Virginia Bruce

September 29, 1910 · Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Virginia Bruce (September 29, 1910 – February 24, 1982) was an American actress and singer.

Born Helen Virginia Briggs in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In 1928, she moved with her family to Los Angeles intending to enroll in the University of California, Los Angeles when a friendly wager sent her seeking film work. She got it as an extra in Why Bring That Up?. In 1930 she appeared on Broadway in the musical Smiles, followed by America's Sweetheart in 1931.

Often works with

James Stewart
3 titles together
That's Entertainment!, Born to Dance, The Murder Man
William Demarest
3 titles together
Night Has a Thousand Eyes, Pardon My Sarong, The Murder Man
George Chandler
3 titles together
Pardon My Sarong, The Murder Man, There Goes My Heart
Robert Armstrong
3 titles together
There Goes My Heart, Action in Arabia, Pirate Party on Catalina Isle
Reginald Owen
2 titles together
The Great Ziegfeld, Downstairs
Ray Bolger
2 titles together
The Great Ziegfeld, That's Entertainment!

Full filmography · 73

That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
19747.4
Strangers When We Meet
as Mrs. Wagner
19606.4
The Reluctant Bride
as Laura Weeks
1955
The Plague
as Nurse
1954
State Department: File 649
as Marge
1949
Night Has a Thousand Eyes
as Jenny
19486.8
Love, Honor and Goodbye
as Roberta Baxter
1945
Brazil
as Nicky Henderson
1944
Action in Arabia
as Yvonne
1944
Careful, Soft Shoulders
as Connie Mathers
1942
Pardon My Sarong
as Joan Marshall
19426.5
Butch Minds the Baby
as Susie O'Neill
1942