Biography

Born into a show-business family--her father was a director and her mother was a film cutter--Virginia Grey made her film debut at age 10 as Eva in Uncle Tom's Cabin (1927). After a few more films as a child actress, she left the business to finish her schooling. Returning to films as an adult in the 1930s, she started out getting extra work and bit parts, but soon graduated to speaking roles and was eventually signed to a contract by MGM. The studio gave her leading parts in "B" pictures and supporting roles in "A" pictures. She left MGM in 1942 and went out on her own, working at almost every studio in Hollywood. She worked steadily in both films and TV, and retired from the business in 1970.

Actress

Arthur Hailey's the Moneychangers(1976)as Miss Callahan

The Lives of Jenny Dolan(1975)as Landlady

Love, American Style(1969)

Marcus Welby, M.D.(1969)as Mrs. Cavanaugh

Airport(1970)as Mrs. Schultz

Soundtrack

That's Entertainment!(1974)

Men in Her Diary(1945)

Flame of Barbary Coast(1945)

Tarzan's New York Adventure(1942)

Washington Melodrama(1941)

Self

Biography(1987)as Self

Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star(2002)as Self - Actress

The 2th Annual American Cinema Awards(1985)as Self

Hollywood Greats(1977)as Self

Here's Hollywood(1960)as Self

Archive Footage

Compression(1995)as Self

Hollywood, la vie rêvée de Lana Turner(2019)as Self

The Green Fog(2017)as Miss Lee

11th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards(2005)as Self - Memorial Tribute

TCM Remembers 2004(2004)as Self, actress

Known for

Airport1970 · Actress Unknown Island1948 · Actress The Women1939 · Actress Another Thin Man1939 · Actress

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Virginia Grey and Chester Morris in Thunder Afloat (1939)

Wallace Beery and Virginia Grey in Thunder Afloat (1939)

Virginia Grey and Helene Thimig in Strangers in the Night (1944)

Virginia Grey, William Terry, and Helene Thimig in Strangers in the Night (1944)

Virginia Grey and William Terry in Strangers in the Night (1944)

Credit Score: Virginia Grey

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Airport

Mrs. Schultz

Thu Mar 19 1970

#	Name	Score	Year	Known	★	Wins	Noms	Votes
1	Airport	10.00	1970	•	6.6	1	10	24540
2	All That Heaven Allows	5.00	1955	•	7.6	0	0	18580
3	The Women	5.00	1939	•	7.7	0	0	16107
4	The Naked Kiss	4.88	1964	•	7.2	0	0	9659
5	Another Thin Man	4.88	1939	•	7.4	0	0	8846
6	The Threat	3.25	1949	•	6.7	0	0	1275
7	House of Horrors	3.25	1946	•	6.1	0	0	1498
8	Smooth as Silk	3.25	1946	•	6.2	0	0	447
9	Tarzan's New York Adventure	3.25	1942	•	6.5	0	0	3860
10	Unknown Island	3.09	1948	•	5.0	0	0	933