Virginia Dale

Virginia Dale
Virginia Dale, c. 1939
Born	Virginia Paxton July 1, 1917 Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
Died	October 3, 1994 (aged 77) Burbank, California, USA
Other names	Phyllis Randall
Occupation	Actress, dancer
Years active	1938–1958, 1982–1987

Virginia Dale (July 1, 1917 – October 3, 1994) was an American actress and dancer.^[1]

She was born in Charlotte, North Carolina. 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.^[1] She appeared in a number of movies in the late 1930s and 1940s, including Holiday Inn (1942), and became particularly associated with musicals. In the 1950s, she worked mainly in television series such as The Adventures of Kit Carson (1951–1952), Highway Patrol (1957), and The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1957–1958). She left the movie business in 1958, but returned to acting for a few films in the 1980s. She died in Burbank, California.

Selected filmography

• Death of a Champion (1939)
• Idiot's Delight (1939)
• Parole Fixer (1940)
• Love Thy Neighbor (1940)
• The Quarterback (1940)
• The Singing Hill (1941)
• Holiday Inn (1942)
• The Hucksters (1947)
• Dragnet (1947)
• Fall Guy (1947)
• Docks of New Orleans (1948)
• That's Entertainment! (1974)

References

1. "Virginia Dale, Dancer, 77". The New York Times. October 22, 1994. Retrieved April 2, 2014.

External links

• Virginia Dale at the Internet Movie Database
• Virginia Dale at the Internet Broadway Database
• Virginia Dale at Find a Grave