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Virginia Sale

Acting

Born May 19, 1899 · Urbana, Illinois, USA

Died August 23, 1992

Also known as Virginia Sales

Biography

Virginia Sale 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.

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Filmography26 titles

The Andy Griffith Show

1960as Mrs. Beggs

The Crowd

1928as Mary's Sister-in-Law (uncredited)

The Thin Man Goes Home

1944as Tom's Wife

The Beverly Hillbillies

1962as Chicken Woman

Big Business Girl

1931as Sally Curtin (uncredited)

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

1967as Cleaning Woman (uncredited)

They Died with Their Boots On

1941as Nurse (uncredited)

Topper

1937as Miss Johnson

Strike Up the Band

1940as Music Teacher

Those We Love

1932as Bertha

Badman's Territory

1946as Meg

When Strangers Marry

1944as Chambermaid

Hit the Ice

1943as Nurse who Faints (uncredited)

Petticoat Junction

1963as Selma Plout

The Gang's All Here

1943as Miss Custer, Secretary (uncredited)

Slither

1973as Bingo Caller

Show Girl in Hollywood

1930as Miss J. Rule

Moby Dick

1930as Old Maid

Lovin' the Ladies

1930as Marie - Joan's Maid

Dark Mountain

1944as Aletha Bates

Bright Lights

1930as Newspaper reporter

Miss Polly

1941as Orsina Wiggins

Back Pay

1930as Miss Flanagan - Wheeler's Secretary

Smarty

1934as Edna - Vicki's Maid

One Man's Way

1964as Miss S. E. Collingswood

Loose Ankles

1930as Mrs. Berry from Walla Walla