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Virginia Vale

Virginia Vale

Actor

Born May 20, 1920 in Dallas, Texas, USA

Died September 14, 2006

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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.

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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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Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch Poster

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch Feature Film1976Heroine

Crime, Inc. Poster

Crime, Inc. Feature Film1945Trixie Waters

Broadway Big Shot Poster

Broadway Big Shot Feature Film1942Betty Collins

Cactus Capers Short Film1942Miss Martin

Keep Shooting Poster

Keep Shooting Short Film1942Senorita Carlos

Range Rhythm Poster

Range Rhythm Short Film1942Virginia Vale

A Panic in the Parlor Poster

A Panic in the Parlor Short Film1941Mrs. Vivian Errol

Blonde Comet Poster

Blonde Comet Feature Film1941Beverly Blake

California or Bust Short Film1941Grace Lynn

Prairie Spooners Short Film1941Virginia

Red Skins and Red Heads Short Film1941Virginia

Repent at Leisure Poster

Repent at Leisure Feature Film1941Elevator Girl

Robbers of the Range Poster

Robbers of the Range Feature Film1941Alice Tremaine

South of Panama Poster

South of Panama Feature Film1941Janice 'Jan' Martin, aka Dolores Esteban

The Fired Man Poster

The Fired Man Short Film1941Mrs. Errol

The Gay Falcon Poster

The Gay Falcon Feature Film1941Hysterical Woman

The Musical Bandit Poster

The Musical Bandit Short Film1941Virginia Porter

Unexpected Uncle Poster

Unexpected Uncle Feature Film1941Telephone Girl

Bullet Code Poster

Bullet Code Feature Film1940Molly Mathews

Corralling a Schoolmarm Poster

Corralling a Schoolmarm Short Film1940Schoolmarm Alice Lorraine

Legion of the Lawless Poster

Legion of the Lawless Feature Film1940Ellen Ives

Millionaires in Prison Poster

Millionaires in Prison Feature Film1940May Thomas

Prairie Law Poster

Prairie Law Feature Film1940Priscilla Brambull

Stage to Chino Poster

Stage to Chino Feature Film1940Caroline McKay

Triple Justice Poster

Triple Justice Feature Film1940Lorna Payson

You Can't Fool Your Wife Poster

You Can't Fool Your Wife Feature Film1940Sally

Ambush Feature Film1939Waitress at Restaurant

Disbarred Poster

Disbarred Feature Film1939Airline Stewardess

Persons in Hiding Poster

Persons in Hiding Feature Film1939Flo

The Marshal of Mesa City Poster

The Marshal of Mesa City Feature Film1939Virginia King

Three Sons Poster

Three Sons Feature Film1939Phoebe Pardway

Unmarried Poster

Unmarried Feature Film1939Betty

Cocoanut Grove Poster

Cocoanut Grove Feature Film1938Hazel De Vore

Her Jungle Love Poster

Her Jungle Love Feature Film1938Eleanor Martin

King of Alcatraz Poster

King of Alcatraz Feature Film1938Dixie

The Big Broadcast of 1938 Poster

The Big Broadcast of 1938 Feature Film1938Joan Fielding

The Buccaneer Poster

The Buccaneer Feature Film1938

Night Club Scandal Poster

Night Club Scandal Feature Film1937Marlans' Maid

True Confession Poster

True Confession Feature Film1937Brunette Girl

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