Virginia Sale
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.

The Crowd
as Mary's Sister-in-Law (uncredited)John, an ambitious but undisciplined New York City office worker, meets and marries Mary. They...
Movie pageThey Died with Their Boots On
as Nurse (uncredited)The story follows General George Armstrong Custer's adventures from his West Point days to his...
Movie pageTopper
as Miss JohnsonMadcap couple George and Marion Kerby are killed in an automobile accident. They return as...
Movie pageThe Thin Man Goes Home
as Tom's WifeOn a trip to visit his parents, detective Nick Charles gets mixed up in a murder investigation.
Movie pageHow to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
as Cleaning Woman (uncredited)A young but bright former window cleaner rises to the top of his company by following the advice...
Movie pageThe Gang's All Here
as Miss Custer, Secretary (uncredited)A soldier falls for a chorus girl and then experiences trouble when he is posted to the Pacific.
Movie pageThe Sin of Madelon Claudet
as Charity Ward Nun (uncredited)Out of jail for a crime she did not commit, Madelon turns to prostitution and thievery to send...
Movie pageBadman's Territory
as MegAfter some gun play with a posse, the James Gang head for Quinto in a section of land which is...
Movie pageThe Flame of New Orleans
as Giraud's Cousin ClarissaIn old New Orleans, a beautiful adventuress juggles the attentions of a rich banker and a...
Movie pageDestroyer
as Kansas' Dance PartnerFlagwaving story of a new American destroyer, the JOHN PAUL JONES, from the day her keel is...
Movie pageThe Howards of Virginia
as Neighbor GirlBeautiful young Virginian Jane steps down from her proper aristocratic upbringing when she...
Movie pageThe Doctor Takes a Wife
as School Teacher (uncredited)A best-selling author of women's issues and a medical academic find it is to their mutual...
Movie pageUnion Depot
as Woman on Platform Watching Actress (uncredited)Among the travelers of varied backgrounds that meet and interact on one night at Union Depot, a...
Movie pageStrike Up the Band
as Music TeacherJimmy and Mary get a group of kids together to play in a school orchestra. A huge contest...
Movie pageHit the Ice
as Nurse who Faints (uncredited)After Flash Fulton and Weejie McCoy take pictures of a bank robbery, they're lured to the...
Movie pageOne Foot in Heaven
as Sister Sale at the Movie Theatre (uncredited)Episodic look at the life of a minister and his family as they move from one parish to another.
Movie pageStar in the Night
as Miss Roberts (uncredited)Nick, a motel owner who has lost faith in more than just the humanity of mankind, is visited by...
Movie pageSlither
as Bingo CallerWhile searching for a small fortune of embezzled money, an ex-con, a small-time bandleader, his...
Movie pageCharlie Chan in Reno
as Maid Reporting Missing PasskeyMary Whitman has gone to Reno to obtain a divorce. While there she is arrested on suspicion of...
Movie pageBig Daddy
as uncreditedA visitor to the Everglades swamps in Florida encounters and falls in love with an uneducated...
Movie pageThe Amazing Mr. Williams
as Miss Mason - Schoolteacher (uncredited)Kenny Williams, a lieutenant on the homicide squad, is engaged to Maxine Carroll, the Mayor's...
Movie pageLord Byron of Broadway
as Flirty DowagerA talented songwriter gets his inspiration for songs from others and not from within himself. He...
Movie pageDanger Signal
as Mrs. CrockettAfter robbing and murdering his married lover and then making her death look like suicide,...
Movie pageWhen Strangers Marry
as ChambermaidA naive small-town girl comes to New York City to meet her husband, and discovers that he may be...
Movie pageThree Men on a Horse
as ChambermaidA meek salesman with an uncanny ability to pick horses is virtually kidnapped by a trio of gamblers.
Movie pageThe Man with Two Faces
as PeabodyActress Jessica Wells, sister of actor Damon Wells, is on top of her form except when her...
Movie pageWeary River
as Noisy Lady in Audience (uncredited)A gangster is put in prison, but finds salvation through music while serving his time. Again on...
Movie pageRegistered Nurse
as Miss DixonIn this sudsy hospital melodrama, a married nurse finds herself falling in love with one of two...
Movie pageDark Mountain
as Aletha BatesA woman doesn't realize that the man she has just married is a gangster. When she is implicated...
Movie pageMoby Dick
as Old MaidHerman Melville's mad Capt. Ahab (John Barrymore) spends years hunting the white whale that got...
Movie pageTogether Again
as SecretaryAnne Crandall is the mayor of a small town in Vermont. Her deceased husband had been the mayor...
Movie pageYou're a Sweetheart
as Gawking Wife (uncredited)A Broadway producer is in a quandary when he discovers that the opening of his newest big...
Movie pageThe Go-Getter
as Servant of J. Browne #2 (uncredited)A Navy veteran with one leg fights to make himself a success.
Movie pageReveille with Beverly
as Mrs. Browning (uncredited)Beverly Ross, the switchboard operator at a local radio station, jumps at the chance to be the...
Movie pageGold Rush Maisie
as Mrs. Harry GilpinMaisie becomes attached to a dirt-poor farmer and his family as they try to make ends meet...
Movie pageMiss Polly
as Orsina WigginsA small-town spinster, who's a born romantic, takes on the strict members of the local "Purity...
Movie pageI Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby
as Landlady (uncredited)In I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby, Broderick Crawford plays a sentimental gangster who...
Movie pageBelow the Deadline
as Mother BiblowBeau Nash is a "gentleman crook" who headquarters his gang of jewel thieves in a run-down...
Movie pageWe Have Our Moments
as Miss KoltzA trio of American crooks board a ship bound for Europe, intending to get rid of $100,000 in...
Movie pageCalling All Husbands
as Aunt Mabel ParkerA henpecked husband and his bossy wife are due for a surprise when the wife's former boyfriend...
Movie pageMadame du Barry
as Sophie, the King's DaughterBrought to Versailles as the companion of courtier D'Aigullon, former street waif Madame du...
Movie pageWe're in the Money
as Nanny (uncredited)Ginger and Dixie are process servers for goofy lawyer Homer Bronson. The two friends want to...
Movie pageFlowing Gold
as NurseIn the American oilfields, a fugitive from justice's destiny is intertwined with the fortunes...
Movie pageOne Man's Way
as Miss S. E. CollingswoodReverend Norman Vincent Peale fights to bring his message to the nation.
Movie pageAfter the Dance
as EdnaThough he was protecting her when he accidentally killed a man, Mabel Kane (Thelma Todd) refuses...
Movie pageThe Case of the Baby-Sitter
as Veronica HooplerThe baby sitter is none other than veteran Hollywood tough guy Tom Neal. A private detective,...
Movie pageLovin' the Ladies
as Marie - Joan's MaidA man who believes that love is more animal and chemical than spiritual, bets that by...
Movie pageThose We Love
as BerthaDirector Robert Florey's 1932 melodrama about a woman who suspects her husband of infidelity...
Movie pageWhy Be Good?
as Junior's Secretary (uncredited)A flapper unwittingly falls for the boss' son.
Movie pageHarold Teen
as Mrs. SchmittenbergerFarmboy Harold moves to the city and there attends high school. Soon he is very popular, his...
Movie pageShow Girl in Hollywood
as Miss J. RuleBroadway actress leaves New York to become a star in Hollywood, and succeeds despite sleazy...
Movie pageLoose Ankles
as Mrs. Berry from Walla WallaA grandmother's will leaves her fortune to a few, mostly to her great-niece Ann. Ann will only...
Movie pageOutcast
as Jessica TuiteA physician in a small town suddenly finds himself the object of vilification and persecution...
Movie pageHarvard Here I Come
as Miss FrisbieSlapsie Rosenbloom receives an award from the satirical Harvard Lampoon for his well-known...
Movie pageDangerous Holiday
as Aunt AugustaA young violin prodigy is assumed kidnapped after he runs away from home.
Movie pageForty Little Mothers
as Miss FairwellAn out-of-work professor gets a break from an old college buddy to teach at an exclusive girl's...
Movie pageAngel's Holiday
as Hatchet-Faced WomanLively June, teen-aged daughter of mystery writer Waldo Everett, who calls her "Angel," becomes...
Movie pageShe Gets Her Man
as PhoebeThe corny daughter of a famed policewoman tries to catch a blowgun killer.
Movie pageHer First Beau
as Miss Blackmere15-year-old Penelope (Penny) Wood has two great interests - Chuck Harris and the hope that some...
Movie pageFireman, Save My Child
as Miss GallopJoe Grant is an inventor, fireman and baseball player in his small hometown. He gets an offer to...
Movie pageBlazing the Western Trail
as NellieStage line owner Brent has his men robbing Halliday stages and when his manager Waring learns of...
Movie pageNew Moon
as Madame RomanskiNew Moon is the name of the ship crossing the Caspian Sea. A young Lt. Petroff meets the...
Movie pageBig Business Girl
as Sally Curtin (uncredited)A young woman goes to New York and finds success in advertising thanks to her legs while her...
Movie pageThe Iron Master
as Miss SmithThe wealthy owner of an iron foundry dies, and his greedy heirs are outraged when they find out...
Movie pageThe Jury's Secret
as Miss MontagueA reporter covering a murder trial guesses that the murderer of a ruthless businessman is her...
Movie pageThe Hat Box Mystery
as Veronica HooplerSusan Hart, assistant to private detective Russ Ashton, is given a camera concealed in a hat box...
Movie pageIt's A Small World
as LizzieSocialite, privileged, Jane Dale and lawyer Bill Shevlin meet in an automobile accident at...
Movie pageBack Pay
as Miss Flanagan - Wheeler's SecretaryBored with small town life, a woman leaves for the big city and winds up becoming the mistress...
Movie pageTorpedo Boat
as Mrs. SweeneyRichard Arlen and Phil Terry star as Skimmer and Tommy, two lifelong buddies who've invented a...
Movie pageSmarty
as Edna - Vicki's MaidVicki Wallace takes great pleasure in teasing her husband Tony who takes no pleasure at all in...
Movie pageToo Young to Marry
as MyraIn this comedy drama set in a small town, a milque-toast gets a backbone and stands up to his...
Movie pageI Like it That Way
as Old MaidA telephone operator gives up her job to try to be a nightclub singer.
Movie pageMany a Slip
as SmittyComedy centering on the question of whether a man's wife is or isn't pregnant.
Movie pageFancy Baggage
as Miss HickeyIn order to get back some very important papers from her father's business rival, a young woman...
Movie pageThe Floating College
as Miss CobbsCollege Life - Love - and the big things of life under the light-heartedness of youth.
Movie pageMy Past
as Miss Taft, Thornley's SecretaryA stage star finds herself torn between a wealthy older man and a handsome younger one.
Movie pageMeet the Missus
as Mrs. MosebyA small town Ohio barber accompanies his ditzy wife to Atlantic City, where she competes in the...
Movie pageBright Lights
as Newspaper reporterA successful Broadway star ready to retire from her wild career announces her engagement. But...
Movie pageEmbarrassing Moments
as MotherJerry Randolph is an inveterate and obnoxious practical joker. Things take a serious turn when...
Movie pageGold Dust Gertie
as Secretary Who Models Bathing SuitEarly 30s pre-code comedy about a woman attempting to get her two ex-husbands to pay back alimony.
Movie pageMidnight Madness
as The Gargoyle - Childers' SecretaryIn Midnight Madness millionaire diamond miner Michael Bream (Clive Brook) discovers that the...
Movie pageWhat a Life
as Head Prison ReformerA musical parody on prison reform in which a prison warden gives his cellblocks the look of a...
Movie pageThe Dude Wrangler
as Dude GuestIn order to prove his manliness to the girl he loves, a young urban dandy takes a job at a dude...
Movie pageSmoke Lightning
as Housekeeper SawyerAfter Smoke wins the Blake ranch in a poker game, Blake commits suicide and Smoke deeds the...
Movie pageEmbarrassing Moments
as Aunt PrudenceA couple meet, fall in love and get married in a 24-hour period.
Movie pageThe Andy Griffith Show
as Woman #1The Andy Griffith Show is an American sitcom first televised on CBS between October 3, 1960 and...
TV Show pageThe Andy Griffith Show
as Mrs. BeggsThe Andy Griffith Show is an American sitcom first televised on CBS between October 3, 1960 and...
TV Show pageThe Beverly Hillbillies
as Chicken WomanJed Clampett's swamp is loaded with oil. When a wildcatter discovers the huge pool, Jed sells...
TV Show pagePetticoat Junction
as Selma PloutThe Bradley family are proud owners of the Shady Rest Hotel. Kate and her three young daughters...
TV Show pagePetticoat Junction
as Maude BlakeThe Bradley family are proud owners of the Shady Rest Hotel. Kate and her three young daughters...
TV Show page