Virginia Mayo
American actress (1920-2005) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 84
Virginia Mayo was an American actress. She was in a series of popular comedy films with Danny Kaye and was Warner Bros.' biggest box-office draw in the late 1940s.
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A life in dates
2005Died17 January 20051995
The Naked TruthSeries, Virginia Mayo1993
Midnight WitnessFilm, Kitty1984
Murder, She WroteSeries, Elinor1977Lanigan's RabbiSeries1973
Police StorySeries1970
Night GallerySeries1967
Fort UtahFilm, Linda Lee1966
Castle of EvilFilm, Mary Theresa 'Sable' Pulaski1963
Burke's LawSeries, Dr. Terry Foster1962
The Merv Griffin ShowSeries1961
The Mike Douglas ShowSeries1959
WestboundFilm, Norma Putnam1958
Fort DobbsFilm, Celia Gray1956
Congo CrossingFilm, Louise Whitman1955
Pearl of the South PacificFilm, Rita Delaine1953
Devil's CanyonFilm, Abby Nixon1952
She's Working Her Way Through CollegeFilm, Angela Gardner1951
Schlitz Playhouse of StarsSeries1950
BackfireFilm, Nurse Julie Benson1949
Colorado TerritoryFilm, Colorado Carson1948
The Ed Sullivan ShowSeries1947
Out of the BlueFilm, Deborah Tyler1946
The Best Years of Our LivesFilm, Marie Derry1944
The Princess and the PirateFilm, Princess Margaret1920Born30 November 1920
The Naked TruthSeries, Virginia Mayo1993Midnight WitnessFilm, Kitty1984Murder, She WroteSeries, Elinor1977Lanigan's RabbiSeries1973Police StorySeries1970Night GallerySeries1967Fort UtahFilm, Linda Lee1966Castle of EvilFilm, Mary Theresa 'Sable' Pulaski1963Burke's LawSeries, Dr. Terry Foster1962The Merv Griffin ShowSeries1961The Mike Douglas ShowSeries1959WestboundFilm, Norma Putnam1958Fort DobbsFilm, Celia Gray1956Congo CrossingFilm, Louise Whitman1955Pearl of the South PacificFilm, Rita Delaine1953Devil's CanyonFilm, Abby Nixon1952She's Working Her Way Through CollegeFilm, Angela Gardner1951Schlitz Playhouse of StarsSeries1950BackfireFilm, Nurse Julie Benson1949Colorado TerritoryFilm, Colorado Carson1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSeries1947Out of the BlueFilm, Deborah Tyler1946The Best Years of Our LivesFilm, Marie Derry1944The Princess and the PirateFilm, Princess Margaret1920Born30 November 1920People around Virginia
Samuel Goldwyn Produced The Best Years of Our Lives (1947)
Raoul Walsh Directed White Heat and Colorado Territory- Gordon Douglas Directed The Iron Mistress and The Big Land
- Henry Blanke Produced King Richard and the Crusaders (1954)
David Butler Directed The Princess and the Pirate (1944)
Roy Del Ruth Directed The West Point Story and Red Light
Anthony Veiller Produced Colorado Territory (1949)
Steve Cochran Also in The Best Years of Our Lives (1947)
Fred Kelsey Also in The Silver Chalice (1954)
Danny Kaye Also in The Kid from Brooklyn and Wonder Man
Max Steiner Wrote White Heat and The Flame and the Arrow- Jacques Tourneur Directed The Flame and the Arrow (1950)
H. Bruce Humberstone Directed Wonder Man (1945)- Norman Z. McLeod Directed The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947)
Michael Pate Also in The Silver Chalice (1954)
David Buttolph Wrote Colorado Territory (1949)
Richard L. Bare Directed Flaxy Martin and Smart Girls Don't Talk
A. C. Lyles Produced Young Fury and Fort Utah
Louis F. Edelman Produced White Heat and The West Point Story
Benedict Bogeaus Produced Pearl of the South Pacific (1955)
Gene Nelson Also in Painting the Clouds with Sunshine (1951)
Helen Westcott Also in Smart Girls Don't Talk and Flaxy Martin
Ray Teal Also in Along the Great Divide (1951)
Jerome Cowan Also in The Kid from Brooklyn (1946)
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White Heat 1949
The Best Years of Our Lives 1946
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. 1951
Colorado Territory 1949
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty 1947
Filmography 40
77 credits on file
Television 14
Media & music
Photos 8
Mayo in the 1940s
Pin-up photo of Mayo for Yank, the Army Weekly in 1944
Mayo with James Cagney in White Heat (1949)
Virginia Mayo in The Flame and the Arrow (1950)
Mayo with Gene Nelson in She's Working Her Way Through College (1952)
Mayo on the cover of Argentinian magazine Radiofilm, October 1957
Mayo with her husband Michael O'Shea, 1955Awards
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She is also known for her roles in the war drama The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), the film noir White Heat (1949), and the war adventure Captain Horatio Hornblower (1951).
Country
United States
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1920 to 2005 · aged 84
