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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

37

Gender

Female

Birthday

1917-07-01

Day of Death

1994-10-03 (77 years old)

Place of Birth

Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

Also Known As

Jean Dale

Phyllis Randall

Virginia Paxton

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

Acting

Shadows of the West

1921

Shadows of the West

as

Lucy Norton

Holiday Inn

1942

Holiday Inn

as

Lila Dixon

Fall Guy

1947

Fall Guy

as

Marie

Docks of New Orleans

1948

Docks of New Orleans

as

Rene Blanchette

Danger Zone

1951

Danger Zone

as

Claire Underwood

Missing Witnesses

1937

Missing Witnesses

as

Mary Norton

Las Vegas Nights

1941

Las Vegas Nights

as

Patsy Grant

Dancing on a Dime

1940

Dancing on a Dime

as

Dolly Stewart

Kiss the Boys Goodbye

1941

Kiss the Boys Goodbye

as

Gwendolyn Abbott

The Singing Hill

1941

The Singing Hill

as

Jo Adams

That's Entertainment!

1974

That's Entertainment!

as

(archive footage)

Start Cheering

1938

Start Cheering

as

Mabel

Idiot's Delight

1939

Idiot's Delight

as

Francine Merle

Parole Fixer

1940

Parole Fixer

as

Enid Casserly

The Kid From Texas

1939

The Kid From Texas

as

'Okay' Kinney

No Time to Marry

1938

No Time to Marry

as

Eleanor Winthrop

The Quarterback

1940

The Quarterback

as

Kay Merrill

Strike It Rich

1948

Strike It Rich

as

Mabel

The Hucksters

1947

The Hucksters

as

Kimberly Receptionist

Love Thy Neighbor

1940

Love Thy Neighbor

as

Virginia Astor

All Women Have Secrets

1939

All Women Have Secrets

as

Jennifer Warwick

His Mistress

1984

His Mistress

as

Lillian

Swing Banditry

1936

Swing Banditry

as

Virginia Paxton (uncredited)

Dragnet

1947

Dragnet

as

Irene Trilling

Headin' for God's Country

1943

Headin' for God's Country

as

Laurie Lane

Death of a Champion

1939

Death of a Champion

as

Patsy Doyle

World Premiere

1941

World Premiere

as

Lee Morrisson

North and South

North and South

as

3rd Abolitionist

Production

Crew

Directing