Virginia Vale
Known for Acting · 28 credits
- Born
- 1920-05-20
- Died
- 2006-09-14
- Place of birth
- Dallas, Texas, USA
- Also known as
- Dorothy Howe
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Virginia Vale (born Dorothy Howe, 20 May 1920 – 14 Sep 2006) was an American film actress. She starred in a number of B-movie Westerns but took a variety of other roles as well, notably in Blonde Comet (1941), in which she played a race car driver.
Vale was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Howe. Before becoming a professional actor, she was a switchboard operator in Dallas, Texas, and honed her acting skills in productions at a little theater in Dallas. After a representative of Paramount Pictures saw her in a leading role, he invited her to make a screen test, which led to a contract. (Another source says that Howe was working at the switchboard in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Dallas office, where a talent scout for Paramount found her and signed her to a contract.
Career
Several of Vale's early films were made using her birth name. The name Virginia Vale had been chosen in advance for the female winner of the 1939 Gateway to Hollywood contest, a nationwide talent search sponsored by producer Jesse Lasky -- as noted (somewhat indignantly) then by another Virginia Vale a syndicated columnist covering the film industry. Vale edged out Rhonda Fleming in the 1939 contest.
Known For
TV Shows (1)
Movies (27)
Cocoanut Grove
1938
as Hazel De Vore
Crime, Inc.
1945
as Trixie Waters
Disbarred
1939
as Airline Stewardess
Triple Justice
1940
as Lorna Payson
Prairie Law
1940
as Priscilla Brambull
Her Jungle Love
1938
as Eleanor Martin
Bullet Code
1940
as Molly Matthews
Unmarried
1939
as Betty (as Dorothy Howe)
The Big Broadcast of 1938
1938
as Joan Fielding
The Gay Falcon
1941
as Hysterical Woman (uncredited)
Repent at Leisure
1941
as Elevator Girl
Persons in Hiding
1939
as Flo
King of Alcatraz
1938
as Dixie (as Dorothy Howe)
True Confession
1937
as Brunette Girl (uncredited)
Three Sons
1939
as Phoebe Pardway
Millionaires in Prison
1940
as May Thomas
The Marshal Of Mesa City
1939
as Virginia King
You Can't Fool Your Wife
1940
as Sally
Stage to Chino
1940
as Caroline McKay
Night Club Scandal
1937
as Marsh's Maid
Broadway Big Shot
1942
as Betty Collins
Legion of the Lawless
1940
as Ellen Ives
South of Panama
1941
as Janice 'Jan' Martin, aka Dolores Esteban
A Panic in the Parlor
1941
as Mrs. Vivian Errol
Blonde Comet
1941
as Beverly Blake
Red Skins and Red Heads
1941
as Virginia (uncredited)
Robbers of the Range
1941
as Alice Tremaine
About Virginia Vale
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Virginia Vale (born Dorothy Howe, 20 May 1920 – 14 Sep 2006) was an American film actress. She starred in a number of B-movie Westerns but took a variety of other roles as well, notably in Blonde Comet (1941), in which she played a race car driver. Vale was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Howe. Before becoming a professional actor, she was a switchboard operator in Dallas, Texas, and honed her acting skills in productions at a little theater in Dallas. After a representative of Paramount Pictures saw he… With 28 credits spanning from 1937 to 2018, Virginia Vale has appeared in 27 films and 1 TV show.
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Most Popular Virginia Vale Movies
- Cocoanut Grove (1938) — as Hazel De Vore
- Crime, Inc. (1945) — as Trixie Waters
- Disbarred (1939) — as Airline Stewardess
- Triple Justice (1940) — as Lorna Payson
- Prairie Law (1940) — as Priscilla Brambull
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