Virginia Dale
Born: 1917-07-01 in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
Died: 1994-10-03
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Virginia Dale (July 1, 1917 – October 3, 1994) was an American film actress, who was born Virginia Paxton, in Charlotte, North Carolina. She appeared in a number of movies in the 1930s and 1940s, including Holiday Inn, and became particularly associated with musicals. While working as one of the dancing Paxton Sisters in New York City, she was discovered by Darryl F. Zanuck who signed her to a contract with 20th Century Fox. She appeared in a number of movies in the late 1930s and 1940s, including Holiday Inn, in which she dances and sings with Fred Astaire and Bing Crosby. In the 1950s, she worked mainly in television series such as The Adventures of Kit Carson, Highway Patrol, and The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp. She left the movie business in 1958, but returned to acting for a few films in the 1980s. She never married nor had any children. Jean died in Burbank, California, and is interred in Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills). Description above from the Wikipedia article Virginia Dale, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2006
- "All -Singing All-Dancing" Before And After as Archive Footage
1987
- Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder as Miss Taylor
1985
- North and South as 3rd Abolitionist
1984
- His Mistress as Lillian
1974
- That's Entertainment! as (archive footage)
1957
1951
- Danger Zone as Claire Underwood
- The Adventures of Kit Carson
1948
- Docks of New Orleans as Rene Blanchette
- Strike It Rich as Mabel
1947
- Dragnet as Irene Trilling
- Fall Guy as Marie
- The Hucksters as Kimberly Receptionist
1943
- Headin' for God's Country as Laurie Lane
1942
- Holiday Inn as Lila Dixon
1941
- World Premiere as Lee Morrisson
- Las Vegas Nights as Patsy Grant
- Kiss the Boys Goodbye as Gwendolyn Abbott
- The Singing Hill as Jo Adams
1940
- Parole Fixer as Enid Casserly
- Love Thy Neighbor as Virginia Astor
- Buck Benny Rides Again as Virginia
- Dancing on a Dime as Dolly Stewart
- The Quarterback as Kay Merrill
- Fashion Horizons
1939
- Idiot's Delight as Francine Merle
- The Kid From Texas as 'Okay' Kinney
- All Women Have Secrets as Jennifer Warwick
- Death of a Champion as Patsy Doyle
1938
- Start Cheering as Mabel
- No Time to Marry as Eleanor Winthrop
1937
- Missing Witnesses as Mary Norton
1936
- Swing Banditry as Virginia Paxton (uncredited)
1921
- Shadows of the West as Lucy Norton