Virginia Dale
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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.
Known for
Credits
Start Cheering (1938)
as Mabel
Death of a Champion (1939)
as Patsy Doyle
Holiday Inn (1942)
as Lila Dixon
That's Entertainment! (1974)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Kiss the Boys Goodbye (1941)
as Gwendolyn Abbott
Docks of New Orleans (1948)
as Rene Blanchette
The Hucksters (1947)
as Kimberly Receptionist
Idiot's Delight (1939)
as Francine Merle
Buck Benny Rides Again (1940)
as Virginia
The Singing Hill (1941)
as Jo Adams
All Women Have Secrets (1939)
as Jennifer Warwick
Danger Zone (1951)
as Claire Underwood
The Quarterback (1940)
as Kay Merrill
No Time to Marry (1938)
as Eleanor Winthrop
The Kid From Texas (1939)
as 'Okay' Kinney
Fall Guy (1947)
as Marie
Love Thy Neighbor (1940)
as Virginia Astor
Parole Fixer (1940)
as Enid Casserly
"All -Singing All-Dancing" Before And After (2006)
as Archive Footage
Missing Witnesses (1937)
as Mary Norton
Strike It Rich (1948)
as Mabel
His Mistress (1984)
as Lillian
World Premiere (1941)
as Lee Morrisson
Headin' for God's Country (1943)
as Laurie Lane
Las Vegas Nights (1941)
as Patsy Grant
Dancing on a Dime (1940)
as Dolly Stewart
Dragnet (1947)
as Irene Trilling
Fashion Horizons (1940)
Actor
Shadows of the West (1921)
as Lucy Norton
Swing Banditry (1936)
as Virginia Paxton (uncredited)