Virginia Sale
Acting
1899-05-19 · Urbana, Illinois, USA
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.
Filmography(100)
movieSlither
as Bingo Caller · 1973 · 5.8
movieBig Daddy
as · 1969 · 8.0
movieHow to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
as Cleaning Woman (uncredited) · 1967 · 6.7
movieOne Man's Way
as Miss S. E. Collingswood · 1964 · 4.3
tvPetticoat Junction
as Selma Plout · 1963 · 5.8
tvPetticoat Junction
as Maude Blake · 1963 · 5.8
tvThe Beverly Hillbillies
as Chicken Woman · 1962 · 6.9
tvThe Andy Griffith Show
as Woman #1 · 1960 · 7.6
tvThe Andy Griffith Show
as Mrs. Beggs · 1960 · 7.6
movieThe Case of the Baby-Sitter
as Veronica Hoopler · 1947 · 6.5
movieThe Hat Box Mystery
as Veronica Hoopler · 1947 · 4.5
movieTrail Street
as Hannah · 1947 · 6.5
movieBadman's Territory
as Meg · 1946 · 6.3
movieDanger Signal
as Mrs. Crockett · 1945 · 6.0
movieStar in the Night
as Miss Roberts (uncredited) · 1945 · 7.5
movieBlazing the Western Trail
as Nellie · 1945 · 6.3
movieShe Gets Her Man
as Phoebe · 1945 · 5.3
movieThe Thin Man Goes Home
as Tom's Wife · 1944 · 7.1
movieTogether Again
as Secretary (uncredited) · 1944 · 5.5
movieHi, Beautiful
as Wife · 1944 · 9.8
movieDark Mountain
as Aletha Bates · 1944 · 5.3
movieWhen Strangers Marry
as Chambermaid · 1944 · 6.2
movieThe Gang's All Here
as Miss Custer, Secretary (uncredited) · 1943 · 5.9
movieDestroyer
as Kansas' Dance Partner · 1943 · 6.8