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Virginia Grey

 
Actor: Virginia Grey
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  • Born: Mar 22, 1917 in Los Angeles, California
  • Died: Jul 31, 2004 in Woodland Hills, California
  • Occupation: Actor
  • Active: '30s-'60s
  • Major Genres: Drama, Comedy
  • Career Highlights: All That Heaven Allows, The Bullfighter and the Lady, The Naked Kiss
  • First Major Screen Credit: Uncle Tom's Cabin (1928)

Biography

The daughter of silent comedy film director Ray Grey, who died when she was eight, Virginia Grey debuted onscreen at age 10 as Little Eva in Uncle Tom's Cabin (1927). She did a few more juvenile roles in silents, then as a teenager she appeared in small roles in talkies before working her way up to leading lady in a number of second features; she also played second leads in a few major productions. Grey went on to a prolific, long-lived screen career over the next three-plus decades; she also worked occasionally on TV and for a time was a regular on the soap opera General Hospital. Though she never married, at one time she was romantically involved with actor Clark Gable, whom she reportedly came close to marrying. ~ All Movie Guide
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Virginia Grey

from the trailer for
Grand Central Murder (1942)
Born March 22, 1917(1917-03-22)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Died July 31, 2004 (aged 87)
Woodland Hills, California, U.S.
Occupation Actress
Years active 1927–1977

Virginia Grey (March 22, 1917 – July 31, 2004)[1] 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.[2]

She left MGM in 1942, and signed with several different studios over the years, working steadily.

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.

Filmography

References

  1. ^ [1] Biography at the New York Times
  2. ^ http://www.andyhardyfilms.com/andysgirls.htm

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