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Virginia Mayo

Virginia Mayo, 1944

Virginia Mayo (born November 30, 1920, St. Louis, Missouri, USA) was an American film actress, real name Virginia Clara Jones . She started her career as a dancer, then signed a contract with Samuel Goldwyn and appeared in several of Goldwyn's movies. With Danny Kaye she made some successful comedies, including: Wonder Man (1945), The Kid from Brooklyn (1946) and The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947).

In 1949's White Heat she gave one of her greatest performances as Verna Jarrett the wife of gangster Cody Jarrett (acted by James Cagney).

Also of interest is her role in The Best Years of Our Lives.

Through the 1950s and 1960s she ended up getting roles in B-movies, often westerns and adventure films, but also some musicals. Her singing voice was always dubbed.

Mayo got a star on the Walk of Fame for her work in Television. It can be found at 1751 Vine Street.

Selected Filmography

Jack London (1943)

The Princess and the Pirate (1944)

Wonder Man (1945)

The Kid from Brooklyn (1946)

The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947)

A Song Is Born (1948)

Smart Girls Don't Talk (1948)

Flaxy Martin (1949)

Colorado Territory (1949)

White Heat (1949)

Backfire (1950)

The Flame and the Arrow (1950)

Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. (1951)

Along the Great Divide (1951)

She's Working Her Way Through College (1952)

The Iron Mistress (1952)

She's Back on Broadway (1953)

King Richard and the Crusaders (1954)

The Silver Chalice (1954)

Pearl of the South Pacific (1955)

Great Day in the Morning (1956)

The Proud Ones (1956)

The Big Land (1957)

Story of Mankind, The (1957)

The Tall Stranger (1957)

Fort Dobbs (1958)

Castle of Evil (1966)

French Quarter (1977)

The Haunted (1979)

The Man Next Door (1997)

External Links

IMDB entry (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0562920/)

Official website (http://www.virginiamayo.com/)

Denny Jackson's Virginia Mayo page (http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Hills/2440/mayo.html)

Brian's Drive-In Theater (http://www.briansdriveintheater.com/virginiamayo.html)


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Brian's Drive-In Theater (http://www.briansdriveintheater.com/virginiamayo.html). As of November 2003, Moss, very keen to protect her and her family's privacy, had revealed almost nothing about her son. Denny Jackson's Virginia Mayo page (http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Hills/2440/mayo.html). They had a child together in the summer of 2003. Official website (http://www.virginiamayo.com/). Moss married fellow actor Steven Roy in 1999. IMDB entry (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0562920/). She also appeared as Natalie in the critically-acclaimed Memento in 2000 as well as in a supporting role with Juliette Binoche in the Academy Award nominated film, Chocolat starring Johnny Depp.

The Man Next Door (1997). She reprised the role of Trinity in two sequels as well as providing voice-overs for video game and animated spin-offs of the film. The Haunted (1979). Her big breakthrough came when she was chosen to play the leather-clad hacker Trinity in the 1999 box office success The Matrix. French Quarter (1977). She moved to Los Angeles, California with the series in 1992. Castle of Evil (1966). Her first television appearance was in the drama series Dark Justice.

Fort Dobbs (1958). In the late 1980s she moved to Spain to pursue a career in modelling. The Tall Stranger (1957). Carrie-Anne Moss, born August 21, 1967 in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, is an actress who achieved worldwide fame following her appearances in The Matrix trilogy. Story of Mankind, The (1957). The Big Land (1957).

The Proud Ones (1956). Great Day in the Morning (1956). Pearl of the South Pacific (1955). The Silver Chalice (1954).

King Richard and the Crusaders (1954). She's Back on Broadway (1953). The Iron Mistress (1952). She's Working Her Way Through College (1952).

Along the Great Divide (1951). (1951). Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. The Flame and the Arrow (1950).

Backfire (1950). White Heat (1949). Colorado Territory (1949). Flaxy Martin (1949).

Smart Girls Don't Talk (1948). A Song Is Born (1948). The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947). The Best Years of Our Lives (1946).

The Kid from Brooklyn (1946). Wonder Man (1945). The Princess and the Pirate (1944). Jack London (1943).

It can be found at 1751 Vine Street. Mayo got a star on the Walk of Fame for her work in Television. Her singing voice was always dubbed. Through the 1950s and 1960s she ended up getting roles in B-movies, often westerns and adventure films, but also some musicals.

Also of interest is her role in The Best Years of Our Lives. In 1949's White Heat she gave one of her greatest performances as Verna Jarrett the wife of gangster Cody Jarrett (acted by James Cagney). With Danny Kaye she made some successful comedies, including: Wonder Man (1945), The Kid from Brooklyn (1946) and The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947). She started her career as a dancer, then signed a contract with Samuel Goldwyn and appeared in several of Goldwyn's movies.

Louis, Missouri, USA) was an American film actress, real name Virginia Clara Jones . Virginia Mayo (born November 30, 1920, St.