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name: "Virginia Mayo"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/virginia-mayo"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "30 November 1920"
died: "17 January 2005"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-20T01:30:15.990044+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."
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# Virginia Mayo

Actor. Born 30 November 1920 in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA. Died 17 January 2005.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 30 November 1920, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
- **Died:** 17 January 2005
- **Also known as:** Virginia Clara Jones, Ginny, ویرجینیا مایو
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Mayo, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q232245, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0562920/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/13579

## Streaming the US now

- **Pluto TV:** [*The Best Years of Our Lives*](https://film.one/film/the-best-years-of-our-lives.md) (90)

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## Biography

Virginia Mayo was an American actress. Born Virginia Clara Jones in St. Louis, Missouri, she began in vaudeville before moving into films in the 1940s.

She appeared as Marie Derry in *The Best Years of Our Lives* (1946) and as Verna Jarrett in *White Heat* (1949). She featured in several comedies with Danny Kaye and was a leading player at Warner Bros. in the late 1940s. Further credits include *The Secret Life of Walter Mitty* (1947), *Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.* (1951) and *The Flame and the Arrow* (1950).

Mayo continued working in film and television into the 1980s and 1990s. She was married to actor Michael O'Shea from 1947 until his death in 1973.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Best Years of Our Lives* (1946), Fi1m 90, as Marie Derry — [page](https://film.one/film/the-best-years-of-our-lives.md)

## Complete filmography (64)

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

- *The Man Next Door* (1997), as Lucia
- *The Naked Truth* (1995), series, as Virginia Mayo
- *Midnight Witness* (1993), as Kitty
- *Evil Spirits* (1991), as Janet Wilson
- *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), series, as Elinor
- *Santa Barbara* (1984), series, Actor
- *Remington Steele* (1982), series, as Virginia Mayo
- *French Quarter* (1978), as Countess Willie Piazza / Ida
- *Haunted* (1977), as Michelle
- *Lanigan's Rabbi* (1977), series, Actor
- *Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood* (1976), as Miss Battley
- *Fugitive Lovers* (1975), as Liz Trent
- *Police Story* (1973), series, Actor
- *Night Gallery* (1970), series, Actor
- *The Outsider* (1968), series, Actor
- *Fort Utah* (1967), as Linda Lee
- *Castle of Evil* (1966), as Mary Theresa 'Sable' Pulaski
- *Young Fury* (1964), as Sara McCoy
- *Burke's Law* (1963), series, as Dr. Terry Foster
- *Revolt of the Mercenaries* (1961), as Lady Patrizia, Duchessa di Rivalta
- *Jet Over The Atlantic* (1959), as Jean Gurney
- *Westbound* (1959), as Norma Putnam
- *Fort Dobbs* (1958), as Celia Gray
- *The Tall Stranger* (1957), as Ellen
- *The Story of Mankind* (1957), as Cleopatra
- *The Big Land* (1957), as Helen Jagger
- *Congo Crossing* (1956), as Louise Whitman
- *Great Day in the Morning* (1956), as Ann Merry Alaine
- *The Proud Ones* (1956), as Sally
- *Pearl of the South Pacific* (1955), as Rita Delaine
- *The Silver Chalice* (1954), as Helena
- *King Richard and the Crusaders* (1954), as Lady Edith Plantagenet
- *Letter to Loretta* (1953), series, as Myrna Nelson
- *Devil's Canyon* (1953), as Abby Nixon
- *South Sea Woman* (1953), as Ginger Martin
- *She's Back on Broadway* (1953), as Catherine Terris
- *The Iron Mistress* (1952), as Judalon de Bornay
- *She's Working Her Way Through College* (1952), as Angela Gardner
- *Starlift* (1951), as Virginia Mayo
- *Painting the Clouds with Sunshine* (1951), as Carol
- *Schlitz Playhouse of Stars* (1951), series, Actor
- *Along the Great Divide* (1951), as Ann Keith
- *Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.* (1951), as Lady Barbara Wellesley
- *The West Point Story* (1950), as Eve Dillon
- *The Flame and the Arrow* (1950), as Anne de Hesse
- *Backfire* (1950), as Nurse Julie Benson
- *Always Leave Them Laughing* (1949), as Nancy Eagen
- *Red Light* (1949), as Carla North
- *White Heat* (1949), as Verna Jarrett
- *The Girl from Jones Beach* (1949), as Ruth Wilson
- *Colorado Territory* (1949), as Colorado Carson
- *Flaxy Martin* (1949), as Flaxy Martin
- *A Song Is Born* (1948), as Honey Swanson
- *Smart Girls Don't Talk* (1948), as Linda Vickers
- *The Secret Life of Walter Mitty* (1947), as Rosalind van Hoorn
- *Out of the Blue* (1947), as Deborah Tyler
- *The Best Years of Our Lives* (1946), as Marie Derry — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/film/the-best-years-of-our-lives.md)
- *The Kid from Brooklyn* (1946), as Polly Pringle
- *Wonder Man* (1945), as Ellen Shanley
- *The Princess and the Pirate* (1944), as Princess Margaret
- *Seven Days Ashore* (1944), as Carol Dean
- *Up in Arms* (1944), as Joanna (uncredited)
- *Jack London* (1943), as Mamie
- *Follies Girl* (1943), as Chorine

## Gallery

- ![Virginia Mayo](https://film.one/media/person/1235304/gallery-301af9d09a6c.jpg) Virginia Mayo — movie studio, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/88/Virginia_Mayo_-_still.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![A promotional shot of Virginia Mayo. Reverse side blank (1940)](https://film.one/media/person/1235304/gallery-269c09515d49.jpg) A promotional shot of Virginia Mayo. Reverse side blank (1940) — RKO Studio Publicity, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c6/VIRGINIAMayo.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Ginny Mayo with Mike O'Shea, 1955](https://film.one/media/person/1235304/gallery-cb739ca521b8.jpg) Ginny Mayo with Mike O'Shea, 1955 — Fink [1], Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8a/Ginny_Mayo_with_Mike_O%27Shea%2C_1955.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![American baseball player and actor Chuck Connors and American actress Virginia Mayo (1953)](https://film.one/media/person/1235304/gallery-e11990e96b84.jpg) American baseball player and actor Chuck Connors and American actress Virginia Mayo (1953) — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Chuck_Connors_and_Virginia_Mayo_1953.jpg/1280px-Chuck_Connors_and_Virginia_Mayo_1953.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Virginia Mayo](https://film.one/media/person/1235304/gallery-ed8805e154a7.jpg) Virginia Mayo — Image via TMDB
- ![Virginia Mayo](https://film.one/media/person/1235304/gallery-726670448049.jpg) Virginia Mayo — Image via TMDB
- ![Virginia Mayo](https://film.one/media/person/1235304/gallery-36121265c981.jpg) Virginia Mayo — Image via TMDB
- ![L. to R.: Virginia Mayo, Nick Cravat & Robin Hughes (behind him) in The Flame and the Arrow - trailer (cropped screenshot) (1950)](https://film.one/media/person/1235304/gallery-c6e7781cf098.jpg) L. to R.: Virginia Mayo, Nick Cravat & Robin Hughes (behind him) in The Flame and the Arrow - trailer (cropped screenshot) (1950) — Film trailer screenshot (Warner Bros.), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cd/The_Flame_and_the_Arrow_%281950%29_trailer_5.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Virginia Mayo and Michael O'Shea in Jack London (1943) - cropped screenshot.](https://film.one/media/person/1235304/gallery-d197d0f8a040.jpg) Virginia Mayo and Michael O'Shea in Jack London (1943) - cropped screenshot. — film screenshot (Samuel Bronston Prod. / United Artists), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/Virginia_Mayo-Michael_O%27Shea_in_Jack_London.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Virginia Mayo](https://film.one/media/person/1235304/gallery-e5469290d37e.jpg) Virginia Mayo — Image via TMDB
- ![Virginia Mayo](https://film.one/media/person/1235304/gallery-c179ced283de.jpg) Virginia Mayo — Image via TMDB
- ![Virginia Mayo](https://film.one/media/person/1235304/gallery-3991431ca852.jpg) Virginia Mayo — Image via TMDB

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