Virginia Sale

    Known For

    Acting

    Birthday

    May 19, 1899

    Day of Death

    August 23, 1992 (93 years old)

    Place of Birth

    Urbana, Illinois, USA

    Virginia Sale

    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

    • The Crowd

      The Crowd

      1928

    • The Andy Griffith Show

      The Andy Griffith Show

      1960

    • Topper

      Topper

      1937

    • The Beverly Hillbillies

      The Beverly Hillbillies

      1962

    • They Died with Their Boots On

      They Died with Their Boots On

      1941

    • The Thin Man Goes Home

      The Thin Man Goes Home

      1944

    • How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

      How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

      1967

    • Petticoat Junction

      Petticoat Junction

      1963

    • The Gang's All Here

      The Gang's All Here

      1943

    • When Strangers Marry

      When Strangers Marry

      1944

    • Hit the Ice

      Hit the Ice

      1943

    • Slither

      Slither

      1973

    • The Sin of Madelon Claudet

      The Sin of Madelon Claudet

      1931

    • Strike Up the Band

      Strike Up the Band

      1940

    • The Flame of New Orleans

      The Flame of New Orleans

      1941