Virginia Mayo

Born: 1920-11-30

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Virginia Mayo (November 30, 1920 – January 17, 2005) was an American film actress. After a short career in vaudeville, Mayo progressed to films and during the 1940s established herself as a supporting player in such films as The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) and White Heat (1949). She worked extensively during the 1950s, but after this her appearances were fewer. She worked occasionally until her final performance in 1997. Description above from the Wikipedia article Virginia Mayo, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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The Best Years of Our Lives

as Marie Derry
Released: 1946-12-25

It's the hope that sustains the spirit of every GI: the dream of the day when he will finally...

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The Princess and the Pirate

as Princess Margaret
Released: 1944-11-17

Princess Margaret is travelling incognito to elope with her true love instead of marrying the...

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White Heat

as Verna Jarrett
Released: 1949-09-02

A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and then leads...

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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

as Rosalind van Hoorn
Released: 1947-09-01

Walter Mitty, a daydreaming writer with an overprotective mother, likes to imagine that he is a...

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Captain Horatio Hornblower

as Lady Barbara Wellesley
Released: 1951-04-10

Captain Horatio Hornblower leads his ship HMS Lydia on a perilous transatlantic voyage, during...

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The Flame and the Arrow

as Anne de Hesse
Released: 1950-07-07

Dardo, a Robin Hood-like figure, and his loyal followers use a Roman ruin in Medieval Lombardy...

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Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

as Miss Battley
Released: 1976-07-26

A would-be filmmaker and actress shake up the industry with a trick dog who gets discovered by a...

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The Proud Ones

as Sally
Released: 1956-05-15

Robert Ryan plays an aging sheriff responsible for law and order in a frontier cattle town....

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Wonder Man

as Ellen Shanley
Released: 1945-06-08

Boisterous nightclub entertainer Buzzy Bellew was the witness to a murder committed by gangster...

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King Richard and the Crusaders

as Lady Edith Plantagenet
Released: 1954-08-07

Based on Sir Walter Scott's The Talisman, this is the story of the romantic adventures of...

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Backfire

as Nurse Julie Benson
Released: 1950-01-26

When he's discharged from a military hospital, ex-GI Bob Corey goes on a search for his army...

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The Silver Chalice

as Helena
Released: 1954-12-20

A Greek artisan is commissioned to cast the cup of Christ in silver and sculpt around its rim...

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Along the Great Divide

as Ann Keith
Released: 1951-06-02

US marshal Len Merrick saves Tim Keith from lynching at the hands of the Roden clan, and hopes...

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Colorado Territory

as Colorado Carson
Released: 1949-06-11

In Colorado territory, outlaw Wes McQueen escapes jail to pull a railroad robbery but, upon...

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Starlift

as Virginia Mayo
Released: 1951-12-14

To impress a movie star, a U.S. Air Force crewman pretends he is soon to see combat. When his...

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A Song Is Born

as Honey Swanson
Released: 1948-10-19

The story of seven scholars in search of an expert to teach them about swing music. They seem to...

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The Tall Stranger

as Ellen
Released: 1957-11-17

A Union soldier returns to his western home at the end of the Civil War and finds himself caught...

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Red Light

as Carla North
Released: 1949-09-30

Nick Cherney, in prison for embezzling from Torno Freight Co., sees a chance to get back at...

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Pearl of the South Pacific

as Rita Delaine
Released: 1955-09-16

Two beachcombers with a yacht join woman-with-a-past Rita on a quest for black pearls on a...

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She's Working Her Way Through College

as Angela Gardner
Released: 1952-07-09

Shapely burlesque dancer Hot Garters Gertie aka Angela Gardner meets her future drama professor....

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South Sea Woman

as Ginger Martin
Released: 1953-06-27

Marine Sergeant James O'Hearn is being tried at the San Diego Marine base for desertion, theft,...

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Westbound

as Norma Putnam
Released: 1959-04-25

As the Civil War spills our nation’s blood, Capt. John Hayes (Randolph Scott) fights on a vital...

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The Kid from Brooklyn

as Polly Pringle
Released: 1946-03-21

Shy milkman Burleigh Sullivan accidentally knocks out drunken Speed McFarlane, a champion boxer...

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The Story of Mankind

as Cleopatra
Released: 1957-11-08

The devil and the spirit of mankind argue as to whether or not humanity is ultimately good or evil.

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Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2008-10-21

Produced for Turner Classic Movies, this documentary looks at the early days of the gangster film.

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Up in Arms

as Nurse Joanna
Released: 1944-02-17

Hypochondriac Danny Weems gets drafted and accidentally smuggles his girlfriend aboard his...

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Smart Girls Don't Talk

as Linda Vickers
Released: 1948-10-09

A society woman gets involved with a gangster only to find he has hidden plans.

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Devil's Canyon

as Abby Nixon
Released: 1953-08-13

An outlaw woman helps one Arizona convict stop another with a Gatling gun.

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The West Point Story

as Eve Dillon
Released: 1950-11-25

A Broadway director helps the West Point cadets put on a show, aided by two lovely ladies and...

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The Bible According to Hollywood

as Self
Released: 1994-01-01

Filmmaker Phillip Dye's documentary explores the many biblical adaptations Hollywood has...

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Great Day in the Morning

as Ann Merry Alaine
Released: 1956-05-16

After a card game, Southerner Owen Pentecost finds himself the owner of a Denver hotel. Involved...

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The Big Land

as Helen Jagger
Released: 1957-03-01

Back home in Texas following the Civil War, former Confederate officer Chad Morgan (Alan Ladd)...

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Young Fury

as Sara McCoy
Released: 1964-11-01

A group of young thugs rides into the town of Dawson and take it over. When the cowardly sheriff...

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Congo Crossing

as Louise Whitman
Released: 1956-07-01

Congotanga, West Africa, has no extradition laws; the government is controlled by foreign...

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Painting The Clouds With Sunshine

as Carol
Released: 1951-10-10

The story of three gold-digging ladies searching for millionaires. A loose remake of Gold...

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Fort Dobbs

as Celia Gray
Released: 1958-04-18

An escaped prisoner helps a mother and her son flee marauding Indians. Director Gordon Douglas'...

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The Iron Mistress

as Judalon de Bornay
Released: 1952-11-19

In this biopic, Jim Bowie goes to New Orleans, where he falls for Judalon and befriends her...

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Fort Utah

as Linda Lee
Released: 1967-09-01

An ex-gunfighter goes up against a man who is trying to stir up trouble with the Indians to...

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Gregory Peck: His Own Man

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1988-03-08

Talented and enduring Academy Award-winning star, Gregory Peck, tells how it was when studios...

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Evil Spirits

as Janet Wilson
Released: 1990-01-01

A dark comedy thriller that manages to skillfully blend humor and mystery into one incredible...

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Seven Days Ashore

as Carol Dean
Released: 1944-04-25

Circumstances force a womanizing playboy on leave from the Merchant Marine to ask two shipmates...

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The Girl from Jones Beach

as Ruth Wilson
Released: 1949-07-16

Glamour artist Bob Randolph is world famous for his paintings of a stunning beauty dubbed "The...

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Always Leave Them Laughing

as Nancy Eagen
Released: 1949-11-26

A self-absorbed comedian steps all over his friends and colleagues in order to achieve success.

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Flaxy Martin

as Flaxy Martin
Released: 1949-02-15

Attorney Walter Colby has ties to the mob, but he begins to regret his criminal affiliations....

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Jack London

as Mamie
Released: 1943-12-24

The adventurous and remarkable life of the US writer Jack London (1876-1916).

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Inside the Dream Factory

as Self
Released: 1995-11-01

Faye Dunaway hosts a behind-the-scenes look at the Hollywood star-making machine.

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Jet Over The Atlantic

as Jean Gurney
Released: 1959-11-04

Director Byron Haskin's 1960 airplane-in jeopardy drama stars Guy Madison, Virginia Mayo, George...

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She's Back on Broadway

as Catherine Terris
Released: 1953-03-14

When Catherine Terris's career in Hollywood hits the skids, she heads back to the site of her...

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Midnight Witness

as Kitty
Released: 1993-02-25

Renegade cops are videotaped murdering a motorist and the witnesses are in danger of being their...

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Castle of Evil

as Mary Theresa 'Sable' Pulaski
Released: 1966-11-01

The relatives of a recently deceased man named Kovac gather at is creepy mansion for the reading...

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The Man Next Door

as Lucia
Released: 1997-01-01

A community is shocked to learn that their new neighbor is a convicted sex offender who has been...

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Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach

as Self
Released: 1996-03-15

He went from street-wise tough to art-collector liberal-activist, from circus-acrobat hunk to...

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Out of the Blue

as Deborah Tyler
Released: 1947-04-21

Set in an apartment building whose occupants include Arthur Earthleigh, a meek and mild type...

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Follies Girl

as Chorine
Released: 1943-06-26

In PRC's Follies Girl, Wendy Barrie plays dress designer Anne Merriday, who becomes the object...

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Haunted

as Michelle
Released: 1977-03-04

In Arizona during the Civil War, a woman is accused of witchcraft, tied to a horse and left to...

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Revolt of the Mercenaries

as Lady Patrizia, Duchessa di Rivalta
Released: 1961-07-27

Duchess Patrizia is determined to marry, although against her will, effeminate but powerful...

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French Quarter

as Countess Willie Piazza / Ida
Released: 1978-08-01

Chronicles the life of a young New Orleans prostitute and her co-workers.

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Do It Debbie's Way

as Self
Released: 1983-03-11

"Do it Debbie's way" is an aerobics workout video hosted by actress Debbie Reynolds. It features...

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Fugitive Lovers

as Liz Trent
Released: 1975-11-27

A swimming pool cleaner and a suicidal housewife set out on the run and are pursued by her...

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The Mike Douglas Show

as Self - Co-Hostess
First aired: 1961-12-11

The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that...

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Murder, She Wrote

as Elinor
First aired: 1984-09-30

An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life...

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Burke's Law

as Dr. Terry Foster
First aired: 1963-09-20

Burke's Law is an American detective series that ran on ABC from 1963 to 1965 and was revived on...

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The Naked Truth

as Virginia Mayo
First aired: 1995-09-13

The Naked Truth is an American television sitcom that aired on ABC from 1995 to 1996, and on NBC...

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Night Gallery

as uncredited
First aired: 1970-12-16

Rod Serling narrates an anthology of fantasy, horror and sci-fi stories from a set resembling a...

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The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self
First aired: 1948-06-20

The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June...

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Letter to Loretta

as Myrna Nelson
First aired: 1953-09-20

Letter to Loretta is an American anthology drama series telecast on NBC from September 1953 to...

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Remington Steele

as Virginia Mayo
First aired: 1982-10-01

Laura Holt, a licensed private detective, opens a detective agency but finds that potential...

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The Outsider

as uncredited
First aired: 1968-09-18

The Outsider was the story of David Ross, a go-it-alone private investigator who's always where...

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Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as uncredited
First aired: 1951-10-05

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS....

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Police Story

as uncredited
First aired: 1973-03-20

Police Story is an anthology television crime drama. The show was the brainchild of author and...

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Santa Barbara

as uncredited
First aired: 1984-07-30

Santa Barbara is an American television soap opera, first broadcast in the United States on NBC...

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