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Virginia Sale 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.
Born
Saturday, 20 May 1899
Died
Sunday, 23 August 1992
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Police Woman | Elderly Lady #1 | 1974 |
Slither | Bingo Caller | 1973 |
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying | Cleaning Woman | 1967 |
Love on a Rooftop | Esther | 1966 |
The Wild Wild West | Aunt Martha | 1965 |
Green Acres | Selma Plout | 1965 |
I Spy | Ethel | 1965 |
One Man's Way | Miss S.E. Collingswood / Miss S. E. Collingswood | 1964 |
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Mrs. Kerr | 1963 |
Petticoat Junction | Selma Plout / Maude Blake / Myra King | 1963 |
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Police Woman | Elderly Lady #1 | 1974 |
Slither | Bingo Caller | 1973 |
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying | Cleaning Woman | 1967 |
Love on a Rooftop | Esther | 1966 |
The Wild Wild West | Aunt Martha | 1965 |
Green Acres | Selma Plout | 1965 |
I Spy | Ethel | 1965 |
One Man's Way | Miss S.E. Collingswood / Miss S. E. Collingswood | 1964 |
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Mrs. Kerr | 1963 |
Petticoat Junction | Selma Plout / Maude Blake / Myra King | 1963 |
The Beverly Hillbillies | Chicken Woman | 1962 |
Ben Casey | Mrs. Gerstman | 1961 |
The Andy Griffith Show | Woman #1 / Mrs. Beggs | 1960 |
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis | Shoe Store Customer | 1959 |
The Gray Ghost | Jessica | 1957 |
Tales of Wells Fargo | Townswoman | 1957 |
The Broken Star | Ranch Woman | 1956 |
Lux Video Theatre | Mrs. Dunbar | 1950 |
The Case of the Baby Sitter | Veronica Hoopler | 1947 |
The Hat Box Mystery | Veronica Hoopler | 1947 |
Trail Street | Hannah | 1947 |
Night and Day | Minister's Wife | 1946 |
Badman's Territory | Meg | 1946 |
Danger Signal | Mrs. Crockett | 1945 |
Her Highness and the Bellboy | Aunt Gertrude Odell | 1945 |
Star in the Night | Miss Roberts | 1945 |
Blazing the Western Trail | Nellie | 1945 |
Out of This World | Spinster | 1945 |
Rhapsody in Blue | Cashier | 1945 |
Her Lucky Night | Umbrella Woman | 1945 |
She Gets Her Man | Phoebe | 1945 |
Can't Help Singing | Washington DC Townswoman | 1944 |
Together Again | Secretary | 1944 |
Hi, Beautiful | Wife | 1944 |
The Thin Man Goes Home | Tom's Wife | 1944 |
Janie | Neighbor | 1944 |
Dark Mountain | Aletha Bates | 1944 |
When Strangers Marry | Hotel Chambermaid / Chambermaid | 1944 |
Swing in the Saddle | Lizzie Dabney | 1944 |
Gambler's Choice | Mary's Aunt | 1944 |
The Gang's All Here | Miss Custer, Secretary | 1943 |
My Kingdom for a Cook | Schoolteacher | 1943 |
Destroyer | Spinster | 1943 |
Hers to Hold | Personnel Woman | 1943 |
Hit the Ice | Fainting Nurse | 1943 |
Reveille with Beverly | Mrs. Browning | 1943 |
Pittsburgh | Mrs. Higgins | 1942 |
Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood | Gift Counter Clerk | 1942 |
The Big Shot | Mrs. Miggs | 1942 |
Miss Annie Rooney | Myrtle's Mother | 1942 |
A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen | Mrs. Plumpkin - Landlady | 1942 |
Torpedo Boat | Mrs. Sweeney | 1942 |
Harvard, Here I Come! | Miss Frisbie | 1941 |
Skylark | Woman in Subway Car | 1941 |
They Died with Their Boots On | Nurse | 1941 |
Miss Polly | Orsina Wiggins | 1941 |
One Foot in Heaven | Sister Sale at the Movie Theatre | 1941 |
Her First Beau | Miss Blackmere | 1941 |
The Flame of New Orleans | Cousin / Giraud's Cousin Clarissa | 1941 |
The Great Train Robbery | Secretary | 1941 |
Back Street | Mrs. Johnson | 1941 |
Strike Up the Band | Music Teacher | 1940 |
The Howards of Virginia | Neighbor Girl / Neighbor | 1940 |
Calling All Husbands | Mabel Parker / Aunt Mabel Parker | 1940 |
Flowing Gold | Nurse | 1940 |
Gold Rush Maisie | Mrs. Harry Gilpin | 1940 |
I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby | Landlady | 1940 |
Forty Little Mothers | Miss Fairwell | 1940 |
The Doctor Takes a Wife | School Teacher | 1940 |
The Amazing Mr. Williams | Miss Mason - Schoolteacher | 1939 |
Little Accident | Nurse | 1939 |
When Tomorrow Comes | Waitress | 1939 |
Charlie Chan in Reno | Maid Reporting Missing Passkey / Maid | 1939 |
The Lady's from Kentucky | Cashier | 1939 |
His Exciting Night | Mrs. Burton - Landlady | 1938 |
Time Out for Murder | Homely Time-Girl Replacement | 1938 |
A Trip to Paris | Miss Green | 1938 |
The Jury's Secret | Miss Montague | 1938 |
You're a Sweetheart | Gawking Wife at Opening | 1937 |
Trouble at Midnight | Mrs. Lippencott | 1937 |
Think Fast, Mr. Moto | Ship's Stewardess | 1937 |
Topper | Miss Johnson | 1937 |
Angel's Holiday | Hatchet-Faced Woman | 1937 |
Dangerous Holiday | Aunt Augusta | 1937 |
Meet the Missus | Mrs. Moseby / Mrs. Moseby - Emma's Maid | 1937 |
The Go Getter | Servant of J. Browne #2 | 1937 |
We Have Our Moments | Miss Koltz | 1937 |
A Family Affair | 'Daily Star' Social News Editor | 1937 |
Three Men on a Horse | Chambermaid | 1936 |
We're in the Money | The Nanny / The Nanny in the Park | 1935 |
After the Dance | Edna | 1935 |
It's a Small World | Lizzie | 1935 |
Embarrassing Moments | Mother | 1934 |
The Man with Two Faces | Peabody - Weston's Secretary / Peabody | 1934 |
Madame Du Barry | Sophie, the King's Daughter | 1934 |
Smarty | Edna - Vicki's Maid | 1934 |
Marrying Widows | (as Virginia Sales) | 1934 |
Registered Nurse | Miss Dixon | 1934 |
I Like It That Way | Old Maid | 1934 |
Love Past Thirty | Nettle | 1934 |
Sitting Pretty | Old Maid | 1933 |
Easy Millions | 1933 | |
Oliver Twist | Mrs. Sowerberry | 1933 |
Smoke Lightning | Housekeeper Sawyer | 1933 |
The Iron Master | Miss Smith | 1933 |
Bachelor Mother | Mrs. Stone | 1933 |
Those We Love | Bertha | 1932 |
Two Against the World | Radio Commentator | 1932 |
The Hollywood Handicap | Character | 1932 |
Are You Listening? | Marjorie | 1932 |
Fireman, Save My Child! | Miss Gallop | 1932 |
Running Hollywood | Virginia Sale | 1932 |
Union Depot | Woman on Platform Watching Actress | 1932 |
Good Sport | Kendrick's Secretary | 1931 |
Selling Shorts | Dot | 1931 |
Her Majesty, Love | Laura Reisenfeld | 1931 |
Secret Service | Miss Kittridge | 1931 |
The Sin of Madelon Claudet | Charity Ward Nun | 1931 |
Gold Dust Gertie | Secretary Modelling Skimpy Bathing Suit / Secretary Who Models Bathing Suit | 1931 |
Big Business Girl | Sally Curtin | 1931 |
My Past | Miss Taft - Thornley's Secretary / Miss Taft, Thornley's Secretary | 1931 |
Many a Slip | Smitty | 1931 |
The Great Meadow | Pioneer Woman | 1931 |
New Moon | Madame Romanski | 1930 |
Viennese Nights | Emma Stirner | 1930 |
A Soldier's Plaything | Recruitment Speaker | 1930 |
Bright Lights | Newspaper reporter / Sob Sister - a Reporter | 1930 |
Moby Dick | Old Maid | 1930 |
Back Pay | Miss Flanagan - Wheeler's Secretary | 1930 |
Show Girl in Hollywood | Otis' Secretary / Miss J. Rule | 1930 |
Lovin' the Ladies | Marie - Joan's Maid | 1930 |
Lord Byron of Broadway | Flirty Dowager | 1930 |
Loose Ankles | Mrs. Berry from Walla Walla | 1930 |
Embarrassing Moments | Aunt Prudence / Mother | 1930 |
The Cohens and Kellys in Atlantic City | Selma Meyer | 1929 |
Why Be Good? | Junior's Secretary | 1929 |
The Kid's Clever | Decker's Secretary | 1929 |
Weary River | Noisy Lady in Audience | 1929 |
Fancy Baggage | Miss Hickey | 1929 |
The Floating College | Miss Cobbs | 1928 |
Harold Teen | Mrs. Schmittenberger | 1928 |
Midnight Madness | The Gargoyle - Childers' Secretary | 1928 |
The Crowd | Mary's Sister-in-Law | 1928 |
Legionnaires in Paris | Fifi | 1927 |