Virginia Dale
Acting
Born July 1, 1917, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Virginia Dale, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
- 2006"All -Singing All-Dancing" Before And After — Archive Footage
- Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder — Miss Taylor
- North and South — 3rd Abolitionist
- 1984His Mistress — Lillian
- 1974That's Entertainment! — (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Code 3
- Buffalo Bill Jr.
- Highway Patrol
- The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
- 1951Danger Zone — Claire Underwood
- The Adventures of Kit Carson
- 1948Docks of New Orleans — Rene Blanchette
- 1948Strike It Rich — Mabel
- 1947Dragnet — Irene Trilling
- 1947Fall Guy — Marie
- 1947The Hucksters — Kimberly Receptionist
- 1943Headin' for God's Country — Laurie Lane
- 1942Holiday Inn — Lila Dixon
- 1941Kiss the Boys Goodbye — Gwendolyn Abbott
- 1941Las Vegas Nights — Patsy Grant
- 1941The Singing Hill — Jo Adams
- 1941World Premiere — Lee Morrisson
- 1940Buck Benny Rides Again — Virginia
- 1940Dancing on a Dime — Dolly Stewart
- 1940Fashion Horizons
- 1940Love Thy Neighbor — Virginia Astor
- 1940Parole Fixer — Enid Casserly
- 1940The Quarterback — Kay Merrill
- 1939All Women Have Secrets — Jennifer Warwick
- 1939Death of a Champion — Patsy Doyle
- 1939Idiot's Delight — Francine Merle
- 1939The Kid From Texas — 'Okay' Kinney
- 1938No Time to Marry — Eleanor Winthrop
- 1938Start Cheering — Mabel
- 1937Missing Witnesses — Mary Norton
- 1936Swing Banditry — Virginia Paxton (uncredited)
- 1921Shadows of the West — Lucy Norton