Virginia Grey
Biography
Virginia Grey was an American actress born on March 22, 1917, in Los Angeles, California, with her place of birth also noted as Edendale, California. She was the daughter of director Ray Grey, and one of her early babysitters was Gloria Swanson. She debuted at the age of ten in the silent film Uncle Tom's Cabin in 1927 as Little Eva, before leaving movies temporarily to finish her education. She returned to films in the 1930s with bit parts and extra work before signing a contract with MGM. Her film appearances included Another Thin Man, Hullabaloo, The Big Store, and The Hardys Ride High in 1939, where she played Consuela McNish alongside Mickey Rooney. She left MGM in 1942. Virginia Grey died on July 31, 2004, at the age of 87.
Career overview
Virginia Grey was an American actress born in Los Angeles, California, on March 22, 1917, as the daughter of director Ray Grey. One of her early babysitters was Gloria Swanson. Grey made her acting debut at the age of ten in the 1927 silent film Uncle Tom's Cabin, appearing as Little Eva. After acting for a few more years, she left movies to finish her education.
She returned to films in the 1930s, initially taking bit parts and extra work before eventually signing a contract with MGM. As an MGM contract player, she appeared in several movies including Another Thin Man, Hullabaloo, and The Big Store. In 1939, she played the character Consuela McNish in The Hardys Ride High alongside Mickey Rooney.
Grey left MGM in 1942 and subsequently signed with several other entities, continuing her acting career across numerous known credits in film and television. Her life and career spanned decades until her death on July 31, 2004, at the age of eighty-seven.
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- The Green Fog (2018)
- Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star (2002) as Self - Actress
- The Lives of Jenny Dolan (1975) as Landlady
- That's Entertainment! (1974) as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Airport (1970) as Mrs. Schultz
- Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969) as Mrs. Cavanaugh
- Rosie! (1967) as Mrs. Peters
- Madame X (1966) as Mimsy
- Love Has Many Faces (1965) as Irene Talbot
- The Naked Kiss (1964) as Candy
- Burke's Law (1963) as Elaine Barrows
- Black Zoo (1963) as Jenny Brooks
- The Virginian (1962) as Laura Pritican
- Back Street (1961) as Janey nee Smith
- Bachelor in Paradise (1961) as Camille Quinlaw
- Tammy Tell Me True (1961) as Miss Jenks
- My Three Sons (1960)
- Portrait in Black (1960) as Miss Lee
- The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1959) as Connie Vaccarous
- No Name on the Bullet (1959) as Roseanne Fraden
- Peter Gunn (1958)
- Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1958) as Zelda
- Yancy Derringer (1958) as Emily Dubois
- The Restless Years (1958) as Miss Robson
- The Great Gatsby (1958) as Myrtle Wilson
- Trackdown (1957)
- Jeanne Eagels (1957) as Elsie Desmond
- Crime of Passion (1956) as Sara Alidas
- Accused of Murder (1956) as Sandra Lamoreaux
- The Millionaire (1955) as Iris Millar
- The Millionaire (1955) as Marjorie Martinson
- The 20th Century Fox Hour (1955) as Jane Trask
- The Rose Tattoo (1955) as Estelle Hohengarten
- All That Heaven Allows (1955) as Alida Anderson
- The Last Command (1955) as Mrs. Dickinson
- The Eternal Sea (1955) as Dorothy Buracker
- Climax! (1954) as Edna
- Target Earth (1954) as Vicki Harris
- The Forty-Niners (1954) as Stella Walker
- General Electric Theater (1953) as Mrs. Bennett
- Fighting Lawman (1953) as Raquel Jackson
- A Perilous Journey (1953) as Abby
- Captain Scarface (1953) as Elsa
- Four Star Playhouse (1952) as Nancy Shaw
- Four Star Playhouse (1952) as Angela
- The Ford Television Theatre (1952)
- Desert Pursuit (1952) as Mary Smith
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951) as Laura Ward
- Bullfighter and the Lady (1951) as Lisbeth Flood
- Slaughter Trail (1951) as Lorabelle Larkin
- Three Desperate Men (1951) as Laura Brock
- Your Show of Shows (1950)
- Highway 301 (1950) as Mary Simms
- Hurricane at Pilgrim Hill (1950) as Janet Smedley Adams
- The Threat (1949) as Carol
- The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) as Blanche Bickerson
- Unknown Island (1948) as Carole Lane
- Mexican Hayride (1948) as Mary / Montana
- So This Is New York (1948) as Ella Finch
- Who Killed Doc Robbin? (1948) as Ann Loring
- Glamour Girl (1948) as Lorraine Royle
- Miraculous Journey (1948) as Patricia
- Jungle Jim (1948) as Dr. Hilary Parker
- Leather Gloves (1948) as Jane Gilbert
- Unconquered (1947) as Diana
- Wyoming (1947) as Lila Regan
- House of Horrors (1946) as Joan Medford
- Smooth as Silk (1946) as Paula Marlowe
- Swamp Fire (1946) as Janet Hilton
- Flame of Barbary Coast (1945) as Rita Dane
- Men in Her Diary (1945) as Diana Lee
- Grissly's Millions (1945) as Katherine Palmor Bentley
- Blonde Ransom (1945) as Vicki Morrison
- Strangers in the Night (1944) as Dr. Leslie Ross
- Stage Door Canteen (1943) as Virginia Grey
- Sweet Rosie O'Grady (1943) as Edna Van Dyke
- Idaho (1943) as Terry
- Tarzan's New York Adventure (1942) as Connie Beach
- Grand Central Murder (1942) as Sue 'Butch' Custer
- Secrets of the Underground (1942) as Terry Parker
- Mr. and Mrs. North (1942) as Jane Wilson
- Tish (1942) as Katherine 'Kit' Bowser Sands
- Bells of Capistrano (1942) as Jennifer Benton
- The Big Store (1941) as Joan Sutton
- Blonde Inspiration (1941) as Margie Blake, Phil's Secretary
- Washington Melodrama (1941) as Teddy Carlyle
- Whistling in the Dark (1941) as 'Fran' Post
- The Captain is a Lady (1940) as Mary Peabody
- Keeping Company (1940) as Anastasia Atherton
- Hullabaloo (1940) as Laura Merriweather
- The Golden Fleecing (1940) as Lila Hanley
- Three Cheers for the Irish (1940) as Patricia Casey
- The Women (1939) as Pat
- Another Thin Man (1939) as Lois MacFay
- From the Ends of the Earth (1939) as Self
- Idiot's Delight (1939) as Shirley Laughlin
- Broadway Serenade (1939) as Pearl
- The Hardys Ride High (1939) as Consuela MacNish
- Thunder Afloat (1939) as Susan Thorson
- The Shopworn Angel (1938) as Chorus Girl #1
- Ladies in Distress (1938) as Sally
- Test Pilot (1938) as Sarah
- Rich Man, Poor Girl (1938) as Selma Willis
- Dramatic School (1938) as Simone
- The Canary Comes Across (1938) as Ann Clayton
- Youth Takes a Fling (1938) as Madge
- Snow Gets in Your Eyes (1938) as June
- Billy Rose's Casa Mañana Revue (1938) as Virginia Mason
- Rosalie (1937) as Mary Callahan
- Pacific Paradise (1937) as Woman Kissing Naval Officer (uncredited)
- The Romance of Celluloid (1937) as Self
- Secret Valley (1937) as Joan Carlo
- Bad Guy (1937) as Kitty Ryan
- Our Relations (1936) as Pirate's Club Customer (uncredited)
- Old Hutch (1936) as Ethel
- Violets in Spring (1936) as Mary Jones
- Don't Bet on Blondes (1935) as Girl with Henry (Uncredited)
- Flirtation Walk (1934) as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
- Dames (1934) as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
- Secrets (1933) as Audrey Carlton as a Child (uncredited)
- Palmy Days (1931) as Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
- Misbehaving Ladies (1931) as Hazel Boyd
- Heart to Heart (1928) as Hazel Boyd
- The Michigan Kid (1928) as Rose, as a child
- Uncle Tom's Cabin (1927) as Evangeline 'Eva' St. Clare