Virginia Mayo Biography (1920-)

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Nationality
American
Gender
Female
Occupation
actress, dancer
Birth Details
November 30, 1920
St. Louis, Missouri

Famous Works

  • Debut
  • dancer with St. Louis Municipal Opera Company, Summer 1937.
  • New York Debut
  • vaudeville act called Pansy the Horse, Strand Theatre, 1937.
  • Principal Stage Appearances
  • Banjo Eyes, New York, 1940; Mrs. Astor's Pet Horse, Paramount Hotel, New York, 1941-42; Good News; Hello Dolly; Forty Carats; TheLoving Couch; That Certain Girl, Thunderbird Hotel, Las Vegas, 1967; How the Other Half Loves; Cactus Flower; Butterflies Are Free; Fiorello!; George Washington Slept Here; Tunnel of Love.
  • Major Tours
  • No, No Nanette, San Francisco, Chicago; Barefoot in the Park, United States and Canada, 1968-69; Too Many for the Bed (originallytitled Move Over, Mrs. Markham), Denver, CO, Texas, Arizona, Minneapolis, MN, Millburn, NJ, Hyannis, MA, Sacramento, CA, Florida, Chicago, Louisiana.
  • Film Debut
  • Princess, Princess and the Pirate, 1944.
  • Principal Films
  • Up in Arms; The Best Years of Our Lives; Smart Girls Don't Talk; Flaxy Martin; The Girl from Jones Beach; Backfire; Colorado Territory; White Heat; Always Leave Them Laughing; The Flame and the Arrow; South Sea Woman; Captain Horatio Hornblower; The West Point Story; Along the Great Divide; Painting the Clouds with Sunshine; Starlift; She's Working Her Way Through College; The Iron Mistress; She's Back on Broadway; King Richard and the Crusaders; The Silver Chalice; Great Day in the Morning; Congo Crossing; Kid from Brooklyn; Wonder Man; A Son is Born; Out of the Blue; Seven Days Ashore; Proud Ones; Big Land; Fort Utah; Young Fury; Fort Dobbs; Devil's Canyon; Tall Stranger; Jack London; Westbound; Red Light; The Haunting; French Quarter;Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood.
  • Television Appearances
  • Police Story; The Outsider; Night Gallery; Bob Hope Specials; Daktari;Dinah Shore Show; A.M. New York; Mike Douglas Show; Castle of Evil; Lannigan's Rabbi; Merv Griffin Show.