Virginia Sale
Actor
Biography
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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 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
Topper
as Miss Johnson 1937
They Died with Their Boots On
as Nurse (uncredited) 1941
The Thin Man Goes Home
as Tom's Wife 1944
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
as Cleaning Woman (uncredited) 1967
The Gang's All Here
as Miss Custer, Secretary (uncredited) 1943
When Strangers Marry
as Chambermaid 1944
Slither
as Bingo Caller 1973
Hit the Ice
as Nurse who Faints (uncredited) 1943
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
as Charity Ward Nun (uncredited) 1931
Strike Up the Band
as Music Teacher 1940
The Flame of New Orleans
as Giraud's Cousin Clarissa 1941
Star in the Night
as Miss Roberts (uncredited) 1945
One Foot in Heaven
as Sister Sale at the Movie Theatre (uncredited) 1941
Charlie Chan in Reno
as Maid Reporting Missing Passkey 1939
Union Depot
as Woman on Platform Watching Actress (uncredited) 1932
Danger Signal
as Mrs. Crockett 1945