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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). J. on Smart Guy, which aired on the Disney Channel. Denny Jackson's Virginia Mayo page (http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Hills/2440/mayo.html). He played T. Official website (http://www.virginiamayo.com/). The actor Tahj Mowry (born 1987) is their younger brother. IMDB entry (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0562920/). Tia and Tamera have also appeared many times in teen magazine articles, on posters, and on other shows.

The Man Next Door (1997). Early in their careers, they did McDonald's and Barbie commercials. The Haunted (1979). The sisters starred in the television series Sister, Sister. French Quarter (1977). Tia and Tamera Mowry (born July 6, 1978) are twin actresses, born in Gelhausen in West Germany [1] (http://imdb.com/name/nm0610298/) to a white father and an African American mother [2] (http://www.blackflix.com/articles/multiracial.html). Castle of Evil (1966).

Fort Dobbs (1958). The Tall Stranger (1957). 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.