Virginia Sale

Biography

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.

Known For

The Crowd

as Mary's Sister-in-Law (uncredited)

The Andy Griffith Show

as Woman #1

The Andy Griffith Show

as Mrs. Beggs

Topper

as Miss Johnson

The Beverly Hillbillies

as Chicken Woman

They Died with Their Boots On

as Nurse (uncredited)

The Thin Man Goes Home

as Tom's Wife

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

as Cleaning Woman (uncredited)

Petticoat Junction

as Selma Plout

Petticoat Junction

as Maude Blake