Virginia Bruce(1910-1982)

Actress
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The Invisible Woman (1940)

American leading lady of the 1930s and 1940s, Virginia Bruce was born in Minnesota but grew up in Fargo, North Dakota, and came to California to attend college. Her blond good looks got her an entry into films, and after a few extra roles and bit parts she began to make serious inroads as a leading woman in secondary films and as the "other" woman in more prestigious productions. She married screen legend John Gilbert, then in his decline. Subsequently she was married to director J. Walter Ruben and to Turkish producer/director Ali Ipar, for whom she appeared in some Turkish films all but unseen in America. She died in 1982.

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Awards
- 6 wins total

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Known for

The Invisible Woman

5.9

Kitty Carroll

1940

There's That Woman Again

6.0

Sally Reardon

1938

Hired Wife

6.6

Phyllis Walden

1940

The Mighty Barnum

6.6

Jenny Lind

1934

Credits

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Actress

Madame Wang's
6.0
- Madame Wang
- 1981
Strangers When We Meet
7.1
- Mrs. Wagner
- 1960
The Ford Television Theatre
7.0
TV Series
- Ruth Crest
- 1952–1957
Lux Video Theatre
7.3
TV Series
- Mildred Pierce
- Jo Cathcart Archer
- Pauline Travis
- 1953–1956
Undercurrent
6.3
TV Series
- Beth Breen
- 1956
Studio 57
7.0
TV Series
- Maggie
- Beth Breen
- 1956
Matinee Theatre
6.7
TV Series
- Margaret Ames
- 1956
Science Fiction Theatre
8.1
TV Series
- Jean Gordon
- Dr. Myrna Griffin
- 1955
The Loretta Young Show
7.5
TV Series
- Dee Norman
- 1955
Two Grooms for a Bride
5.3
- Laura Weeks
- 1955
General Electric Theater
6.7
TV Series
- Adele
- 1953
Istanbul
6.3
- Nurse
- 1952
The Bigelow Theatre
7.4
TV Series
- 1951
The Silver Theatre
6.5
TV Series
- 1950
State Department: File 649
4.8
- Marge Walden
- 1949

Soundtrack

That's Entertainment!
7.8
- performer: "A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody" (1919) (uncredited)
- 1974
Born to Sing
5.8
- performer: "I've Got You Under My Skin"
- 1942
Society Lawyer
6.3
- performer: "I'm in Love with the Honorable Mr. So & So"
- 1939
Let Freedom Ring
6.3
- performer: "Love Serenade" (1939), "America, My Country 'Tis of Thee" (1832) (uncredited)
- 1939
Woman Against Woman
6.2
- performer: "I've Got You Under My Skin" (1936) (uncredited)
- 1938
Billy Rose's Casa Mañana Revue
5.6
Short
- performer: "The Night is Young and You're So Beautiful" (1936) (uncredited)
- 1938
The First Hundred Years
6.1
- performer: "Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet" (1909) (uncredited)
- 1937
When Love Is Young
6.5
- performer: "Did Anyone Ever Tell You?", "When Love Is Young", "I Love You Truly"
- 1937
Born to Dance
6.7
- performer: "Entrance of Lucy James" (1936), "Love Me, Love My Pekinese" (1936), "I've Got You Under My Skin" (1936) (uncredited)
- 1936
The Great Ziegfeld
6.6
- performer: "A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody" (1919), "You Never Looked So Beautiful" (1936) (uncredited)
- 1936
Metropolitan
6.3
- performer: "Micaëla's Aria" (uncredited)
- 1935
Here Comes the Band
5.8
- performer: "Tender Is the Night" (1935)
- 1935
Times Square Lady
6.0
- performer: "The Object of My Affection" (1934) (uncredited)
- 1935
Jane Eyre
4.4
- performer: "Schwanengesang" ("Swan song") D.957: Ständchen (Serenade)" (uncredited)
- 1934
Downstairs
7.0
- performer: "Schnitzelbank Song"
- 1932

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Personal details

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Height
- 5′ 6″ (1.68 m)
Born
- September 29, 1910
- Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Died
- February 24, 1982
- Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA(cancer)
Spouses
Parents
Relatives
- Stanley Morris Briggs(Sibling)
Other works
Stage: Appeared in "Smiles" on Broadway. Musical comedy. Music by Vincent Youmans. Based on material by William Anthony McGuire (also director). Lyrics by Clifford Grey and Harold Adamson. Additional lyrics by Ring Lardner. Music orchestrated by Paul Lannin. Musical Director: Frank Tours. Choreographed by Ned Wayburn. Ziegfeld Theatre: 18 Nov 1930-10 Jan 1931 (63 performances). Cast: Arline Aber, Charline Aber, Jean Ackerman, Larry Adler, Pirko Alquist, Adele Astaire (as "Dot Hastings"), Fred Astaire (as "Bob Hastings"), Mabel Baade, Elsie Behrens, Joey Benton, Virginia Biddle, Dorothy Bow, Bobby Broadsley, Virginia Bruce (as "Ensemble"; Broadway debut), Pamela Bryant, Katherine Burke, Georgia Caine, Irving Carter, Gordon Clark, Frank Coletti, Betty Collette, Mary Collins, Walter Costello, Gertrude Dahl, Louis Delgado, Claire Dodd (as "Clara"), Marion Dodge, Betty Dumbris, Madeline Dunbar, Marcelle Edwards, Georgia Ellis, Caja Eric, Louise Estes, Dorothy Flood, Eddie Foy Jr. (as "Gilbert Stone"), Agnes Franey, Paul Gregory, Maxine Gross, Burnie Halloway, Kathryn Hereford, Maurine Holmes, Bob Hope (as "Ensemble"), Meredith Howard, Tom Howard, Ken Huntington, Jackie Hurlbut, Lorraine Jaillet, David Johns, Juliette Jordan, Bernard Jukes, Harriette Lake, Marjorie LaVoe, Preston Lewis, Neva Lynn, Joe Lyons, Roy Mace, Martha Maggard, Pat Mann, Christine Maple, Rose Mariella, Doris May, Nellie Mayer, Constance McKenzie, Olive McLay, Marilyn Miller (as "Smiles"), Joseph Minitello, Hilda Moreno, Ruth Morgan, Patsy O'Day, Agnes O'Laughlin, Dorothy Patterson, Ruth Patterson, Peggy Peacock, Edward Raquello, Dolores Ray, Anna Rex, Adrian Rosely, Olga Royce, Charles Sager, Blanche Satchell, Phil Sheridan, Jack Spinello, Michael Stark, Ward Tallman, Ruth Tara, Norma Taylor, Harry Tighe, Lee Timmins, Helen Walsh, Jean Warren, Gil White. Produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.
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