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person_profile-Virginia Vale

Virginia Vale Died at age: 86

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Virginia Vale

Date of Birth:

May 20, 1920

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Sep 14, 2006

Biography of

Virginia Vale

    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Virginia Vale (born Dorothy Howe, 20 May 1920 – 14 Sep 2006) was an American film actress. She starred in a number of B-movie Westerns but took a variety of other roles as well, notably in Blonde Comet (1941), in which she played a race car driver.

    Vale was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Howe. Before becoming a professional actor, she was a switchboard operator in Dallas, Texas, and honed her acting skills in productions at a little theater in Dallas. After a representative of Paramount Pictures saw her in a leading role, he invited her to make a screen test, which led to a contract. (Another source says that Howe was working at the switchboard in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Dallas office, where a talent scout for Paramount found her and signed her to a contract.

    Career

    Several of Vale's early films were made using her birth name. The name Virginia Vale had been chosen in advance for the female winner of the 1939 Gateway to Hollywood contest, a nationwide talent search sponsored by producer Jesse Lasky -- as noted (somewhat indignantly) then by another Virginia Vale a syndicated columnist covering the film industry. Vale edged out Rhonda Fleming in the 1939 contest.

    After her film career, she became an executive secretary at Lockheed and also a competition judge for the US Figure Skating Association. She was eventually honored by the USFSA for 50 years of service in that role. Before becoming a judge, she'd also briefly been a competition skater. Her life in film and skating was featured at the 2002 U.S. figure skating championships and a memorial trophy for "most outstanding performance" was given in her name at the 2007 California Championships.

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Virginia Vale

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Filmography of

Virginia Vale

Found 24 Movies in total

Crime, Inc.

Trixie Waters ( Actor )

... 1945

Broadway Big Shot

Betty Collins ( Actor )

... 1942

Blonde Comet

Beverly Blake ( Actor )

... 1941

The Gay Falcon

Hysterical Woman (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1941

Robbers of the Range

Alice Tremaine ( Actor )

... 1941

Repent at Leisure

Elevator Girl ( Actor )

... 1941

Triple Justice

Lorna Payson ( Actor )

... 1940

Stage to Chino

Caroline McKay ( Actor )

... 1940

Millionaires in Prison

May Thomas ( Actor )

... 1940

Prairie Law

Priscilla Brambull ( Actor )

... 1940

... 1940

Bullet Code

Molly Matthews ( Actor )

... 1940

Legion of the Lawless

Ellen Ives ( Actor )

... 1940

The Marshal Of Mesa City

Virginia King ( Actor )

... 1939

Three Sons

Phoebe Pardway ( Actor )

... 1939

Unmarried

Betty (as Dorothy Howe) ( Actor )

... 1939

Persons in Hiding

Flo ( Actor )

... 1939

Disbarred

Airline Stewardess ( Actor )

... 1939

King of Alcatraz

Dixie (as Dorothy Howe) ( Actor )

... 1938

Cocoanut Grove

Hazel De Vore ( Actor )

... 1938

Her Jungle Love

Eleanor Martin ( Actor )

... 1938

The Big Broadcast of 1938

Joan Fielding ( Actor )

... 1938

True Confession

Brunette Girl (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1937

Night Club Scandal

Marsh's Maid ( Actor )

... 1937