Virginia Dale

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.

Known For

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

North and South

Highway Patrol

The Adventures of Kit Carson

Buffalo Bill Jr.

Holiday Inn

That's Entertainment!

Code 3

All Movies (30)

• "All -Singing All-Dancing" Before And After2006 · as Archive Footage
• His Mistress1984 · as Lillian
• That's Entertainment!1974 · as (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Danger Zone1951 · as Claire Underwood
• Strike It Rich1948 · as Mabel
• Docks of New Orleans1948 · as Rene Blanchette
• Dragnet1947 · as Irene Trilling
• The Hucksters1947 · as Kimberly Receptionist
• Fall Guy1947 · as Marie
• Headin' for God's Country1943 · as Laurie Lane
• Holiday Inn1942 · as Lila Dixon
• World Premiere1941 · as Lee Morrisson
• Kiss the Boys Goodbye1941 · as Gwendolyn Abbott
• The Singing Hill1941 · as Jo Adams
• Las Vegas Nights1941 · as Patsy Grant
• Love Thy Neighbor1940 · as Virginia Astor
• Dancing on a Dime1940 · as Dolly Stewart
• The Quarterback1940 · as Kay Merrill
• Fashion Horizons1940
• Buck Benny Rides Again1940 · as Virginia
• Parole Fixer1940 · as Enid Casserly
• All Women Have Secrets1939 · as Jennifer Warwick
• Death of a Champion1939 · as Patsy Doyle
• The Kid From Texas1939 · as 'Okay' Kinney
• Idiot's Delight1939 · as Francine Merle
• Start Cheering1938 · as Mabel
• No Time to Marry1938 · as Eleanor Winthrop
• Missing Witnesses1937 · as Mary Norton
• Swing Banditry1936 · as Virginia Paxton (uncredited)
• Shadows of the West1921 · as Lucy Norton

All TV Shows (7)

• Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder1987 · as Miss Taylor
• North and South1985 · as 3rd Abolitionist
• Code 31957
• Highway Patrol1955
• The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp1955
• Buffalo Bill Jr.1955
• The Adventures of Kit Carson1951