Virginia Sale Net Worth
Virginia Sale Net Worth is
$1.3 Million
Virginia Sale Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Virginia Sale was born on May 20, 1899 in Urbana, Illinois, USA. She was an actress, known for Topper (1937), What a Life (1930) and The Thin Man Goes Home (1945). She was married to Sam Wren. She died on August 23, 1992 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA. | Date Of Birth | May 20, 1899 |
| Died | 1992-08-23 |
| Place Of Birth | Urbana, Illinois, United States |
| Height | 5' 5" (1.65 m) |
| Profession | Actress |
| Spouse | Sam Wren, - |
| Children | Christopher S. Wren, Virginia Wren Moore |
| Star Sign | Taurus |
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | Virginia Sale was a successful actress in radio, providing the voice of the housekeeper Martha in the serial "Those We Love", for eight years. She also won praise for her one-woman show "Americana Sketches", based on humorous recollections of her small town upbringing. She performed this act more than 6,000 times in the U.S., on tour in Europe, and for American troops during World War II. From the late 1950's, she concentrated primarily on doing commercials. |
| 2 | Studied for two years at the University of Illinois and graduated from the Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York. |
| 3 | Hatchet-faced American character actress who played hundreds of minor parts on film, radio and TV over the years, mostly spinsters and other old crones. |
| 4 | Performed over 3,000 performances in a nationwide tour of a one-woman comedy-drama act. |
| 5 | Sister of actor Charles 'Chic' Sale. |
Actress
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Police Woman | 1975 | TV Series | Elderly Lady #1 |
| Slither | 1973 | Bingo Caller | |
| Petticoat Junction | 1964-1969 | TV Series | Selma Plout / Myra King / Maude Blake |
| Big Daddy | 1969 | ||
| I Spy | 1967 | TV Series | Ethel |
| How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying | 1967 | Cleaning Woman (uncredited) | |
| Love on a Rooftop | 1966 | TV Series | Esther |
| Green Acres | 1966 | TV Series | Selma Plout |
| The Andy Griffith Show | 1964-1966 | TV Series | Woman #1 / Mrs. Beggs |
| The Wild Wild West | 1965 | TV Series | Aunt Martha |
| Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | 1965 | TV Series | Mrs. Kerr |
| The Beverly Hillbillies | 1964 | TV Series | Chicken Woman |
| Ben Casey | 1964 | TV Series | Mrs. Gerstman |
| One Man's Way | 1964 | Miss S.E. Collingswood | |
| The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis | 1960 | TV Series | Shoe Store Customer |
| The Gray Ghost | 1957 | TV Series | Jessica |
| The Broken Star | 1956 | Ranch Woman (uncredited) | |
| Lux Video Theatre | 1951 | TV Series | Mrs. Dunbar |
| Kraft Theatre | 1947 | TV Series | |
| The Case of the Baby Sitter | 1947 | Short | Veronica Hoopler |
| The Hat Box Mystery | 1947 | Short | Veronica Hoopler |
| Trail Street | 1947 | Hannah | |
| Night and Day | 1946 | Minister's Wife (uncredited) | |
| Badman's Territory | 1946 | Meg | |
| The Thin Man Goes Home | 1945 | Tom's Wife | |
| Danger Signal | 1945 | Mrs. Crockett | |
| Star in the Night | 1945 | Short | Miss Roberts (uncredited) |
| Blazing the Western Trail | 1945 | Nellie (uncredited) | |
| Her Highness and the Bellboy | 1945 | Aunt Gertrude Odell (uncredited) | |
| Out of This World | 1945 | Spinster (uncredited) | |
| Rhapsody in Blue | 1945 | Cashier (uncredited) | |
| Her Lucky Night | 1945 | Umbrella Woman (uncredited) | |
| She Gets Her Man | 1945 | Phoebe | |
| Can't Help Singing | 1944 | Washington DC Townswoman (uncredited) | |
| Together Again | 1944 | Secretary (uncredited) | |
| Hi, Beautiful | 1944 | Wife | |
| Heavenly Days | 1944 | Clark's Secretary (uncredited) | |
| Dark Mountain | 1944 | Aletha Bates | |
| When Strangers Marry | 1944 | Chambermaid | |
| Swing in the Saddle | 1944 | Lizzie Dabney (uncredited) | |
| Janie | 1944 | Neighbor (uncredited) | |
| Gambler's Choice | 1944 | Mary's Aunt (uncredited) | |
| The Gang's All Here | 1943 | Miss Custer, Secretary (uncredited) | |
| My Kingdom for a Cook | 1943 | Schoolteacher (uncredited) | |
| Destroyer | 1943 | Spinster (uncredited) | |
| Hers to Hold | 1943 | Personnel Woman (uncredited) | |
| Hit the Ice | 1943 | Nurse who Faints (uncredited) | |
| Reveille with Beverly | 1943 | Mrs. Browning (uncredited) | |
| Pittsburgh | 1942 | Mrs. Higgins (uncredited) | |
| Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood | 1942 | Gift Counter Clerk (uncredited) | |
| The Big Shot | 1942 | Mrs. Miggs | |
| Miss Annie Rooney | 1942 | Myrtle's Mother (scenes deleted) | |
| A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen | 1942 | Mrs. Plumpkin - Landlady (uncredited) | |
| Torpedo Boat | 1942 | Mrs. Sweeney | |
| Harvard, Here I Come! | 1941 | Miss Frisbie | |
| They Died with Their Boots On | 1941 | Nurse (uncredited) | |
| Skylark | 1941 | Woman in Subway Car (uncredited) | |
| Miss Polly | 1941 | Orsina Wiggins | |
| One Foot in Heaven | 1941 | Sister Sale at the Movie Theater (uncredited) | |
| Her First Beau | 1941 | Miss Blackmere (uncredited) | |
| The Flame of New Orleans | 1941 | Cousin | |
| The Great Train Robbery | 1941 | uncredited | |
| Back Street | 1941 | Mrs. Johnson (uncredited) | |
| The Dog in the Orchard | 1941 | Short | Postmistress |
| Strike Up the Band | 1940 | Music Teacher (uncredited) | |
| The Howards of Virginia | 1940 | Neighbor Girl (uncredited) | |
| Calling All Husbands | 1940 | Mabel Parker | |
| Flowing Gold | 1940 | Nurse | |
| Gold Rush Maisie | 1940 | Mrs. Harry Gilpin | |
| I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby | 1940 | Landlady | |
| The Doctor Takes a Wife | 1940 | School Teacher (uncredited) | |
| Forty Little Mothers | 1940 | Miss Fairwell (uncredited) | |
| The Amazing Mr. Williams | 1939 | Miss Mason - Schoolteacher (uncredited) | |
| Little Accident | 1939 | Nurse (uncredited) | |
| When Tomorrow Comes | 1939 | Waitress (uncredited) | |
| Charlie Chan in Reno | 1939 | Maid Reporting Missing Passkey (uncredited) | |
| The Lady's from Kentucky | 1939 | Cashier (uncredited) | |
| His Exciting Night | 1938 | Mrs. Burton - Landlady (uncredited) | |
| Time Out for Murder | 1938 | Homely Time-Girl Replacement (uncredited) | |
| A Trip to Paris | 1938 | Miss Green (uncredited) | |
| The Jury's Secret | 1938 | Miss Montague (uncredited) | |
| You're a Sweetheart | 1937 | Gawking Wife at Opening (uncredited) | |
| Trouble at Midnight | 1937 | Mrs. Lippencott (uncredited) | |
| Think Fast, Mr. Moto | 1937 | Ship's Stewardess (uncredited) | |
| Topper | 1937 | Miss Johnson | |
| Dangerous Holiday | 1937 | Aunt Augusta | |
| Meet the Missus | 1937 | Mrs. Moseby, Emma's Maid | |
| Angel's Holiday | 1937 | Hatchet-Faced Woman (uncredited) | |
| The Go Getter | 1937 | Servant of J. Browne #2 (uncredited) | |
| We Have Our Moments | 1937 | Miss Koltz (uncredited) | |
| A Family Affair | 1937 | 'Daily Star' Social News Editor (uncredited) | |
| Outcast | 1937 | Jessica Tuite | |
| Three Men on a Horse | 1936 | Chambermaid | |
| We're in the Money | 1935 | The Nanny (uncredited) | |
| After the Dance | 1935 | Edna | |
| It's a Small World | 1935 | Lizzie | |
| Embarrassing Moments | 1934 | Mother | |
| The Man with Two Faces | 1934 | Peabody - Weston's Secretary | |
| Madame Du Barry | 1934 | Sophie, the King's Daughter | |
| Smarty | 1934 | Edna - Vicki's Maid | |
| Marrying Widows | 1934 | ||
| Registered Nurse | 1934 | Miss Dixon | |
| I Like It That Way | 1934 | Old Maid | |
| Love Past Thirty | 1934 | Nettle | |
| Sitting Pretty | 1933 | Old Maid (uncredited) | |
| 'Tis Spring | 1933 | Short | |
| Easy Millions | 1933 | ||
| Sweet Cookie | 1933 | Short | Mrs. Cook |
| Oliver Twist | 1933 | Mrs. Sowerberry | |
| Smoke Lightning | 1933 | Housekeeper Sawyer | |
| The Iron Master | 1933 | Miss Smith | |
| Bachelor Mother | 1932 | Mrs. Stone | |
| Those We Love | 1932 | Bertha | |
| C'est Paree | 1932 | Short | |
| Two Against the World | 1932 | Radio Commentator (uncredited) | |
| The Hollywood Handicap | 1932 | Short | Character |
| Are You Listening? | 1932 | Marjorie (uncredited) | |
| Fireman, Save My Child | 1932 | Miss Gallop | |
| Union Depot | 1932 | Woman on Platform Watching Actress (uncredited) | |
| Good Sport | 1931 | Kendrick's Secretary (uncredited) | |
| Compromised | 1931 | Maggie | |
| Selling Shorts | 1931 | Short | |
| Her Majesty, Love | 1931 | Laura Reisenfeld | |
| Secret Service | 1931 | Miss Kittridge (uncredited) | |
| Sob Sister | 1931 | Aunt of Suicide Victim (uncredited) | |
| The Sin of Madelon Claudet | 1931 | Charity Ward Nun (uncredited) | |
| Gold Dust Gertie | 1931 | Secretary Modelling Skimpy Bathing Suit | |
| Big Business Girl | 1931 | Sally Curtin (uncredited) | |
| My Past | 1931 | Miss Taft - Thornley's Secretary | |
| Too Young to Marry | 1931 | Myra | |
| Many a Slip | 1931 | Smitty | |
| The Great Meadow | 1931 | Pioneer Woman (uncredited) | |
| New Moon | 1930 | Madame Romanski (uncredited) | |
| Viennese Nights | 1930 | Emma Stirner (uncredited) | |
| A Soldier's Plaything | 1930 | Recruitment Speaker (uncredited) | |
| Bright Lights | 1930 | Sob Sister - a Reporter (uncredited) | |
| His Error | 1930 | Short | |
| Moby Dick | 1930 | Old Maid | |
| The Dude Wrangler | 1930 | Dude Guest | |
| Back Pay | 1930 | Miss Flanagan - Wheeler's Secretary (uncredited) | |
| Show Girl in Hollywood | 1930 | Miss Sale - Otis' Secretary | |
| Lovin' the Ladies | 1930 | Marie - Joan's Maid | |
| What a Life | 1930 | Short | Head Prison Reformer |
| Lord Byron of Broadway | 1930 | Flirty Dowager (uncredited) | |
| Loose Ankles | 1930 | Mrs. Berry from Walla Walla (uncredited) | |
| Embarrassing Moments | 1930 | Aunt Prudence | |
| Modern Love | 1929 | Jealous Employee (uncredited) | |
| Stewed, Fried and Boiled | 1929 | Short | |
| The Cohens and Kellys in Atlantic City | 1929 | Selma Meyer | |
| Why Be Good? | 1929 | Junior's Secretary (uncredited) | |
| Sound Your 'A' | 1929 | Short | |
| The Kid's Clever | 1929 | Secretary | |
| Weary River | 1929 | Noisy Lady in Audience (uncredited) | |
| Fancy Baggage | 1929 | Miss Hickey | |
| Below the Deadline | 1929 | Mother Biblow | |
| The Floating College | 1928 | Miss Cobbs | |
| Happiness Ahead | 1928 | The Dressmaker | |
| Harold Teen | 1928 | Mrs. Schmittenberger | |
| Midnight Madness | 1928 | The Gargoyle - Childers' Secretary | |
| The Crowd | 1928 | Mary's Sister-in-Law (uncredited) | |
| Legionnaires in Paris | 1927 | Fifi |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 9 | 1937 | Documentary short | Herself |
| Running Hollywood | 1932 | Short | Herself |
Known for movies
Topper (1937)
as Miss Johnson
What a Life (1930)
as Head Prison Reformer
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
as Tom's Wife
Badman's Territory (1946)
as Meg