Virginia Sale

Virginia Sale

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.

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Movies starring Virginia Sale (94)

Slither (1973)

Bingo Caller

One Man's Way (1964)

Miss S. E. Collingswood

Star in the Night (1945)

Miss Roberts (Uncredited)

Together Again (1944)

Secretary (Uncredited)

The Gang's All Here (1943)

Miss Custer, Secretary (Uncredited)

Destroyer (1943)

Kansas' Dance Partner

Hit the Ice (1943)

Nurse Who Faints (Uncredited)

Reveille with Beverly (1943)

Mrs. Browning (Uncredited)

Miss Polly (1941)

Orsina Wiggins

One Foot in Heaven (1941)

Sister Sale At The Movie Theatre (Uncredited)

The Flame of New Orleans (1941)

Giraud's Cousin Clarissa

Her First Beau (1941)

Miss Blackmere

Gold Rush Maisie (1940)

Mrs. Harry Gilpin

The Doctor Takes a Wife (1940)

School Teacher (Uncredited)

The Amazing Mr. Williams (1939)

Miss Mason - Schoolteacher (Uncredited)

When Tomorrow Comes (1939)

Waitress (Uncredited)

Charlie Chan in Reno (1939)

Maid Reporting Missing Passkey

You're a Sweetheart (1937)

Gawking Wife (Uncredited)

Topper (1937)

Miss Johnson

Angel's Holiday (1937)

Hatchet-Faced Woman

The Go-Getter (1937)

Servant Of J. Browne #2 (Uncredited)

Outcast (1937)

Jessica Tuite

We're in the Money (1935)

Nanny (Uncredited)

Madame du Barry (1934)

Sophie, The King's Daughter

Smarty (1934)

Edna - Vicki's Maid

Smoke Lightning (1933)

Housekeeper Sawyer

Union Depot (1932)

Woman On Platform Watching Actress (Uncredited)

The Sin of Madelon Claudet (1931)

Charity Ward Nun (Uncredited)

Gold Dust Gertie (1931)

Secretary Who Models Bathing Suit

Big Business Girl (1931)

Sally Curtin (Uncredited)

My Past (1931)

Miss Taft, Thornley's Secretary

New Moon (1930)

Madame Romanski

Bright Lights (1930)

Newspaper Reporter

Back Pay (1930)

Miss Flanagan - Wheeler's Secretary

Lovin' the Ladies (1930)

Marie - Joan's Maid

What a Life (1930)

Head Prison Reformer

Loose Ankles (1930)

Mrs. Berry From Walla Walla

Why Be Good? (1929)

Junior's Secretary (Uncredited)

Weary River (1929)

Noisy Lady In Audience (Uncredited)

Harold Teen (1928)

Mrs. Schmittenberger

Midnight Madness (1928)

The Gargoyle - Childers' Secretary

The Crowd (1928)

Mary's Sister-In-Law (Uncredited)

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Same first name: Virginia

Same surname: Sale