Virginia Bruce

Virginia Bruce died in Woodland Hills, California.
. Her final film appearance was in 1960's Strangers When We Meet. She died in Westport, Connecticut. They divorced in 1951 but remarried in 1952. Her later years were spent in relative solitude with only occasional appearances guest-starring on television and in small movie roles. In 1946 she married Ali Ipar. She made one final performance on the Broadway stage as religious zealot Letitia Primrose in On the Twentieth Century, and was nominated for a Tony Award.

Walter Rubin in 1937 and they had one son, but she was widowed again in 1942. In 1960 she married her second husband, actor King Donovan. Virginia married film director J. Her first husband died in 1955. Gilbert died in 1936. She also had, briefly, her own series, The Imogene Coca Show. The couple divorced in 1934 and Virginia returned to a hectic schedule of film appearances. In the early days of live television she played opposite Sid Caesar in a sketch comedy program, Your Show of Shows, which was immensely popular from 1950 to 1954.

Bruce returned to Hollywood in 1932 where she married John Gilbert, her co-star in the film Downstairs. She retired briefly after the birth of their daughter. She came to prominence when she began to combine music with comedy: her first big critical success was in New Faces of 1934. In 1930 she appeared on Broadway in the musical Smiles followed by America's Sweetheart in 1931. She came to be featured as a headliner, appearing in Manhattan nightclubs, with music arranged by her first husband, Robert Burton. Born Helen Virginia Briggs in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Bruce began her acting career in minor roles in Hollywood in 1929. She moved from Philadelphia to seek a living as a dancer, starting in the chorus of the Broadway musical When You Smile. Virginia Bruce (September 29, 1910 - February 24, 1982) was an American actress and singer. In her youth, she received piano, dance, and voice lessons.

She was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the daughter of José Fernandez de Coca, a conductor, and his wife Sadie Brady, a dancer and magician's assistant. Imogene Coca (November 18, 1908 - June 2, 2001) was an American comic actress. The Imogene Coca Show - 1955. Your Show of Shows - 1950.

On the Twentieth Century - 1978. The Girls in 509 - 1958. Concert Varieties - 1945. All in Fun - 1940.

The Straw Hat Revue - 1939. Who's Who - 1938. New Faces of 1936 - 1936. Fools Rush In = 1934.

New Faces of 1934 - 1934. Flying Colors - 1932. Shoot the Works - 1931. Garrick Gaieties -1930.

When You Smile - 1925.