Known For
Acting
Born
Jul 01, 1917
Died
Oct 03, 1994
Place of Birth
Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
Credits
37 titles
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
Filmography
"All -Singing All-Dancing" Before And After
Archive Footage
Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder
Miss Taylor
North and South
3rd Abolitionist
His Mistress
Lillian
That's Entertainment!
(archive footage) (uncredited)
Code 3
Highway Patrol
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Buffalo Bill Jr.
The Adventures of Kit Carson
Danger Zone
Claire Underwood
Strike It Rich
Mabel
Docks of New Orleans
Rene Blanchette
Dragnet
Irene Trilling
The Hucksters
Kimberly Receptionist
Fall Guy
Marie
Headin' for God's Country
Laurie Lane
Holiday Inn
Lila Dixon
World Premiere
Lee Morrisson
Kiss the Boys Goodbye
Gwendolyn Abbott
The Singing Hill
Jo Adams
Las Vegas Nights
Patsy Grant
Love Thy Neighbor
Virginia Astor
Dancing on a Dime
Dolly Stewart
The Quarterback
Kay Merrill
Fashion Horizons
Buck Benny Rides Again
Virginia
Parole Fixer
Enid Casserly
All Women Have Secrets
Jennifer Warwick
Death of a Champion
Patsy Doyle
The Kid From Texas
'Okay' Kinney
Idiot's Delight
Francine Merle
Start Cheering
Mabel
No Time to Marry
Eleanor Winthrop
Missing Witnesses
Mary Norton
Swing Banditry
Virginia Paxton (uncredited)
Shadows of the West
Lucy Norton