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Virginia Vale

Virginia Vale

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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. Career 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.

Personal information

Birthday

1920-05-20

Birth Place

Dallas, Texas, USA

Movies and TV shows :

A Panic in the Parlor

A Panic in the Parlor

1941

0.0

Movie
Blonde Comet

Blonde Comet

1941

5.2

Movie
Broadway Big Shot

Broadway Big Shot

1942

0.0

Movie
Bullet Code

Bullet Code

1940

5.6

Movie
Cocoanut Grove

Cocoanut Grove

1938

0.0

Movie
Crime, Inc.

Crime, Inc.

1945

4.2

Movie
Disbarred

Disbarred

1939

6.0

Movie
Her Jungle Love

Her Jungle Love

1938

6.2

Movie
King of Alcatraz

King of Alcatraz

1938

5.7

Movie
Legion of the Lawless

Legion of the Lawless

1940

5.2

Movie
Millionaires in Prison

Millionaires in Prison

1940

6.0

Movie
poster

New Amsterdam

2018

8.4

TV
Night Club Scandal

Night Club Scandal

1937

4.0

Movie
Persons in Hiding

Persons in Hiding

1939

3.5

Movie
Prairie Law

Prairie Law

1940

5.5

Movie
Red Skins and Red Heads

Red Skins and Red Heads

1941

0.0

Movie
Repent at Leisure

Repent at Leisure

1941

5.7

Movie
Robbers of the Range

Robbers of the Range

1941

7.0

Movie
South of Panama

South of Panama

1941

6.0

Movie
Stage to Chino

Stage to Chino

1940

4.8

Movie
The Big Broadcast of 1938

The Big Broadcast of 1938

1938

6.0

Movie
The Gay Falcon

The Gay Falcon

1941

6.2

Movie
The Marshal Of Mesa City

The Marshal Of Mesa City

1939

8.0

Movie
Three Sons

Three Sons

1939

3.2

Movie
Triple Justice

Triple Justice

1940

6.0

Movie
True Confession

True Confession

1937

5.8

Movie
Unmarried

Unmarried

1939

3.0

Movie
You Can't Fool Your Wife

You Can't Fool Your Wife

1940

4.5

Movie