Virginia Grey March 22 1917 July 31 2004 was an American actress She was born in Los Angeles California the daughter of director Ray Grey One of her early babysitters was Gloria Swanson Grey debuted at the age of ten in the silent film Uncle Toms Cabin 1927 as Little Eva She continued acting for a few more years but then left movies in order to finish her education Grey returned to films in the 1930s with bit parts and extra work but she eventually signed a contract with MGM and appeared in such movies as Another Thin Man Hullabaloo and The Big Store She played Consuela McNish in The Hardys Ride High 1939 with Mickey Rooney She left MGM in 1942 and signed with several different studios over the years working steadily During the 1950s and 1960s producer Ross Hunter frequently included Grey in his popular soap melodramas such as All That Heaven Allows Back Street and Madame X She had an on againoff again relationship with Clark Gable in the 1940s After his wife Carole Lombard died and he returned from military service Clark and Virginia were often seen at restaurants and nightclubs together Many including Virginia herself expected him to marry her The tabloids were all expecting the wedding announcement It was a great surprise when he hastily married Lady Sylvia Ashley in 1949 Virginia was heartbroken They divorced in 1952 but much to Virginias dismay their brief romance was never rekindled Her friends say that her hoping and waiting for Clark was the reason she never married She was a regular on television in the 1950s and 1960s appearing on Playhouse 90 General Electric Theater The DuPont Show with June Allyson Your Show of Shows Wagon Train Bonanza Marcus Welby MD Love American Style Burkes Law The Virginian Peter Gunn and many others She was portrayed by Anna Torv in the HBO Miniseries The Pacific Description above from the Wikipedia article Virginia Grey licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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