As the worldly-wise salesgirl who's wise to Joan Crawford in "The Women" ("Holy mackerel, what a line!")...as the babe who fell asleep waiting for "Test Pilot" Clark Gable (a real-life companion)...as one of the suspects in "Another Thin Man"...as Rock Hudson's warm, earthy friend in this film...Virginia Grey is always a delight!
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Hello, d - I'm glad to hear from another Virginia Grey fan. She was one of a kind.
I've seen a TCM interview clip of Virginia in which she said that she got more fan mail about that scene in "The Women" than on anything else in her long career. She was so beautiful, and so funny in that, it really did make an impression. The first time I saw that scene, I laughed so hard, I woke my mom from a sound sleep at the other end of the house! And to this day, my sister and I quote Joan's line, directed at Virginia, "So help me, I'm gonna slug you!"
Thanks for sharing my Virginia Grey memories!
I liked her too -- and thought she was a very underrated actress. Wasn't she also in "Female On the Beach" with Joan Crawford and Jeff Chandler. That's another of my favorites -- so campy and so Crawford.
shareI just saw ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS on TCM today, and after looking for information on the film on imdb, saw your postings. I like Virginia Grey very much, but am also intrigued by her. She seemed to be such a private person. Around a year ago, I published THE BENNETTS, a biography of Richard, Constance and Joan Bennett. While writing the book, I wrote to Ms. Grey, asking for information about activity on the set of Constance Bennett's final film, MADAME X. I wrote repeatedly over a period of several months, yet she never responded, which I understand from other film writer friends was par for the course. Was it the business with Gable that made her to reluctant to speak with interviewers? But if she was a lousy correspondent, she was certainly an appealing actress. I think she's especially good in THE ROSE TATTOO and JEANNE EAGELS.
shareIf youhad only read the imdb profile of her you would have know she was already dead when you wrote to her.
shareI want to correct a mistake I made on this Virginia Grey thread. She wasn't in "Female on the Beach" with Joan Crawford. That was Jan Sterling.
My bad.
Virginia Grey is lovely. Only time I didn't like her was when she played a brown-noser cop's wife in "Crime of Passion".
shareI agree. Love Virginia Grey in many of her films. Liked the way that Barbara Stanwyck turned the tables on her unlikeable character in Crime of Passion. Yet these types of female characters did exist at that time. Some still do.
shareShe was in a Tammy movie - the first one with Sandra Dee. She plays the Dean of Women - she is so thin!
I'm really glad to see I'm not the only fan. Love "The Women", too.
Absolutely. A very attractive woman. One of the most attractive women I've ever seen. Maybe the most.
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