Virginia Dale
Actor
Biography
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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).
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Filmography
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage) 1974
The Hucksters
as Kimberly Receptionist 1947
Idiot's Delight
as Francine Merle 1939
Fall Guy
as Marie 1947
Danger Zone
as Claire Underwood 1951
Docks of New Orleans
as Rene Blanchette 1948
Start Cheering
as Mabel 1938
Las Vegas Nights
as Patsy Grant 1941
Dancing on a Dime
as Dolly Stewart 1940
Fashion Horizons
1940
Missing Witnesses
as Mary Norton 1937
The Kid From Texas
as 'Okay' Kinney 1939
Love Thy Neighbor
as Virginia Astor 1940
Dragnet
as Irene Trilling 1947
Kiss the Boys Goodbye
as Gwendolyn Abbott 1941
Parole Fixer
as Enid Casserly 1940