Virginia Grey

Acting

Born Mar 22, 1917

From Edendale, California, USA

Died Jul 31, 2004

Virginia Grey (March 22, 1917 – July 31, 2004) was an American actress. She was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of director Ray Grey. One of her early babysitters was Gloria Swanson. Grey debuted at the age of ten in the silent film Uncle Tom's Cabin (1927) as Little Eva. She continued acting for a few more years, but then left movies in order to finish her education. Grey returned to films in the 1930s with bit parts and extra work, but she eventually signed a contract with MGM and appeared in such movies as Another Thin Man, Hullabaloo and The Big Store. She played Consuela McNish in The Hardys Ride High (1939) with Mickey Rooney. She left MGM in 1942, and signed with several different studios over the years, working steadily. During the 1950s and 1960s, producer Ross Hunter frequently included Grey in his popular soap melodramas, such as All That Heaven Allows, Back Street and Madame X. She had an on again/off again relationship with Clark Gable in the 1940s. After his wife Carole Lombard died and he returned from military service, Clark and Virginia were often seen at restaurants and nightclubs together. Many, including Virginia herself, expected him to marry her. The tabloids were all expecting the wedding announcement. It was a great surprise when he hastily married Lady Sylvia Ashley in 1949. Virginia was heartbroken. They divorced in 1952, but much to Virginia's dismay their brief romance was never rekindled. Her friends say that her hoping and waiting for Clark was the reason she never married. She was a regular on television in the 1950s and 1960s, appearing on Playhouse 90, General Electric Theater, The DuPont Show with June Allyson, Your Show of Shows, Wagon Train, Bonanza, Marcus Welby, M.D., Love, American Style, Burke's Law, The Virginian, Peter Gunn and many others. She was portrayed by Anna Torv in the HBO Mini-series The Pacific. Description above from the Wikipedia article Virginia Grey, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Virginia Grey

Known For

Unconquered

Airport

The Women

All That Heaven Allows

The Naked Kiss

Madame X

That's Entertainment!

No Name on the Bullet

The Big Store

Back Street

Filmography — Acting

Unconquered

Airport

The Women

All That Heaven Allows

The Naked Kiss

Madame X

That's Entertainment!

No Name on the Bullet

The Big Store

Back Street

Another Thin Man

Crime of Passion

Tarzan's New York Adventure

Dames

The Rose Tattoo

The Last Command

Test Pilot

Accused of Murder

Rosie!

Flame of Barbary Coast

Bachelor in Paradise

Our Relations

Portrait in Black

Highway 301

From the Ends of the Earth

Rosalie

So This Is New York

Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star

Idiot's Delight

Broadway Serenade

Tammy Tell Me True

Secrets

Stage Door Canteen

Target Earth

The Eternal Sea

Mexican Hayride

The Captain is a Lady

Dramatic School

House of Horrors

Jeanne Eagels

Idaho

Bullfighter and the Lady

The Romance of Celluloid

The Shopworn Angel

The Lives of Jenny Dolan

Love Has Many Faces

The Restless Years

The Threat

Don't Bet on Blondes

Swamp Fire

The Golden Fleecing

Three Cheers for the Irish

Snow Gets in Your Eyes

Grand Central Murder

Strangers in the Night

Washington Melodrama

The Michigan Kid

Heart to Heart

Flirtation Walk

Unknown Island

Whistling in the Dark

Bad Guy

Tish

Black Zoo

Men in Her Diary

Thunder Afloat

The Great Gatsby