Virginia Dale
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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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Acting
Movie
Holiday Inn
as Lila Dixon
1942
TV
North and South
as 3rd Abolitionist
1985
Movie
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1974
TV
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
Movie
The Hucksters
as Kimberly Receptionist
1947
Movie
Idiot's Delight
as Francine Merle
1939
Movie
Fall Guy
as Marie
1947
Movie
Danger Zone
as Claire Underwood
1951
TV
Highway Patrol
1955
Movie
Start Cheering
as Mabel
1938
Movie
Docks of New Orleans
as Rene Blanchette
1948
Movie
Las Vegas Nights
as Patsy Grant
1941
Movie
Dancing on a Dime
as Dolly Stewart
1940
Fashion Horizons
1940
TV
The Adventures of Kit Carson
1951
TV
Code 3
1957
Movie
Missing Witnesses
as Mary Norton
1937
Movie
Parole Fixer
as Enid Casserly
1940
Movie
The Kid From Texas
as 'Okay' Kinney
1939
Movie
Love Thy Neighbor
as Virginia Astor
1940
Movie
Dragnet
as Irene Trilling
1947
Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder
as Miss Taylor
1987
Movie
Buck Benny Rides Again
as Virginia
1940
Movie
Kiss the Boys Goodbye
as Gwendolyn Abbott
1941