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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)
Destroyer
(1943)
Kansas' Dance Partner
The Thin Man Goes Home
(1944)
Tom's Wife
Topper
(1937)
Miss Johnson
The Crowd
(1928)
Mary's Sister-in-Law (uncredited)
Full Filmography
Acting
Legionnaires in Paris
(1927)
Fifi
Harold Teen
(1928)
Mrs. Schmittenberger
The Floating College
(1928)
Miss Cobbs
The Crowd
(1928)
Mary's Sister-in-Law (uncredited)
Midnight Madness
(1928)
The Gargoyle - Childers' Secretary
Fancy Baggage
(1929)
Miss Hickey
Stewed, Fried and Boiled
(1929)
Weary River
(1929)
Noisy Lady in Audience (uncredited)
Below the Deadline
(1929)
Mother Biblow
Why Be Good?
(1929)
Junior's Secretary (uncredited)
Loose Ankles
(1930)
Mrs. Berry from Walla Walla
Show Girl in Hollywood
(1930)
Miss J. Rule
What a Life
(1930)
Head Prison Reformer
Moby Dick
(1930)
Old Maid
Embarrassing Moments
(1930)
Aunt Prudence
The Dude Wrangler
(1930)
Dude Guest
Bright Lights
(1930)
Newspaper reporter
New Moon
(1930)
Madame Romanski
Back Pay
(1930)
Miss Flanagan - Wheeler's Secretary
Lovin' the Ladies
(1930)
Marie - Joan's Maid
Lord Byron of Broadway
(1930)
Flirty Dowager
My Past
(1931)
Miss Taft, Thornley's Secretary
Selling Shorts
(1931)
Dot
Many a Slip
(1931)
Smitty
Too Young to Marry
(1931)
Myra
Gold Dust Gertie
(1931)
Secretary Who Models Bathing Suit
Big Business Girl
(1931)
Sally Curtin (uncredited)
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
(1931)
Charity Ward Nun (uncredited)
Fireman, Save My Child
(1932)
Miss Gallop
Those We Love
(1932)
Bertha
Running Hollywood
(1932)
Virginia Sale
Union Depot
(1932)
Woman on Platform Watching Actress (uncredited)
Smoke Lightning
(1933)
Housekeeper Sawyer
The Iron Master
(1933)
Miss Smith
Madame du Barry
(1934)
Sophie, the King's Daughter
Embarrassing Moments
(1934)
Mother
Smarty
(1934)
Edna - Vicki's Maid
I Like it That Way
(1934)
Old Maid
The Man with Two Faces
(1934)
Peabody
Registered Nurse
(1934)
Miss Dixon
Love Past Thirty
(1934)
Nettle
After the Dance
(1935)
Edna
It's A Small World
(1935)
Lizzie
We're in the Money
(1935)
Nanny (uncredited)
Three Men on a Horse
(1936)
Chambermaid
We Have Our Moments
(1937)
Miss Koltz
Meet the Missus
(1937)
Mrs. Moseby
Dangerous Holiday
(1937)
Aunt Augusta
Outcast
(1937)
Jessica Tuite
Angel's Holiday
(1937)
Hatchet-Faced Woman
You're a Sweetheart
(1937)
Gawking Wife (uncredited)
The Go-Getter
(1937)
Servant of J. Browne #2 (uncredited)
Topper
(1937)
Miss Johnson
The Jury's Secret
(1938)
Miss Montague
The Amazing Mr. Williams
(1939)
Miss Mason - Schoolteacher (uncredited)
Charlie Chan in Reno
(1939)
Maid Reporting Missing Passkey
Calling All Husbands
(1940)
Aunt Mabel Parker
I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby
(1940)
Landlady (uncredited)
Gold Rush Maisie
(1940)
Mrs. Harry Gilpin
Forty Little Mothers
(1940)
Miss Fairwell
The Howards of Virginia
(1940)
Neighbor Girl
Flowing Gold
(1940)
Nurse
The Doctor Takes a Wife
(1940)
School Teacher
Strike Up the Band
(1940)
Music Teacher
Her First Beau
(1941)
Miss Blackmere
One Foot in Heaven
(1941)
Sister Sale at the Movie Theatre (uncredited)
They Died with Their Boots On
(1941)
Nurse (uncredited)
Harvard Here I Come
(1941)
Miss Frisbie
The Flame of New Orleans
(1941)
Giraud's Cousin Clarissa
Miss Polly
(1941)
Orsina Wiggins
Torpedo Boat
(1942)
Mrs. Sweeney
Destroyer
(1943)
Kansas' Dance Partner
Reveille with Beverly
(1943)
Mrs. Browning (uncredited)
Hit the Ice
(1943)
Nurse who Faints (uncredited)
The Gang's All Here
(1943)
Miss Custer, Secretary (uncredited)
Dark Mountain
(1944)
Aletha Bates
The Thin Man Goes Home
(1944)
Tom's Wife
Together Again
(1944)
Secretary (uncredited)
When Strangers Marry
(1944)
Chambermaid
She Gets Her Man
(1945)
Phoebe
Blazing the Western Trail
(1945)
Nellie
Star in the Night
(1945)
Miss Roberts (uncredited)
Danger Signal
(1945)
Mrs. Crockett
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