Virginia Vale

Female
May 20, 1920

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.

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Crime, Inc.
6.80
movie1945United States
Character: Trixie WatersCredit: Acting
Broadway Big Shot
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movie1942United States
Character: Betty CollinsCredit: Acting
Blonde Comet
6.80
movie1941United States
Character: Beverly BlakeCredit: Acting
The Gay Falcon
6.80
movie1941United States
Character: Hysterical Woman (uncredited)Credit: Acting
A Panic in the Parlor
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movie1941United States
Character: Mrs. Vivian ErrolCredit: Acting
South of Panama
6.80
movie1941United States
Character: Janice 'Jan' Martin, aka Dolores EstebanCredit: Acting
Robbers of the Range
6.90
movie1941United States
Character: Alice TremaineCredit: Acting
Red Skins and Red Heads
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movie1941United States
Character: Virginia (uncredited)Credit: Acting
Repent at Leisure
6.80
movie1941United States
Character: Elevator GirlCredit: Acting
Triple Justice
6.90
movie1940United States
Character: Lorna PaysonCredit: Acting
Stage to Chino
6.90
movie1940United States
Character: Caroline McKayCredit: Acting
Millionaires in Prison
6.80
movie1940United States
Character: May ThomasCredit: Acting
Prairie Law
6.90
movie1940United States
Character: Priscilla BrambullCredit: Acting
You Can't Fool Your Wife
6.80
movie1940United States
Character: SallyCredit: Acting
Bullet Code
6.90
movie1940United States
Character: Molly MatthewsCredit: Acting
Legion of the Lawless
6.90
movie1940United States
Character: Ellen IvesCredit: Acting
The Marshal Of Mesa City
6.90
movie1939United States
Character: Virginia KingCredit: Acting
Three Sons
6.90
movie1939United States
Character: Phoebe PardwayCredit: Acting
Unmarried
6.90
movie1939United States
Character: Betty (as Dorothy Howe)Credit: Acting
Persons in Hiding
6.90
movie1939United States
Character: FloCredit: Acting