Mrs. North
1942
Whistling in the Dark
1941
The Big Store
1941
Washington Melodrama
1941
Blonde Inspiration
1941
Keeping Company
1940
Hullabaloo
1940
The Golden Fleecing
1940
The Captain is a Lady
1940
Three Cheers for the Irish
1940
Another Thin Man
1939
Thunder Afloat
1939
The Women
1939
From the Ends of the Earth
1939
The Hardys Ride High
1939
Broadway Serenade
1939
Idiot's Delight
1939
Dramatic School
1938
Youth Takes a Fling
1938
Rich Man, Poor Girl
1938
The Shopworn Angel
1938
Ladies in Distress
1938
Snow Gets in Your Eyes
1938
Billy Rose's Casa Mañana Revue
1938
Test Pilot
1938
The Canary Comes Across
1938
Rosalie
1937
Pacific Paradise
1937
Bad Guy
1937
The Romance of Celluloid
1937
Secret Valley
1937
Old Hutch
1936
Our Relations
1936
Violets in Spring
1936
Don't Bet on Blondes
1935
Flirtation Walk
1934
Dames
1934
Secrets
1933
Palmy Days
1931
Misbehaving Ladies
1931
The Michigan Kid
1928
Heart to Heart
1928
Uncle Tom's Cabin
1927