Virginia Dale
Acting • Born 1917-07-01 – Died 1994-10-03
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Virginia Dale, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
37 credits
Shadows of the West
Movie • 1921
Lucy Norton
Holiday Inn
Movie • 1942
Lila Dixon
Fall Guy
Movie • 1947
Marie
Docks of New Orleans
Movie • 1948
Rene Blanchette
Buck Benny Rides Again
Movie • 1940
Virginia
Danger Zone
Movie • 1951
Claire Underwood
Missing Witnesses
Movie • 1937
Mary Norton
Las Vegas Nights
Movie • 1941
Patsy Grant
Kiss the Boys Goodbye
Movie • 1941
Gwendolyn Abbott
Dancing on a Dime
Movie • 1940
Dolly Stewart
"All -Singing All-Dancing" Before And After
Movie • 2006
Archive Footage
The Singing Hill
Movie • 1941
Jo Adams
That's Entertainment!
Movie • 1974
(archive footage)
Start Cheering
Movie • 1938
Mabel
Idiot's Delight
Movie • 1939
Francine Merle
Parole Fixer
Movie • 1940
Enid Casserly
Fashion Horizons
Movie • 1940
The Kid From Texas
Movie • 1939
'Okay' Kinney
No Time to Marry
Movie • 1938
Eleanor Winthrop
The Quarterback
Movie • 1940
Kay Merrill
Strike It Rich
Movie • 1948
Mabel
The Hucksters
Movie • 1947
Kimberly Receptionist
Love Thy Neighbor
Movie • 1940
Virginia Astor
All Women Have Secrets
Movie • 1939
Jennifer Warwick
His Mistress
Movie • 1984
Lillian
Swing Banditry
Movie • 1936
Virginia Paxton (uncredited)
Dragnet
Movie • 1947
Irene Trilling
Headin' for God's Country
Movie • 1943
Laurie Lane
Death of a Champion
Movie • 1939
Patsy Doyle
World Premiere
Movie • 1941
Lee Morrisson
Highway Patrol
TV • 1955
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
TV • 1955
Buffalo Bill Jr.
TV • 1955
The Adventures of Kit Carson
TV • 1951
Code 3
TV • 1957
North and South
TV • 1985
3rd Abolitionist
Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder
TV • 1987
Miss Taylor