Virginia Sale

Born: 1899-05-19

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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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They Died with Their Boots On

as Nurse (uncredited)
Released: 1941-11-20

The story follows General George Armstrong Custer's adventures from his West Point days to his...

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The Crowd

as Mary's Sister-in-Law (uncredited)
Released: 1928-03-03

John, an ambitious but undisciplined New York City office worker, meets and marries Mary. They...

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How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

as Cleaning Woman (uncredited)
Released: 1967-03-09

A young but bright former window cleaner rises to the top of his company by following the advice...

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Topper

as Miss Johnson
Released: 1937-07-16

Madcap couple George and Marion Kerby are killed in an automobile accident. They return as...

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The Thin Man Goes Home

as Tom's Wife
Released: 1944-12-24

On a trip to visit his parents, detective Nick Charles gets mixed up in a murder investigation.

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The Sin of Madelon Claudet

as Charity Ward Nun (uncredited)
Released: 1931-10-23

Out of jail for a crime she did not commit, Madelon turns to prostitution and thievery to send...

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Strike Up the Band

as Music Teacher
Released: 1940-09-27

Jimmy and Mary get a group of kids together to play in a school orchestra. A huge contest...

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Charlie Chan in Reno

as Maid Reporting Missing Passkey
Released: 1939-06-16

Mary Whitman has gone to Reno to obtain a divorce. While there she is arrested on suspicion of...

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The Gang's All Here

as Miss Custer, Secretary (uncredited)
Released: 1943-12-24

A soldier falls for a chorus girl and then experiences trouble when he is posted to the Pacific.

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Destroyer

as Kansas' Dance Partner
Released: 1943-08-19

Flagwaving story of a new American destroyer, the JOHN PAUL JONES, from the day her keel is...

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Blazing the Western Trail

as Nellie
Released: 1945-09-08

Stage line owner Brent has his men robbing Halliday stages and when his manager Waring learns of...

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Hit the Ice

as Nurse who Faints (uncredited)
Released: 1943-06-02

After Flash Fulton and Weejie McCoy take pictures of a bank robbery, they're lured to the...

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We Have Our Moments

as Miss Koltz
Released: 1937-03-28

A trio of American crooks board a ship bound for Europe, intending to get rid of $100,000 in...

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Star in the Night

as Miss Roberts (uncredited)
Released: 1945-10-13

Nick, a motel owner who has lost faith in more than just the humanity of mankind, is visited by...

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Union Depot

as Woman on Platform Watching Actress (uncredited)
Released: 1932-01-14

Among the travelers of varied backgrounds that meet and interact on one night at Union Depot, a...

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You're a Sweetheart

as Gawking Wife (uncredited)
Released: 1937-12-26

A Broadway producer is in a quandary when he discovers that the opening of his newest big...

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Trail Street

as Hannah
Released: 1947-02-19

Bat Masterson cleans up Liberal, Kansas.

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Slither

as Bingo Caller
Released: 1973-03-07

While searching for a small fortune of embezzled money, an ex-con, a small-time bandleader, his...

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The Howards of Virginia

as Neighbor Girl
Released: 1940-09-19

Beautiful young Virginian Jane steps down from her proper aristocratic upbringing when she...

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Badman's Territory

as Meg
Released: 1946-05-04

After some gun play with a posse, the James Gang head for Quinto in a section of land which is...

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When Strangers Marry

as Chambermaid
Released: 1944-08-21

A naive small-town girl comes to New York City to meet her husband, and discovers that he may be...

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The Amazing Mr. Williams

as Miss Mason - Schoolteacher (uncredited)
Released: 1939-11-22

Kenny Williams, a lieutenant on the homicide squad, is engaged to Maxine Carroll, the Mayor's...

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Reveille with Beverly

as Mrs. Browning (uncredited)
Released: 1943-02-04

Beverly Ross, the switchboard operator at a local radio station, jumps at the chance to be the...

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Show Girl in Hollywood

as Miss J. Rule
Released: 1930-04-20

Broadway actress leaves New York to become a star in Hollywood, and succeeds despite sleazy...

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The Case of the Baby-Sitter

as Veronica Hoopler
Released: 1947-07-26

The baby sitter is none other than veteran Hollywood tough guy Tom Neal. A private detective,...

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Loose Ankles

as Mrs. Berry from Walla Walla
Released: 1930-02-02

A grandmother's will leaves her fortune to a few, mostly to her great-niece Ann. Ann will only...

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Lord Byron of Broadway

as Flirty Dowager
Released: 1930-02-28

A talented songwriter gets his inspiration for songs from others and not from within himself. He...

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Registered Nurse

as Miss Dixon
Released: 1934-04-06

In this sudsy hospital melodrama, a married nurse finds herself falling in love with one of two...

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Together Again

as Secretary (uncredited)
Released: 1944-12-23

Anne Crandall is the mayor of a small town in Vermont. Her deceased husband had been the mayor...

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Flowing Gold

as Nurse
Released: 1940-08-24

In the American oilfields, a fugitive from justice's destiny is intertwined with the fortunes...

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One Foot in Heaven

as Sister Sale at the Movie Theatre (uncredited)
Released: 1941-11-01

Episodic look at the life of a minister and his family as they move from one parish to another.

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Back Pay

as Miss Flanagan - Wheeler's Secretary
Released: 1930-06-01

Bored with small town life, a woman leaves for the big city and winds up becoming the mistress...

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I Like it That Way

as Old Maid
Released: 1934-04-01

A telephone operator gives up her job to try to be a nightclub singer.

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Why Be Good?

as Junior's Secretary (uncredited)
Released: 1929-02-28

A flapper unwittingly falls for the boss' son.

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The Doctor Takes a Wife

as School Teacher (uncredited)
Released: 1940-04-25

A best-selling author of women's issues and a medical academic find it is to their mutual...

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The Go-Getter

as Servant of J. Browne #2 (uncredited)
Released: 1937-05-22

A Navy veteran with one leg fights to make himself a success.

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Danger Signal

as Mrs. Crockett
Released: 1945-11-21

After robbing and murdering his married lover and then making her death look like suicide,...

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Those We Love

as Bertha
Released: 1932-09-11

Director Robert Florey's 1932 melodrama about a woman who suspects her husband of infidelity...

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The Man with Two Faces

as Peabody
Released: 1934-08-04

Actress Jessica Wells, sister of actor Damon Wells, is on top of her form except when her...

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New Moon

as Madame Romanski
Released: 1930-12-23

New Moon is the name of the ship crossing the Caspian Sea. A young Lt. Petroff meets the...

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The Jury's Secret

as Miss Montague
Released: 1938-01-16

A reporter covering a murder trial guesses that the murderer of a ruthless businessman is her...

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One Man's Way

as Miss S. E. Collingswood
Released: 1964-02-26

Reverend Norman Vincent Peale fights to bring his message to the nation.

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The Floating College

as Miss Cobbs
Released: 1928-11-10

College Life - Love - and the big things of life under the light-heartedness of youth.

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Dark Mountain

as Aletha Bates
Released: 1944-09-01

A woman doesn't realize that the man she has just married is a gangster. When she is implicated...

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Gold Rush Maisie

as Mrs. Harry Gilpin
Released: 1940-07-26

Maisie becomes attached to a dirt-poor farmer and his family as they try to make ends meet...

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Weary River

as Noisy Lady in Audience (uncredited)
Released: 1929-02-10

A gangster is put in prison, but finds salvation through music while serving his time. Again on...

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Forty Little Mothers

as Miss Fairwell
Released: 1940-04-26

An out-of-work professor gets a break from an old college buddy to teach at an exclusive girl's...

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Calling All Husbands

as Aunt Mabel Parker
Released: 1940-09-07

A henpecked husband and his bossy wife are due for a surprise when the wife's former boyfriend...

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Angel's Holiday

as Hatchet-Faced Woman
Released: 1937-06-07

Lively June, teen-aged daughter of mystery writer Waldo Everett, who calls her "Angel," becomes...

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Big Daddy

as uncredited
Released: 1969-06-11

A visitor to the Everglades swamps in Florida encounters and falls in love with an uneducated...

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Miss Polly

as Orsina Wiggins
Released: 1941-11-14

A small-town spinster, who's a born romantic, takes on the strict members of the local "Purity...

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Outcast

as Jessica Tuite
Released: 1937-02-05

A physician in a small town suddenly finds himself the object of vilification and persecution...

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We're in the Money

as Nanny (uncredited)
Released: 1935-08-17

Ginger and Dixie are process servers for goofy lawyer Homer Bronson. The two friends want to...

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Embarrassing Moments

as Mother
Released: 1934-09-01

Jerry Randolph is an inveterate and obnoxious practical joker. Things take a serious turn when...

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The Flame of New Orleans

as Giraud's Cousin Clarissa
Released: 1941-07-07

In old New Orleans, a beautiful adventuress juggles the attentions of a rich banker and a...

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Harold Teen

as Mrs. Schmittenberger
Released: 1928-04-28

Farmboy Harold moves to the city and there attends high school. Soon he is very popular, his...

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Moby Dick

as Old Maid
Released: 1930-09-20

Herman Melville's mad Capt. Ahab (John Barrymore) spends years hunting the white whale that got...

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Meet the Missus

as Mrs. Moseby
Released: 1937-06-04

A small town Ohio barber accompanies his ditzy wife to Atlantic City, where she competes in the...

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Gold Dust Gertie

as Secretary Who Models Bathing Suit
Released: 1931-06-27

Early 30s pre-code comedy about a woman attempting to get her two ex-husbands to pay back alimony.

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Bright Lights

as Newspaper reporter
Released: 1930-09-21

A successful Broadway star ready to retire from her wild career announces her engagement. But...

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Fancy Baggage

as Miss Hickey
Released: 1929-01-26

In order to get back some very important papers from her father's business rival, a young woman...

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Lovin' the Ladies

as Marie - Joan's Maid
Released: 1930-04-06

A man who believes that love is more animal and chemical than spiritual, bets that by...

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It's A Small World

as Lizzie
Released: 1935-04-12

Socialite, privileged, Jane Dale and lawyer Bill Shevlin meet in an automobile accident at...

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Madame du Barry

as Sophie, the King's Daughter
Released: 1934-10-13

Brought to Versailles as the companion of courtier D'Aigullon, former street waif Madame du...

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Fireman, Save My Child

as Miss Gallop
Released: 1932-02-20

Joe Grant is an inventor, fireman and baseball player in his small hometown. He gets an offer to...

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She Gets Her Man

as Phoebe
Released: 1945-01-12

The corny daughter of a famed policewoman tries to catch a blowgun killer.

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My Past

as Miss Taft, Thornley's Secretary
Released: 1931-05-03

A stage star finds herself torn between a wealthy older man and a handsome younger one.

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Torpedo Boat

as Mrs. Sweeney
Released: 1942-01-24

Richard Arlen and Phil Terry star as Skimmer and Tommy, two lifelong buddies who've invented a...

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The Hat Box Mystery

as Veronica Hoopler
Released: 1947-06-12

Susan Hart, assistant to private detective Russ Ashton, is given a camera concealed in a hat box...

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After the Dance

as Edna
Released: 1935-06-25

Though he was protecting her when he accidentally killed a man, Mabel Kane (Thelma Todd) refuses...

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Three Men on a Horse

as Chambermaid
Released: 1936-11-21

A meek salesman with an uncanny ability to pick horses is virtually kidnapped by a trio of gamblers.

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Smoke Lightning

as Housekeeper Sawyer
Released: 1933-01-01

After Smoke wins the Blake ranch in a poker game, Blake commits suicide and Smoke deeds the...

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Embarrassing Moments

as Aunt Prudence
Released: 1930-01-17

A couple meet, fall in love and get married in a 24-hour period.

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Harvard Here I Come

as Miss Frisbie
Released: 1941-12-18

Slapsie Rosenbloom receives an award from the satirical Harvard Lampoon for his well-known...

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Smarty

as Edna - Vicki's Maid
Released: 1934-05-19

Vicki Wallace takes great pleasure in teasing her husband Tony who takes no pleasure at all in...

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The Iron Master

as Miss Smith
Released: 1933-02-04

The wealthy owner of an iron foundry dies, and his greedy heirs are outraged when they find out...

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Big Business Girl

as Sally Curtin (uncredited)
Released: 1931-06-12

A young woman goes to New York and finds success in advertising thanks to her legs while her...

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Her First Beau

as Miss Blackmere
Released: 1941-05-08

15-year-old Penelope (Penny) Wood has two great interests - Chuck Harris and the hope that some...

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I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby

as Landlady (uncredited)
Released: 1940-05-01

In I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby, Broderick Crawford plays a sentimental gangster who...

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Midnight Madness

as The Gargoyle - Childers' Secretary
Released: 1928-03-25

In Midnight Madness millionaire diamond miner Michael Bream (Clive Brook) discovers that the...

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Too Young to Marry

as Myra
Released: 1931-05-03

In this comedy drama set in a small town, a milque-toast gets a backbone and stands up to his...

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Many a Slip

as Smitty
Released: 1931-03-02

Comedy centering on the question of whether a man's wife is or isn't pregnant.

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The Dude Wrangler

as Dude Guest
Released: 1930-07-01

In order to prove his manliness to the girl he loves, a young urban dandy takes a job at a dude...

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Below the Deadline

as Mother Biblow
Released: 1929-01-02

Beau Nash is a "gentleman crook" who headquarters his gang of jewel thieves in a run-down...

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What a Life

as Head Prison Reformer
Released: 1930-03-15

A musical parody on prison reform in which a prison warden gives his cellblocks the look of a...

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Dangerous Holiday

as Aunt Augusta
Released: 1937-06-06

A young violin prodigy is assumed kidnapped after he runs away from home.

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The Beverly Hillbillies

as Chicken Woman
First aired: 1962-09-26

Jed Clampett's swamp is loaded with oil. When a wildcatter discovers the huge pool, Jed sells...

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The Andy Griffith Show

as Woman #1
First aired: 1960-10-03

The Andy Griffith Show is an American sitcom first televised on CBS between October 3, 1960 and...

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The Andy Griffith Show

as Mrs. Beggs
First aired: 1960-10-03

The Andy Griffith Show is an American sitcom first televised on CBS between October 3, 1960 and...

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Petticoat Junction

as Selma Plout
First aired: 1963-09-24

The Bradley family are proud owners of the Shady Rest Hotel. Kate and her three young daughters...

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Petticoat Junction

as Maude Blake
First aired: 1963-09-24

The Bradley family are proud owners of the Shady Rest Hotel. Kate and her three young daughters...

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