Biographie
Virginia Lee was best-known for her small, but key role, as "Jeannie" in the jazz bar scene of the classic film noir, D.O.A. (1949). While the central character, "Frank Bigelow" (Edmond O'Brien), focuses on picking her up, a shady character in an overcoat slips poison into his drink.
Apart from "D.O.A.", Lee was relegated to minor roles in low-budget films and TV supporting roles, billed also as Virginia Lindley and Virginia Lee.
She also played supporting roles in The Black Widow (1947), In Like Flint (1967), Gunsmoke (1955), Death Valley Days (1952), as well as a recurrent role in My Three Sons (1960), playing Uncle Charlie's girlfriend.
She was born on July 23, 1924, to Jesse and Ollie Elizabeth Roberds, in Roseville, Michigan. She grew up in Redondo Beach, California, where she attended Redondo High School, majoring in Latin. She studied acting, graduating from the Pasadena Playhouse.
She was a a favorite of World War II G.I.'s as a pin-up girl, and entertained troops with the U.S.O. She worked in radio and also appeared on magazine covers and billboard ads. She was a Sunday School teacher with the Baptist Church and, later, was a Children's music director in the LDS Church.
Later in life, she was a teacher in a private Christian School, for approximately 15 years.
She was survived by her son, Stephen Davis, and a daughter, Sally Smith, and four grandchildren.
She died on Nov. 22, 2008 and was buried at Tan-Yan Cemetery in Camas Valley, Oregon.
