Virginia Sale

Acting May 19, 1899 Aug 23, 1992 (aged 93) Urbana, Illinois, USA

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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.

100 Acting Credits

Virginia Sale

Acting

The Crowd

The Andy Griffith Show

The Andy Griffith Show

Topper

The Beverly Hillbillies

They Died with Their Boots On

The Thin Man Goes Home

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

The Gang's All Here

Petticoat Junction

Petticoat Junction

When Strangers Marry

Slither

Hit the Ice

The Sin of Madelon Claudet

Strike Up the Band

The Flame of New Orleans

Star in the Night

One Foot in Heaven

Charlie Chan in Reno

Union Depot

When Tomorrow Comes

Danger Signal

Destroyer