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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Virginia Dale (July 1, 1917 – October 3, 1994) was an American film actress, who was born Virginia Paxton, in Charlotte, North Carolina. She appeared in a number of movies in the 1930s and 1940s, including Holiday Inn, and became particularly associated with musicals. While working as one of the dancing Paxton Sisters in New York City, she was discovered by Darryl F. Zanuck who signed her to a contract with 20th Century Fox. She appeared in a number of movies in the late 1930s and 1940s, including Holiday Inn, in which she dances and sings with Fred Astaire and Bing Crosby. In the 1950s, she worked mainly in television series such as The Adventures of Kit Carson, Highway Patrol, and The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp. She left the movie business in 1958, but returned to acting for a few films in the 1980s. She never married nor had any children. Jean died in Burbank, California, and is interred in Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills). Description above from the Wikipedia article Virginia Dale, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Archive Footage

"All -Singing All-Dancing" Before And After

2006

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Miss Taylor

Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder

1987

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3rd Abolitionist

North and South

1985

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Lillian

His Mistress

1984

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(archive footage)

That's Entertainment!

1974

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Code 3

1957

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Highway Patrol

1955

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The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

1955

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Buffalo Bill Jr.

1955

5.3

The Adventures of Kit Carson

1951

Credits

"All -Singing All-Dancing" Before And After

as Archive Footage

2006

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Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder

as Miss Taylor

1987

6.5

North and South

as 3rd Abolitionist

1985

7.4

🎬

His Mistress

as Lillian

1984

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That's Entertainment!

as (archive footage)

1974

7.4

Code 3

1957

5.3

Highway Patrol

1955

5.8

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

1955

6.8

Buffalo Bill Jr.

1955

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The Adventures of Kit Carson

1951

5.3

Danger Zone

as Claire Underwood

1951

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Strike It Rich

as Mabel

1948

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Docks of New Orleans

as Rene Blanchette

1948

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Dragnet

as Irene Trilling

1947

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The Hucksters

as Kimberly Receptionist

1947

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Fall Guy

as Marie

1947

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Headin' for God's Country

as Laurie Lane

1943

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Holiday Inn

as Lila Dixon

1942

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World Premiere

as Lee Morrisson

1941

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Kiss the Boys Goodbye

as Gwendolyn Abbott

1941

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The Singing Hill

as Jo Adams

1941

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Las Vegas Nights

as Patsy Grant

1941

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Love Thy Neighbor

as Virginia Astor

1940

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Dancing on a Dime

as Dolly Stewart

1940

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The Quarterback

as Kay Merrill

1940

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Fashion Horizons

1940

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Buck Benny Rides Again

as Virginia

1940

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Parole Fixer

as Enid Casserly

1940

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All Women Have Secrets

as Jennifer Warwick

1939

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Death of a Champion

as Patsy Doyle

1939

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The Kid From Texas

as 'Okay' Kinney

1939

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Idiot's Delight

as Francine Merle

1939

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Start Cheering

as Mabel

1938

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No Time to Marry

as Eleanor Winthrop

1938

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Missing Witnesses

as Mary Norton

1937

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Swing Banditry

as Virginia Paxton (uncredited)

1936

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Shadows of the West

as Lucy Norton

1921

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