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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.
Known For
Gold Rush Maisie
(1940)
Mrs. Harry Gilpin
They Died with Their Boots On
(1941)
Nurse (uncredited)
The Thin Man Goes Home
(1944)
Tom's Wife
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
(1931)
Charity Ward Nun (uncredited)
The Crowd
(1928)
Mary's Sister-in-Law (uncredited)
My Past
(1931)
Miss Taft, Thornley's Secretary
Topper
(1937)
Miss Johnson
Full Filmography
Acting
Legionnaires in Paris
(1927)
Fifi
Midnight Madness
(1928)
The Gargoyle - Childers' Secretary
Harold Teen
(1928)
Mrs. Schmittenberger
The Crowd
(1928)
Mary's Sister-in-Law (uncredited)
The Floating College
(1928)
Miss Cobbs
Weary River
(1929)
Noisy Lady in Audience (uncredited)
Why Be Good?
(1929)
Junior's Secretary (uncredited)
Fancy Baggage
(1929)
Miss Hickey
Below the Deadline
(1929)
Mother Biblow
Stewed, Fried and Boiled
(1929)
Show Girl in Hollywood
(1930)
Miss J. Rule
Lovin' the Ladies
(1930)
Marie - Joan's Maid
Back Pay
(1930)
Miss Flanagan - Wheeler's Secretary
New Moon
(1930)
Madame Romanski
Lord Byron of Broadway
(1930)
Flirty Dowager
Bright Lights
(1930)
Newspaper reporter
Moby Dick
(1930)
Old Maid
What a Life
(1930)
Head Prison Reformer
Loose Ankles
(1930)
Mrs. Berry from Walla Walla
The Dude Wrangler
(1930)
Dude Guest
Embarrassing Moments
(1930)
Aunt Prudence
Selling Shorts
(1931)
Dot
My Past
(1931)
Miss Taft, Thornley's Secretary
Gold Dust Gertie
(1931)
Secretary Who Models Bathing Suit
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
(1931)
Charity Ward Nun (uncredited)
Too Young to Marry
(1931)
Myra
Big Business Girl
(1931)
Sally Curtin (uncredited)
Many a Slip
(1931)
Smitty
Fireman, Save My Child
(1932)
Miss Gallop
Union Depot
(1932)
Woman on Platform Watching Actress (uncredited)
Those We Love
(1932)
Bertha
Running Hollywood
(1932)
Virginia Sale
The Iron Master
(1933)
Miss Smith
Smoke Lightning
(1933)
Housekeeper Sawyer
The Man with Two Faces
(1934)
Peabody
Smarty
(1934)
Edna - Vicki's Maid
Madame du Barry
(1934)
Sophie, the King's Daughter
Registered Nurse
(1934)
Miss Dixon
Embarrassing Moments
(1934)
Mother
I Like it That Way
(1934)
Old Maid
Love Past Thirty
(1934)
Nettle
It's A Small World
(1935)
Lizzie
After the Dance
(1935)
Edna
We're in the Money
(1935)
Nanny (uncredited)
Three Men on a Horse
(1936)
Chambermaid
Dangerous Holiday
(1937)
Aunt Augusta
Meet the Missus
(1937)
Mrs. Moseby
We Have Our Moments
(1937)
Miss Koltz
Topper
(1937)
Miss Johnson
You're a Sweetheart
(1937)
Gawking Wife (uncredited)
Angel's Holiday
(1937)
Hatchet-Faced Woman
The Go-Getter
(1937)
Servant of J. Browne #2 (uncredited)
Outcast
(1937)
Jessica Tuite
The Jury's Secret
(1938)
Miss Montague
Charlie Chan in Reno
(1939)
Maid Reporting Missing Passkey
The Amazing Mr. Williams
(1939)
Miss Mason - Schoolteacher (uncredited)
Calling All Husbands
(1940)
Aunt Mabel Parker
The Doctor Takes a Wife
(1940)
School Teacher
Flowing Gold
(1940)
Nurse
Strike Up the Band
(1940)
Music Teacher
The Howards of Virginia
(1940)
Neighbor Girl
Forty Little Mothers
(1940)
Miss Fairwell
Gold Rush Maisie
(1940)
Mrs. Harry Gilpin
I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby
(1940)
Landlady (uncredited)
The Flame of New Orleans
(1941)
Giraud's Cousin Clarissa
Harvard Here I Come
(1941)
Miss Frisbie
They Died with Their Boots On
(1941)
Nurse (uncredited)
Her First Beau
(1941)
Miss Blackmere
One Foot in Heaven
(1941)
Sister Sale at the Movie Theatre (uncredited)
Miss Polly
(1941)
Orsina Wiggins
Torpedo Boat
(1942)
Mrs. Sweeney
Reveille with Beverly
(1943)
Mrs. Browning (uncredited)
Destroyer
(1943)
Kansas' Dance Partner
Hit the Ice
(1943)
Nurse who Faints (uncredited)
The Gang's All Here
(1943)
Miss Custer, Secretary (uncredited)
The Thin Man Goes Home
(1944)
Tom's Wife
Dark Mountain
(1944)
Aletha Bates
Together Again
(1944)
Secretary (uncredited)
When Strangers Marry
(1944)
Chambermaid
Danger Signal
(1945)
Mrs. Crockett
Star in the Night
(1945)
Miss Roberts (uncredited)
Blazing the Western Trail
(1945)
Nellie
She Gets Her Man
(1945)
Phoebe
Badman's Territory
(1946)
Meg
The Case Of The Baby-Sitter
(1947)
Veronica Hoopler
The Hat Box Mystery
(1947)
Veronica Hoopler
Trail Street
(1947)
Hannah
One Man's Way
(1964)
Miss S. E. Collingswood
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
(1967)
Cleaning Woman (uncredited)
Big Daddy
(1969)
Slither
(1973)
Bingo Caller