
Virginia Sale
Known for Acting · 98 credits
- Born
- 1899-05-19
- Died
- 1992-08-23
- Place of birth
- Urbana, Illinois, USA
- Also known as
- Virginia Sales
Biography
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.
Known For
TV Shows (3)
Movies (95)

Embarrassing Moments
1930
as Aunt Prudence

They Died with Their Boots On
1941
as Nurse (uncredited)

Harold Teen
1928
as Mrs. Schmittenberger

Outcast
1937
as Jessica Tuite

Big Daddy
1969

Lord Byron of Broadway
1930
as Flirty Dowager

The Gang's All Here
1943
as Miss Custer, Secretary (uncredited)

Hit the Ice
1943
as Nurse who Faints (uncredited)

The Flame of New Orleans
1941
as Giraud's Cousin Clarissa

Topper
1937
as Miss Johnson

Moby Dick
1930
as Old Maid

The Thin Man Goes Home
1944
as Tom's Wife

What a Life
1930
as Head Prison Reformer

The Go-Getter
1937
as Servant of J. Browne #2 (uncredited)

Show Girl in Hollywood
1930
as Miss J. Rule

The Howards of Virginia
1940
as Neighbor Girl

Destroyer
1943
as Kansas' Dance Partner

The Sin of Madelon Claudet
1931
as Charity Ward Nun (uncredited)

Forty Little Mothers
1940
as Miss Fairwell

The Crowd
1928
as Mary's Sister-in-Law (uncredited)

Calling All Husbands
1940
as Aunt Mabel Parker

Trail Street
1947
as Hannah

We Have Our Moments
1937
as Miss Koltz (uncredited)

When Strangers Marry
1944
as Chambermaid

Her First Beau
1941
as Miss Blackmere

Slither
1973
as Bingo Caller

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
1967
as Cleaning Woman (uncredited)

Big Business Girl
1931
as Sally Curtin (uncredited)

Harvard Here I Come
1941
as Miss Frisbie

The Dude Wrangler
1930
as Dude Guest

Badman's Territory
1946
as Meg

Strike Up the Band
1940
as Music Teacher

The Doctor Takes a Wife
1940
as School Teacher (uncredited)

Dark Mountain
1944
as Aletha Bates

When Tomorrow Comes
1939
as Waitress (uncredited)

The Cohens and Kellys in Atlantic City
1929
as Selma Meyer

The Amazing Mr. Williams
1939
as Miss Mason - Schoolteacher (uncredited)

Flowing Gold
1940
as Nurse

One Foot in Heaven
1941
as Sister Sale at the Movie Theatre (uncredited)

I Like it That Way
1934
as Old Maid

Charlie Chan in Reno
1939
as Maid Reporting Missing Passkey

Union Depot
1932
as Woman on Platform Watching Actress (uncredited)

I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby
1940
as Landlady (uncredited)

The Man with Two Faces
1934
as Peabody

Reveille with Beverly
1943
as Mrs. Browning (uncredited)

Three Men on a Horse
1936
as Chambermaid

Danger Signal
1945
as Mrs. Crockett

Torpedo Boat
1942
as Mrs. Sweeney

Blazing the Western Trail
1945
as Nellie
Love Past Thirty
1934
as Nettle

The Case of the Baby-Sitter
1947
as Veronica Hoopler
The Hollywood Handicap
1932

We're in the Money
1935
as Nanny (uncredited)

Together Again
1944
as Secretary (uncredited)

Fireman, Save My Child
1932
as Miss Gallop

Those We Love
1932
as Bertha

The Hat Box Mystery
1947
as Veronica Hoopler

Gold Rush Maisie
1940
as Mrs. Harry Gilpin

One Man's Way
1964
as Miss S. E. Collingswood
Stewed, Fried and Boiled
1929

Weary River
1929
as Noisy Lady in Audience (uncredited)

Bright Lights
1930
as Newspaper reporter

Angel's Holiday
1937
as Hatchet-Faced Woman

Loose Ankles
1930
as Mrs. Berry from Walla Walla

Back Pay
1930
as Miss Flanagan - Wheeler's Secretary
Running Hollywood
1932
as Virginia Sale

She Gets Her Man
1945
as Phoebe

Registered Nurse
1934
as Miss Dixon

Hi, Beautiful
1944
as Wife

Star in the Night
1945
as Miss Roberts (uncredited)

Why Be Good?
1929
as Junior's Secretary (uncredited)

Smarty
1934
as Edna - Vicki's Maid

Embarrassing Moments
1934
as Mother

Smoke Lightning
1933
as Housekeeper Sawyer

The Jury's Secret
1938
as Miss Montague

Too Young to Marry
1931
as Myra

Madame du Barry
1934
as Sophie, the King's Daughter

It's A Small World
1935
as Lizzie

Many a Slip
1931
as Smitty

After the Dance
1935
as Edna

You're a Sweetheart
1937
as Gawking Wife (uncredited)

Dangerous Holiday
1937
as Aunt Augusta

My Past
1931
as Miss Taft, Thornley's Secretary

Meet the Missus
1937
as Mrs. Moseby

New Moon
1930
as Madame Romanski

Miss Polly
1941
as Orsina Wiggins

Legionnaires in Paris
1927
as Fifi

The Iron Master
1933
as Miss Smith

Gold Dust Gertie
1931
as Secretary Who Models Bathing Suit

The Floating College
1928
as Miss Cobbs

Midnight Madness
1928
as The Gargoyle - Childers' Secretary

Lovin' the Ladies
1930
as Marie - Joan's Maid
Selling Shorts
1931
as Dot

Below the Deadline
1929
as Mother Biblow

Fancy Baggage
1929
as Miss Hickey
About 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 t… With 98 credits spanning from 1927 to 1973, Virginia Sale has appeared in 95 films and 3 TV shows.
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Most Popular Virginia Sale Movies
- Embarrassing Moments (1930) — as Aunt Prudence
- They Died with Their Boots On (1941) — as Nurse (uncredited)
- Harold Teen (1928) — as Mrs. Schmittenberger
- Outcast (1937) — as Jessica Tuite
- Big Daddy (1969)
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