Virginia Sale

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Virginia Sale (May 20, 1899 – August 23, 1992) 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. Married to actor and studio executive Sam Wren, she co-starred with him in one of the first television family comedies, Wren's Nest, in the late 1940s and early 1950s. She gave birth to fraternal twins, Virginia and Christopher, in 1936. Later in her career she worked on television, and in commercials. She died from heart failure at the age of 93 at the Motion Picture and Television Hospital in 1992.

Known For

The Andy Griffith Show

The Andy Griffith Show

Petticoat Junction

Petticoat Junction

The Beverly Hillbillies

They Died with Their Boots On

Topper

Moby Dick

All Movies (95)

• Slither1973 · as Bingo Caller
• Big Daddy1969
• How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying1967 · as Cleaning Woman (uncredited)
• One Man's Way1964 · as Miss S. E. Collingswood
• The Case of the Baby-Sitter1947 · as Veronica Hoopler
• The Hat Box Mystery1947 · as Veronica Hoopler
• Trail Street1947 · as Hannah
• Badman's Territory1946 · as Meg
• Danger Signal1945 · as Mrs. Crockett
• Star in the Night1945 · as Miss Roberts (uncredited)
• Blazing the Western Trail1945 · as Nellie
• She Gets Her Man1945 · as Phoebe
• The Thin Man Goes Home1944 · as Tom's Wife
• Together Again1944 · as Secretary (uncredited)
• Hi, Beautiful1944 · as Wife
• Dark Mountain1944 · as Aletha Bates
• When Strangers Marry1944 · as Chambermaid
• The Gang's All Here1943 · as Miss Custer, Secretary (uncredited)
• Destroyer1943 · as Kansas' Dance Partner
• Hit the Ice1943 · as Nurse who Faints (uncredited)
• Reveille with Beverly1943 · as Mrs. Browning (uncredited)
• Torpedo Boat1942 · as Mrs. Sweeney
• Harvard Here I Come1941 · as Miss Frisbie
• They Died with Their Boots On1941 · as Nurse (uncredited)
• Miss Polly1941 · as Orsina Wiggins
• One Foot in Heaven1941 · as Sister Sale at the Movie Theatre (uncredited)
• The Flame of New Orleans1941 · as Giraud's Cousin Clarissa
• Her First Beau1941 · as Miss Blackmere
• Strike Up the Band1940 · as Music Teacher
• The Howards of Virginia1940 · as Neighbor Girl
• Calling All Husbands1940 · as Aunt Mabel Parker
• Flowing Gold1940 · as Nurse
• Gold Rush Maisie1940 · as Mrs. Harry Gilpin
• I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby1940 · as Landlady (uncredited)
• Forty Little Mothers1940 · as Miss Fairwell
• The Doctor Takes a Wife1940 · as School Teacher (uncredited)
• The Amazing Mr. Williams1939 · as Miss Mason - Schoolteacher (uncredited)
• When Tomorrow Comes1939 · as Waitress (uncredited)
• Charlie Chan in Reno1939 · as Maid Reporting Missing Passkey
• The Jury's Secret1938 · as Miss Montague
• You're a Sweetheart1937 · as Gawking Wife (uncredited)
• Topper1937 · as Miss Johnson
• Angel's Holiday1937 · as Hatchet-Faced Woman
• Dangerous Holiday1937 · as Aunt Augusta
• Meet the Missus1937 · as Mrs. Moseby
• The Go-Getter1937 · as Servant of J. Browne #2 (uncredited)
• We Have Our Moments1937 · as Miss Koltz
• Outcast1937 · as Jessica Tuite
• Three Men on a Horse1936 · as Chambermaid
• We're in the Money1935 · as Nanny (uncredited)
• After the Dance1935 · as Edna
• It's A Small World1935 · as Lizzie
• Madame du Barry1934 · as Sophie, the King's Daughter
• Embarrassing Moments1934 · as Mother
• The Man with Two Faces1934 · as Peabody
• Smarty1934 · as Edna - Vicki's Maid
• Registered Nurse1934 · as Miss Dixon
• I Like it That Way1934 · as Old Maid
• Love Past Thirty1934 · as Nettle
• The Iron Master1933 · as Miss Smith
• Smoke Lightning1933 · as Housekeeper Sawyer
• Those We Love1932 · as Bertha
• The Hollywood Handicap1932
• Fireman, Save My Child1932 · as Miss Gallop
• Running Hollywood1932 · as Virginia Sale
• Union Depot1932 · as Woman on Platform Watching Actress (uncredited)
• Selling Shorts1931 · as Dot
• The Sin of Madelon Claudet1931 · as Charity Ward Nun (uncredited)
• Gold Dust Gertie1931 · as Secretary Who Models Bathing Suit
• Big Business Girl1931 · as Sally Curtin (uncredited)
• My Past1931 · as Miss Taft, Thornley's Secretary
• Too Young to Marry1931 · as Myra
• Many a Slip1931 · as Smitty
• New Moon1930 · as Madame Romanski
• Bright Lights1930 · as Newspaper reporter
• Moby Dick1930 · as Old Maid
• The Dude Wrangler1930 · as Dude Guest
• Back Pay1930 · as Miss Flanagan - Wheeler's Secretary
• Show Girl in Hollywood1930 · as Miss J. Rule
• Lovin' the Ladies1930 · as Marie - Joan's Maid
• What a Life1930 · as Head Prison Reformer
• Lord Byron of Broadway1930 · as Flirty Dowager
• Loose Ankles1930 · as Mrs. Berry from Walla Walla
• Embarrassing Moments1930 · as Aunt Prudence
• Stewed, Fried and Boiled1929
• The Cohens and Kellys in Atlantic City1929 · as Selma Meyer
• Why Be Good?1929 · as Junior's Secretary (uncredited)
• Weary River1929 · as Noisy Lady in Audience (uncredited)
• Fancy Baggage1929 · as Miss Hickey
• Below the Deadline1929 · as Mother Biblow
• The Floating College1928 · as Miss Cobbs
• Harold Teen1928 · as Mrs. Schmittenberger
• Midnight Madness1928 · as The Gargoyle - Childers' Secretary
• The Crowd1928 · as Mary's Sister-in-Law (uncredited)
• Legionnaires in Paris1927 · as Fifi

All TV Shows (5)

• Petticoat Junction1963 · as Selma Plout
• Petticoat Junction1963 · as Maude Blake
• The Beverly Hillbillies1962 · as Chicken Woman
• The Andy Griffith Show1960 · as Woman #1
• The Andy Griffith Show1960 · as Mrs. Beggs