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Virginia Mayo

Acting

Born November 30, 1920 · Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

Died January 17, 2005

Also known as Virginia Clara Jones · Ginny · ویرجینیا مایو

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Virginia Mayo (November 30, 1920 – January 17, 2005) was an American film actress. After a short career in vaudeville, Mayo progressed to films and during the 1940s established herself as a supporting player in such films as The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) and White Heat (1949). She worked extensively during the 1950s, but after this her appearances were fewer. She worked occasionally until her final performance in 1997. Description above from the Wikipedia article Virginia Mayo, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & recognition

  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Filmography40 titles

Night Gallery

1969

The Best Years of Our Lives

1946as Marie Derry

Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach

1996as Self

White Heat

1949as Verna Jarrett

Murder, She Wrote

1984as Elinor

Along the Great Divide

1951as Ann Keith

Remington Steele

1982as Virginia Mayo

The Bible According to Hollywood

1994as Self

Police Story

1973

Captain Horatio Hornblower

1951as Lady Barbara Wellesley

The Princess and the Pirate

1944as Princess Margaret

Fort Dobbs

1958as Celia Gray

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948as Self

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

1947as Rosalind van Hoorn

Gregory Peck: His Own Man

1988as Self (archive footage)

The Tall Stranger

1957as Ellen

Wonder Man

1945as Ellen Shanley

Letter to Loretta

as Myrna Nelson

The Big Land

1957as Helen Jagger

The Proud Ones

1956as Sally

Westbound

1958as Norma Putnam

King Richard and the Crusaders

1954as Lady Edith Plantagenet

A Song Is Born

1948as Honey Swanson

The Flame and the Arrow

1950as Anne de Hesse

The Kid from Brooklyn

1946as Polly Pringle

Pearl of the South Pacific

1955as Rita Delaine

Jack London

1943as Mamie

Painting the Clouds with Sunshine

1951as Carol

Backfire

1950as Nurse Julie Benson

Red Light

1949as Carla North

The West Point Story

1950as Eve Dillon

Up in Arms

1944as Joanna (uncredited)

The Girl from Jones Beach

1949as Ruth Wilson

South Sea Woman

1953as Ginger Martin

The Silver Chalice

1954as Helena

Castle of Evil

1966as Mary Theresa 'Sable' Pulaski

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

1976as Miss Battley

Fort Utah

1967as Linda Lee

Seven Days Ashore

1944as Carol Dean

Midnight Witness

1993as Kitty