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Virginia Bruce

Virginia Bruce

Actor

Born September 29, 1910 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Died February 24, 1982

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Virginia Bruce (September 29, 1910 – February 24, 1982) was an American actress and singer.

Born Helen Virginia Briggs in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In 1928, she moved with her family to Los Angeles intending to enroll in the University of California, Los Angeles when a friendly wager sent her seeking film work. She got it as an extra in Why Bring That Up?. In 1930 she appeared on Broadway in the musical Smiles, followed by America's Sweetheart in 1931.

She returned to Hollywood in 1932, where on August 10, 1932, she married John Gilbert, her co-star in the film Downstairs. She retired briefly after the birth of their daughter Susan Ann Gilbert. The couple divorced in 1934, and Virginia returned to a hectic schedule of film appearances. Gilbert died two years later in 1936.

Bruce introduced the Cole Porter standard "I've Got You Under My Skin" in the film Born to Dance and co-starred in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer musical The Great Ziegfeld. One of her final film appearances was in Strangers When We Meet.

In 1949, Bruce starred in a daily 30-minute radio drama. Make Believe Town was an afternoon program on CBS.

Bruce married her second husband, film director J. Walter Ruben, in 1937, making the Wallace Beery western The Bad Man of Brimstone with him that year. Together they had a son named Christopher (b. 1941), before Ruben's death in 1942. In 1946, Bruce married Ali Ipar. They divorced in 1951 in order for him to receive a commission in the Turkish Military (which forbade promotions of men married to foreigners), but remarried in 1952 before divorcing again in 1964.

Bruce died of cancer on February 24, 1982, at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, California. She was 71.

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Action in Arabia - Trailer

PARDON MY SARONG Trailer

Pardon My Sarong (1942) ORIGINAL TRAILER

La Mujer Invisible (The Invisible Woman) (A. Edward Sutherland, EEUU, 1940) - Official Trailer

Let Freedom Ring (Original Theatrical Trailer)

The First Hundred Years! (1939)

Born to Dance - Trailer

Downstairs (1932) - John Gilbert

Filmography

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Type

Year

Ziegfeld Girl Intro Documentary2004Audrey Dane

Complicated Women Poster

Complicated Women Documentary2003Self

Madame Wang's Poster

Madame Wang's Feature Film1981Madame Wang

AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to James Stewart Poster

AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to James Stewart Documentary1980Actress 'The Murder Man

That's Entertainment! Poster

That's Entertainment! Documentary1974Clip from 'The Great Ziegfeld'

The Invisible Woman Short Film1966Kitty Carroll

Hollywood Without Make-Up Poster

Hollywood Without Make-Up Documentary1963Self

Strangers When We Meet Poster

Strangers When We Meet Feature Film1960Mrs. Wagner

Matinee Theatre Poster

Matinee Theatre TV Series1955Margaret Ames

Science Fiction Theatre Poster

Science Fiction Theatre TV Series1955Dr. Myrna Griffin

Two Grooms for a Bride Poster

Two Grooms for a Bride Feature Film1955Laura Weeks

Studio 57 Poster

Studio 57 TV Series1954Beth Breen

General Electric Theater Poster

General Electric Theater TV Series1953Adele

The Loretta Young Show Poster

The Loretta Young Show TV Series1953Dee Norman

Istanbul Poster

Istanbul Feature Film1952Nurse

The Ford Television Theatre Poster

The Ford Television Theatre TV Series1952Ruth Crest

Lux Video Theatre Poster

Lux Video Theatre TV Series1950Jo Cathcart Archer

The Bigelow Theatre Poster

The Bigelow Theatre TV Series19501 episode, 1951

State Department: File 649 Poster

State Department: File 649 Feature Film1949Marge Walden

The Silver Theatre Poster

The Silver Theatre TV Series19491 episode, 1950

Night Has a Thousand Eyes Poster

Night Has a Thousand Eyes Feature Film1948Jenny

Love, Honor and Goodbye Poster

Love, Honor and Goodbye Feature Film1945Roberta Baxter

Action in Arabia Poster

Action in Arabia Feature Film1944Yvonne Danesco

Brazil Feature Film1944Nicky Henderson

Butch Minds the Baby Poster

Butch Minds the Baby Feature Film1942Susie O'Neill

Careful, Soft Shoulders Poster

Careful, Soft Shoulders Feature Film1942Connie Mathers

Pardon My Sarong Poster

Pardon My Sarong Feature Film1942Joan Marshall

Adventure in Washington Poster

Adventure in Washington Feature Film1941Jane Scott

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards Poster

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards Documentary1940Self

Flight Angels Poster

Flight Angels Feature Film1940Mary Norvell

Hired Wife Poster

Hired Wife Feature Film1940Phyllis Walden

The Invisible Woman Poster

The Invisible Woman Feature Film1940Kitty Carroll

The Man Who Talked Too Much Poster

The Man Who Talked Too Much Feature Film1940Joan Reed

Hollywood Hobbies Poster

Hollywood Hobbies Short Film1939Self

Land of Liberty Poster

Land of Liberty Feature Film1939

Let Freedom Ring Poster

Let Freedom Ring Feature Film1939Maggie Adams

Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 9 Poster

Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 9 Documentary1939Self - horse owner

Society Lawyer Poster

Society Lawyer Feature Film1939Pat Abbott

Stronger Than Desire Poster

Stronger Than Desire Feature Film1939Elizabeth Flagg

Arsène Lupin Returns Poster

Arsène Lupin Returns Feature Film1938Lorraine de Grissac

Behind the Movie Lens Short Film1938Self

Hollywood Goes to Town Poster

Hollywood Goes to Town Short Film1938Self

There Goes My Heart Poster

There Goes My Heart Feature Film1938Joan Butterfield

There's That Woman Again Poster

There's That Woman Again Feature Film1938Sally Reardon

Woman Against Woman Poster

Woman Against Woman Feature Film1938Maris Kent

Yellow Jack Poster

Yellow Jack Feature Film1938Frances Blake

Between Two Women Poster

Between Two Women Feature Film1937Patricia Sloan

The Bad Man of Brimstone Poster

The Bad Man of Brimstone Feature Film1937Loretta Douglas

The First Hundred Years Poster

The First Hundred Years Feature Film1937Lynn Conway

When Love Is Young Poster

When Love Is Young Feature Film1937Wanda Werner

Wife, Doctor and Nurse Poster

Wife, Doctor and Nurse Feature Film1937Steve aka Miss Stephens

Women of Glamour Poster

Women of Glamour Feature Film1937Gloria Hudson

Born to Dance Poster

Born to Dance Feature Film1936Lucy James

Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 1 Poster

Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 1 Short Film1936Self

The Garden Murder Case Poster

The Garden Murder Case Feature Film1936Zalia Graem

The Great Ziegfeld Poster

The Great Ziegfeld Feature Film1936Audrey Dane

A Dream Comes True Poster

A Dream Comes True Documentary1935Self

Escapade Poster

Escapade Feature Film1935Gerta

Here Comes the Band Poster

Here Comes the Band Feature Film1935Margaret Jones

Let 'em Have It Poster

Let 'em Have It Feature Film1935Eleanor Spencer

Metropolitan Poster

Metropolitan Feature Film1935Anne Merrill

Pirate Party on Catalina Isle Poster

Pirate Party on Catalina Isle Short Film1935Virginia Bruce

Shadow of Doubt Poster

Shadow of Doubt Feature Film1935Trenna Plaice

Society Doctor Poster

Society Doctor Feature Film1935Madge Wilson

The Murder Man Poster

The Murder Man Feature Film1935Mary Shannon

Times Square Lady Poster

Times Square Lady Feature Film1935Toni Bradley

Dangerous Corner Poster

Dangerous Corner Feature Film1934Ann Peel

Jane Eyre Poster

Jane Eyre Feature Film1934Jane Eyre

The Mighty Barnum Poster

The Mighty Barnum Feature Film1934Jenny Lind

Downstairs Poster

Downstairs Feature Film1932Anna - Albert's Wife

Kongo Feature Film1932Ann Whitehall

Sky Bride Poster

Sky Bride Feature Film1932Ruth Dunning

The Miracle Man Poster

The Miracle Man Feature Film1932Margaret Thornton

Winner Take All Poster

Winner Take All Feature Film1932Joan Gibson

Hell Divers Poster

Hell Divers Feature Film1931Girl

Follow Thru Poster

Follow Thru Feature Film1930Woman in Ladies' Locker Room

Let's Go Native Poster

Let's Go Native Feature Film1930Wendell Sr.'s Secretary

Lilies of the Field Poster

Lilies of the Field Feature Film1930Doris

Only the Brave Poster

Only the Brave Feature Film1930Elizabeth

Paramount on Parade Poster

Paramount on Parade Feature Film1930Chorine

Raffles Feature Film1930Gwen's Friend

Safety in Numbers Poster

Safety in Numbers Feature Film1930Alma McGregor

Slightly Scarlet Poster

Slightly Scarlet Feature Film1930Enid Corbett

The Social Lion Poster

The Social Lion Feature Film1930Society Girl

Whoopee! Poster

Whoopee! Feature Film1930Goldwyn Girl

Young Eagles Poster

Young Eagles Feature Film1930Florence Welford

Blue Skies Poster

Blue Skies Feature Film1929Party Guest

Fashions in Love Poster

Fashions in Love Feature Film1929

Fugitives Poster

Fugitives Feature Film1929Bit Part

Hard to Get Poster

Hard to Get Feature Film1929Young Woman

Illusion Poster

Illusion Feature Film1929Party Guest

Pointed Heels Poster

Pointed Heels Feature Film1929Chorus Girl

The Love Parade Poster

The Love Parade Feature Film1929Lady-in-waiting

The River of Romance Poster

The River of Romance Feature Film1929Southern Belle

Why Bring That Up? Poster

Why Bring That Up? Feature Film1929Chorus Girl

Woman Trap Poster

Woman Trap Feature Film1929Nurse

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