---
name: "Virginia Grey"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/virginia-grey"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "22 March 1917"
died: "31 July 2004"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-20T00:01:20.046772+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Virginia Grey

Actor. Born 22 March 1917 in Edendale, California, USA. Died 31 July 2004.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 22 March 1917, Edendale, California, USA
- **Died:** 31 July 2004
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 other
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Grey, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q273118, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0340706/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/19967

## Biography

Virginia Grey (22 March 1917 – 31 July 2004) was an American actress. Born in Edendale, California, the daughter of director Ray Grey, she made her film debut at the age of ten as Little Eva in the 1927 silent film *Uncle Tom's Cabin*. She returned to acting in the 1930s after time away for education, signing with MGM and appearing in films including *Another Thin Man* (1939), *The Women* (1939) and *The Hardys Ride High* (1939).

Grey worked steadily across studios in supporting roles. In the 1950s and 1960s she appeared frequently in producer Ross Hunter’s melodramas such as *All That Heaven Allows* (1955), *Back Street* (1961) and *Madame X* (1966). Her other credits include *The Naked Kiss* (1964), *Tarzan's New York Adventure* (1942) and *Airport* (1970). She acted in more than 100 films and on television into the 1970s.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, catalog.afi.com, nytimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Performed in (1) — the average rests on these

- *Test Pilot* (1938), Fi1m 73, as Sarah — [page](https://film.one/film/test-pilot.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Flirtation Walk* (1934), Fi1m 57, as Chorus Girl (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/flirtation-walk.md)

## Complete filmography (119)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Green Fog* (2018), Actor
- *The Lives of Jenny Dolan* (1975), as Landlady
- *That's Entertainment!* (1974), as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- *Airport* (1970), as Mrs. Schultz
- *Marcus Welby, M.D.* (1969), series, as Mrs. Cavanaugh
- *Rosie!* (1967), as Mrs. Peters
- *Madame X* (1966), as Mimsy
- *Love Has Many Faces* (1965), as Irene Talbot
- *The Naked Kiss* (1964), as Candy
- *Burke's Law* (1963), series, as Elaine Barrows
- *Black Zoo* (1963), as Jenny Brooks
- *The Virginian* (1962), series, as Laura Pritican
- *Bachelor in Paradise* (1961), as Camille Quinlaw
- *Back Street* (1961), as Janey nee Smith
- *Tammy Tell Me True* (1961), as Miss Jenks
- *My Three Sons* (1960), series, Actor
- *Portrait in Black* (1960), as Miss Lee
- *The DuPont Show with June Allyson* (1959), series, as Connie Vaccarous
- *No Name on the Bullet* (1959), as Roseanne Fraden
- *The Restless Years* (1958), as Miss Robson
- *Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse* (1958), series, as Zelda
- *Yancy Derringer* (1958), series, as Emily Dubois
- *Peter Gunn* (1958), series, Actor
- *The Great Gatsby* (1958), as Myrtle Wilson
- *Trackdown* (1957), series, Actor
- *Jeanne Eagels* (1957), as Elsie Desmond
- *Crime of Passion* (1956), as Sara Alidas
- *Accused of Murder* (1956), as Sandra Lamoreaux
- *The Rose Tattoo* (1955), as Estelle Hohengarten
- *The 20th Century Fox Hour* (1955), series, as Jane Trask
- *All That Heaven Allows* (1955), as Alida Anderson
- *The Last Command* (1955), as Mrs. Dickinson
- *The Eternal Sea* (1955), as Dorothy Buracker
- *The Millionaire* (1955), series, as Iris Millar, Marjorie Martinson
- *Target Earth* (1954), as Vicki Harris
- *Climax!* (1954), series, as Edna
- *The Forty-Niners* (1954), as Stella Walker
- *Captain Scarface* (1953), as Elsa
- *Fighting Lawman* (1953), as Raquel Jackson
- *A Perilous Journey* (1953), as Abby
- *General Electric Theater* (1953), series, as Mrs. Bennett
- *The Ford Television Theatre* (1952), series, Actor
- *Four Star Playhouse* (1952), series, as Nancy Shaw, Angela
- *Desert Pursuit* (1952), as Mary Smith
- *Slaughter Trail* (1951), as Lorabelle Larkin
- *Schlitz Playhouse of Stars* (1951), series, as Laura Ward
- *Bullfighter and the Lady* (1951), as Lisbeth Flood
- *Three Desperate Men* (1951), as Laura Brock
- *Hurricane at Pilgrim Hill* (1950), as Janet Smedley Adams
- *Highway 301* (1950), as Mary Simms
- *Your Show of Shows* (1950), series, Actor
- *The Threat* (1949), as Carol
- *Mexican Hayride* (1948), as Mary / Montana
- *Jungle Jim* (1948), as Dr. Hilary Parker
- *Leather Gloves* (1948), as Jane Gilbert
- *Unknown Island* (1948), as Carole Lane
- *Miraculous Journey* (1948), as Patricia
- *So This Is New York* (1948), as Ella Finch
- *Who Killed Doc Robbin?* (1948), as Ann Loring
- *Glamour Girl* (1948), as Lorraine Royle
- *Unconquered* (1947), as Diana
- *Wyoming* (1947), as Lila Regan
- *Swamp Fire* (1946), as Janet Hilton
- *House of Horrors* (1946), as Joan Medford
- *Smooth as Silk* (1946), as Paula Marlowe
- *Men in Her Diary* (1945), as Diana Lee
- *Flame of Barbary Coast* (1945), as Rita Dane
- *Blonde Ransom* (1945), as Vicki Morrison
- *Grissly's Millions* (1945), as Katherine Palmor Bentley
- *Strangers in the Night* (1944), as Dr. Leslie Ross
- *Sweet Rosie O'Grady* (1943), as Edna Van Dyke
- *Stage Door Canteen* (1943), as Virginia Grey
- *Idaho* (1943), as Terry
- *Secrets of the Underground* (1942), as Terry Parker
- *Tish* (1942), as Katherine 'Kit' Bowser Sands
- *Bells of Capistrano* (1942), as Jennifer Benton
- *Tarzan's New York Adventure* (1942), as Connie Beach
- *Grand Central Murder* (1942), as Sue 'Butch' Custer
- *Mr. and Mrs. North* (1942), as Jane Wilson
- *Whistling in the Dark* (1941), as 'Fran' Post
- *The Big Store* (1941), as Joan Sutton
- *Washington Melodrama* (1941), as Teddy Carlyle
- *Blonde Inspiration* (1941), as Margie Blake, Phil's Secretary
- *Keeping Company* (1940), as Anastasia Atherton
- *Hullabaloo* (1940), as Laura Merriweather
- *The Golden Fleecing* (1940), as Lila Hanley
- *The Captain is a Lady* (1940), as Mary Peabody
- *Three Cheers for the Irish* (1940), as Patricia Casey
- *Another Thin Man* (1939), as Lois MacFay
- *Thunder Afloat* (1939), as Susan Thorson
- *The Women* (1939), as Pat
- *The Hardys Ride High* (1939), as Consuela MacNish
- *Broadway Serenade* (1939), as Pearl
- *Idiot's Delight* (1939), as Shirley Laughlin
- *Dramatic School* (1938), as Simone
- *Youth Takes a Fling* (1938), as Madge
- *Rich Man, Poor Girl* (1938), as Selma Willis
- *The Shopworn Angel* (1938), as Chorus Girl #1
- *Ladies in Distress* (1938), as Sally
- *Snow Gets in Your Eyes* (1938), as June
- *Billy Rose's Casa Mañana Revue* (1938), as Virginia Mason
- *Test Pilot* (1938), as Sarah — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/test-pilot.md)
- *The Canary Comes Across* (1938), as Ann Clayton
- *Rosalie* (1937), as Mary Callahan
- *Pacific Paradise* (1937), as Woman Kissing Naval Officer (uncredited)
- *Bad Guy* (1937), as Kitty Ryan
- *Secret Valley* (1937), as Joan Carlo
- *Old Hutch* (1936), as Ethel
- *Our Relations* (1936), as Pirate's Club Customer (uncredited)
- *Violets in Spring* (1936), as Mary Jones
- *Don't Bet on Blondes* (1935), as Girl with Henry (Uncredited)
- *Flirtation Walk* (1934), as Chorus Girl (uncredited) — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/flirtation-walk.md)
- *Dames* (1934), as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
- *Secrets* (1933), as Audrey Carlton as a Child (uncredited)
- *Palmy Days* (1931), as Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
- *Misbehaving Ladies* (1931), as Hazel Boyd
- *The Michigan Kid* (1928), as Rose, as a child
- *Heart to Heart* (1928), as Hazel Boyd
- *Uncle Tom's Cabin* (1927), as Evangeline 'Eva' St. Clare

## Gallery

- ![Virginia Grey](https://film.one/media/person/1227130/gallery-6011592d43ad.jpg) Virginia Grey — Trailer screenshot, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf/Virginia_Grey_in_Dramatic_School_trailer.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Mona Ray (left) and Virginia Grey in the American drama film Uncle Tom's Cabin (1927).](https://film.one/media/person/1227130/gallery-7001c77e5010.jpg) Mona Ray (left) and Virginia Grey in the American drama film Uncle Tom's Cabin (1927). — Universal Pictures Corporation, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Mona_Ray_and_Virginia_Grey_in_Uncle_Tom%27s_Cabin.jpg/1280px-Mona_Ray_and_Virginia_Grey_in_Uncle_Tom%27s_Cabin.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![James B. Lowe (left) and Virginia Grey in the American drama film Uncle Tom's Cabin (1927).](https://film.one/media/person/1227130/gallery-6eefd1979a47.jpg) James B. Lowe (left) and Virginia Grey in the American drama film Uncle Tom's Cabin (1927). — Universal Pictures Corporation, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/James_B._Lowe_and_Virginia_Grey_in_Uncle_Tom%27s_Cabin.jpg/1280px-James_B._Lowe_and_Virginia_Grey_in_Uncle_Tom%27s_Cabin.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![(From center left) John Roche, Virginia Grey, and unidentified actress in the American drama film Uncle Tom's Cabin (1927).](https://film.one/media/person/1227130/gallery-03c06c75dae1.jpg) (From center left) John Roche, Virginia Grey, and unidentified actress in the American drama film Uncle Tom's Cabin (1927). — Universal Pictures Corporation, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/John_Roche_and_Virginia_Grey_in_Uncle_Tom%27s_Cabin.jpg/1280px-John_Roche_and_Virginia_Grey_in_Uncle_Tom%27s_Cabin.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Virginia Grey](https://film.one/media/person/1227130/gallery-5ae3c540c647.jpg) Virginia Grey — Image via TMDB
- ![Virginia Grey](https://film.one/media/person/1227130/gallery-a1e080031214.jpg) Virginia Grey — Image via TMDB
- ![Virginia Grey](https://film.one/media/person/1227130/gallery-9de87717117c.jpg) Virginia Grey — Image via TMDB
- ![Still from the American drama film Uncle Tom's Cabin (1927) with Mona Ray as Topsy, producer Carl Laemmle, and Virginia Grey as Eva, on page 11 of the March 19,](https://film.one/media/person/1227130/gallery-b7ea6052f3e2.jpg) Still from the American drama film Uncle Tom's Cabin (1927) with Mona Ray as Topsy, producer Carl Laemmle, and Virginia Grey as Eva, on page 11 of the March 19, — Universal Pictures, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4f/Uncle_Tom%27s_Cabin_%281927%29_-_4.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Virginia Grey](https://film.one/media/person/1227130/gallery-0ddfd095af28.jpg) Virginia Grey — Image via TMDB

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