Acting · Urbana, Illinois, USA · Born May 19, 1899
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.
MovieSlither
1973
as Bingo Caller
MovieBig Daddy
1969
MovieHow to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
1967
as Cleaning Woman (uncredited)
MovieOne Man's Way
1964
as Miss S. E. Collingswood
TVPetticoat Junction
1963
as Selma Plout
TVThe Beverly Hillbillies
1962
as Chicken Woman
TVThe Andy Griffith Show
1960
as Woman #1
MovieThe Case of the Baby-Sitter
1947
as Veronica Hoopler
MovieThe Hat Box Mystery
1947
as Veronica Hoopler
MovieTrail Street
1947
as Hannah
MovieBadman's Territory
1946
as Meg
MovieDanger Signal
1945
as Mrs. Crockett
MovieStar in the Night
1945
as Miss Roberts (uncredited)
MovieBlazing the Western Trail
1945
as Nellie
MovieShe Gets Her Man
1945
as Phoebe
MovieThe Thin Man Goes Home
1944
as Tom's Wife
MovieTogether Again
1944
as Secretary (uncredited)
MovieHi, Beautiful
1944
as Wife
MovieDark Mountain
1944
as Aletha Bates
MovieWhen Strangers Marry
1944
as Chambermaid
MovieThe Gang's All Here
1943
as Miss Custer, Secretary (uncredited)
MovieDestroyer
1943
as Kansas' Dance Partner
MovieHit the Ice
1943
as Nurse who Faints (uncredited)
MovieReveille with Beverly
1943
as Mrs. Browning (uncredited)
MovieTorpedo Boat
1942
as Mrs. Sweeney
MovieHarvard Here I Come
1941
as Miss Frisbie
MovieThey Died with Their Boots On
1941
as Nurse (uncredited)
MovieMiss Polly
1941
as Orsina Wiggins
MovieOne Foot in Heaven
1941
as Sister Sale at the Movie Theatre (uncredited)
MovieThe Flame of New Orleans
1941
as Giraud's Cousin Clarissa
MovieHer First Beau
1941
as Miss Blackmere
MovieStrike Up the Band
1940
as Music Teacher
MovieThe Howards of Virginia
1940
as Neighbor Girl
MovieCalling All Husbands
1940
as Aunt Mabel Parker
MovieFlowing Gold
1940
as Nurse
MovieGold Rush Maisie
1940
as Mrs. Harry Gilpin
MovieI Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby
1940
as Landlady (uncredited)
MovieForty Little Mothers
1940
as Miss Fairwell
MovieThe Doctor Takes a Wife
1940
as School Teacher (uncredited)
MovieThe Amazing Mr. Williams
1939
as Miss Mason - Schoolteacher (uncredited)
MovieWhen Tomorrow Comes
1939
as Waitress (uncredited)
MovieCharlie Chan in Reno
1939
as Maid Reporting Missing Passkey
MovieThe Jury's Secret
1938
as Miss Montague
MovieYou're a Sweetheart
1937
as Gawking Wife (uncredited)
MovieTopper
1937
as Miss Johnson
MovieAngel's Holiday
1937
as Hatchet-Faced Woman
MovieDangerous Holiday
1937
as Aunt Augusta
MovieMeet the Missus
1937
as Mrs. Moseby
MovieThe Go-Getter
1937
as Servant of J. Browne #2 (uncredited)
MovieWe Have Our Moments
1937
as Miss Koltz (uncredited)
MovieOutcast
1937
as Jessica Tuite
MovieThree Men on a Horse
1936
as Chambermaid
MovieWe're in the Money
1935
as Nanny (uncredited)
MovieAfter the Dance
1935
as Edna
MovieIt's A Small World
1935
as Lizzie
MovieMadame du Barry
1934
as Sophie, the King's Daughter
MovieEmbarrassing Moments
1934
as Mother
MovieThe Man with Two Faces
1934
as Peabody
MovieSmarty
1934
as Edna - Vicki's Maid
MovieRegistered Nurse
1934
as Miss Dixon
MovieI Like it That Way
1934
as Old Maid
Love Past Thirty
1934
as Nettle
MovieThe Iron Master
1933
as Miss Smith
MovieSmoke Lightning
1933
as Housekeeper Sawyer
MovieThose We Love
1932
as Bertha
The Hollywood Handicap
1932
MovieFireman, Save My Child
1932
as Miss Gallop
Running Hollywood
1932
as Virginia Sale
MovieUnion Depot
1932
as Woman on Platform Watching Actress (uncredited)
Selling Shorts
1931
as Dot
MovieThe Sin of Madelon Claudet
1931
as Charity Ward Nun (uncredited)
MovieGold Dust Gertie
1931
as Secretary Who Models Bathing Suit
MovieBig Business Girl
1931
as Sally Curtin (uncredited)
MovieMy Past
1931
as Miss Taft, Thornley's Secretary
MovieToo Young to Marry
1931
as Myra
MovieMany a Slip
1931
as Smitty
MovieNew Moon
1930
as Madame Romanski
MovieBright Lights
1930
as Newspaper reporter
MovieMoby Dick
1930
as Old Maid
MovieThe Dude Wrangler
1930
as Dude Guest
MovieBack Pay
1930
as Miss Flanagan - Wheeler's Secretary
MovieShow Girl in Hollywood
1930
as Miss J. Rule
MovieLovin' the Ladies
1930
as Marie - Joan's Maid
MovieWhat a Life
1930
as Head Prison Reformer
MovieLord Byron of Broadway
1930
as Flirty Dowager
MovieLoose Ankles
1930
as Mrs. Berry from Walla Walla
MovieEmbarrassing Moments
1930
as Aunt Prudence
Stewed, Fried and Boiled
1929
MovieThe Cohens and Kellys in Atlantic City
1929
as Selma Meyer
MovieWhy Be Good?
1929
as Junior's Secretary (uncredited)
MovieWeary River
1929
as Noisy Lady in Audience (uncredited)
MovieFancy Baggage
1929
as Miss Hickey
MovieBelow the Deadline
1929
as Mother Biblow
MovieThe Floating College
1928
as Miss Cobbs
MovieHarold Teen
1928
as Mrs. Schmittenberger
MovieMidnight Madness
1928
as The Gargoyle - Childers' Secretary
MovieThe Crowd
1928
as Mary's Sister-in-Law (uncredited)
MovieLegionnaires in Paris
1927
as Fifi
