Virginia Grey
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.
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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.
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Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star
The Lives of Jenny Dolan
That's Entertainment!
Airport
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Rosie!
Madame X
Love Has Many Faces
The Naked Kiss
Burke's Law
Black Zoo
The Virginian
Bachelor in Paradise
Back Street
Tammy Tell Me True
My Three Sons
Portrait in Black
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
No Name on the Bullet
The Restless Years
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Yancy Derringer
Peter Gunn
The Great Gatsby
Trackdown
Jeanne Eagels
Crime of Passion
Accused of Murder
All That Heaven Allows
The Rose Tattoo
The 20th Century Fox Hour
The Last Command
The Eternal Sea
The Millionaire
Target Earth
Climax!
The Forty-Niners
The Lone Wolf
Captain Scarface
Fighting Lawman
A Perilous Journey
General Electric Theater
Desert Pursuit
Slaughter Trail
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Bullfighter and the Lady
Three Desperate Men
Hurricane at Pilgrim Hill
Highway 301
Your Show of Shows
The Threat
Mexican Hayride
Jungle Jim
Leather Gloves
Unknown Island
Miraculous Journey
The Ed Sullivan Show
So This Is New York
Who Killed Doc Robbin?
Unconquered
Wyoming
Swamp Fire
House of Horrors
Smooth as Silk
Men in Her Diary
Flame of Barbary Coast
Grissly's Millions
Strangers in the Night
Sweet Rosie O'Grady
Stage Door Canteen
Idaho
Secrets of the Underground
Tish
Bells of Capistrano
Grand Central Murder
Mr. and Mrs. North
Whistling in the Dark
The Big Store
Washington Melodrama
Blonde Inspiration
Keeping Company
Hullabaloo
The Golden Fleecing
The Captain Is a Lady
Three Cheers for the Irish
Another Thin Man
Thunder Afloat
The Women
The Hardys Ride High
Broadway Serenade
Idiot's Delight
Dramatic School
Youth Takes a Fling
Rich Man, Poor Girl
The Shopworn Angel
Ladies in Distress
Snow Gets in Your Eyes
Billy Rose's Casa Mañana Revue
Test Pilot
The Canary Comes Across
Rosalie
Pacific Paradise
The Romance of Celluloid
Secret Valley
Old Hutch
Our Relations
Violets in Spring
Don't Bet on Blondes
Flirtation Walk
Dames
Secrets
Palmy Days
Misbehaving Ladies
The Michigan Kid
Heart to Heart
Uncle Tom's Cabin