Virginia Dale

Personal Info

Known ForActing
Born1917-07-01
BirthplaceCharlotte, North Carolina, USA

Virginia Dale

Acting

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

Acting (30)

1984
His Mistressas Lillian
9.0
1974
That's Entertainment!as (archive footage) (uncredited)
7.4
1951
Danger Zoneas Claire Underwood
4.2
1948
8.0
1948
Docks of New Orleansas Rene Blanchette
6.1
1947
Dragnetas Irene Trilling
7.3
1947
The Huckstersas Kimberly Receptionist
7.0
1947
Fall Guyas Marie
5.2
1943
8.0
1942
Holiday Innas Lila Dixon
7.1
1941
World Premiereas Lee Morrisson
6.0
1941
Kiss the Boys Goodbyeas Gwendolyn Abbott
6.5
1941
The Singing Hillas Jo Adams
9.0
1941
Las Vegas Nightsas Patsy Grant
6.4
1940
Love Thy Neighboras Virginia Astor
7.3
1940
Dancing on a Dimeas Dolly Stewart
5.0
1940
The Quarterbackas Kay Merrill
10.0
1940
5.0
1940
Parole Fixeras Enid Casserly
5.0
1939
All Women Have Secretsas Jennifer Warwick
6.0
1939
Death of a Championas Patsy Doyle
7.0
1939
The Kid From Texasas 'Okay' Kinney
7.0
1939
Idiot's Delightas Francine Merle
6.1
1938
6.9
1938
No Time to Marryas Eleanor Winthrop
7.0
1937
Missing Witnessesas Mary Norton
7.0
1936
Swing Banditryas Virginia Paxton (uncredited)
7.0
1921
Shadows of the Westas Lucy Norton
7.0