Virginia Mayo
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Virginia Mayo (November 30, 1920 – January 17, 2005) was an American film actress. After a short career in vaudeville, Mayo progressed to films and during the 1940s established herself as a supporting player in such films as The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) and White Heat (1949). She worked extensively during the 1950s, but after this her appearances were fewer. She worked occasionally until her final performance in 1997.
Description above from the Wikipedia article Virginia Mayo, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 9.428 |
| Birthday | 1920-11-30 |
| Place of Birth | Saint Louis, Missouri, USA |
| Also Known As | Virginia Clara Jones, Ginny, |
1946
The Best Years of Our Lives
7.771/651
It's the hope that sustains the spirit of every GI: the dream of the day when he will finally return home. For three WWII veterans, the day has arrive...
Watch Now
The Best Years of Our Lives
1944
The Princess and the Pirate
6.7/23
Princess Margaret is travelling incognito to elope with her true love instead of marrying the man her father has betrothed her to. On the high seas, h...
Watch Now
The Princess and the Pirate
1943
Jack London
5.8/6
The adventurous and remarkable life of the US writer Jack London (1876-1916).
Watch Now
Jack London
1951
Captain Horatio Hornblower
6.89/118
Captain Horatio Hornblower leads his ship HMS Lydia on a perilous transatlantic voyage, during which his faithful crew battle both a Spanish warship a...
Watch Now
Captain Horatio Hornblower
1950
The Flame and the Arrow
6.3/79
Dardo, a Robin Hood-like figure, and his loyal followers use a Roman ruin in Medieval Lombardy as their headquarters as they conduct an insurgency aga...
Watch Now
The Flame and the Arrow
1949
Red Light
5.5/20
Nick Cherney, in prison for embezzling from Torno Freight Co., sees a chance to get back at Johnny Torno through his young priest brother Jess. He pay...
Watch Now
Red Light
1945
Wonder Man
6.6/37
Boisterous nightclub entertainer Buzzy Bellew was the witness to a murder committed by gangster Ten Grand Jackson. One night, two of Jackson's thugs k...
Watch Now
Wonder Man
1950
Backfire
5.8/28
When he's discharged from a military hospital, ex-GI Bob Corey goes on a search for his army buddy Steve Connolly. A reformed crook, Connolly is on th...
Watch Now
Backfire
1947
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
6.7/125
Walter Mitty, a daydreaming writer with an overprotective mother, likes to imagine that he is a hero who experiences fantastic adventures. His dream b...
Watch Now
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
1949
Colorado Territory
6.8/62
After escaping from jail, outlaw Wes McQueen is convinced by his old partner in crime to do one last heist.
Watch Now
Colorado Territory
1990
Evil Spirits
3.6/7
A dark comedy thriller that manages to skillfully blend humor and mystery into one incredible film from its thrilling beginning to the shocking climax...
Watch Now
Evil Spirits
1966
Castle of Evil
3/7
The relatives of a recently deceased man gather at his eerie mansion but before his will can be read, they start being murdered one by one.
Watch Now
Castle of Evil
1976
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
4.1/15
A would-be filmmaker and actress shake up the industry with a trick dog who gets discovered by a studio bus driver in the 1920s.
Watch Now
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
1957
The Story of Mankind
4.636/22
The devil and the spirit of mankind argue as to whether or not humanity is ultimately good or evil.
Watch Now
The Story of Mankind
1951
Along the Great Divide
7.171/35
US marshal Len Merrick saves Tim Keith from lynching at the hands of the Roden clan, and hopes to get him to Santa Loma for trial. Vindictive Ned Rode...
Watch Now
Along the Great Divide
1949
White Heat
7.64/476
A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and then leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist. After th...
Watch Now
White Heat
1949
Flaxy Martin
5.711/19
Attorney Walter Colby has ties to the mob, but he begins to regret his criminal affiliations. When his girlfriend, showgirl Flaxy Martin, who also has...
Watch Now
Flaxy Martin
1948
Smart Girls Don't Talk
5.5/11
A society woman gets involved with a gangster only to find he has hidden plans.
Watch Now
Smart Girls Don't Talk
1954
The Silver Chalice
4.5/33
A Greek artisan is commissioned to cast the cup of Christ in silver and sculpt around its rim the faces of the disciples and Jesus himself. He travels...
Watch Now
The Silver Chalice
1948
A Song Is Born
6.439/41
The story of seven scholars in search of an expert to teach them about swing music. They seem to have found the perfect candidate in winsome nightclub...
Watch Now
A Song Is Born
1954
King Richard and the Crusaders
6.3/13
Based on Sir Walter Scott's The Talisman, this is the story of the romantic adventures of Christians and Muslims during the battle for the Holy Land i...
Watch Now
King Richard and the Crusaders
1950
The West Point Story
5.8/9
A Broadway director helps the West Point cadets put on a show, aided by two lovely ladies and assorted complications.
Watch Now
The West Point Story
1956
Great Day in the Morning
5.8/24
After a card game, Southerner Owen Pentecost finds himself the owner of a Denver hotel. Involved with two women, he then has to make even more fundame...
Watch Now
Great Day in the Morning
1952
The Iron Mistress
4.5/10
In this biopic, Jim Bowie goes to New Orleans, where he falls for Judalon and befriends her brother, Narcisse. Soon, Jim is forced to avenge Narcisse'...
Watch Now
The Iron Mistress
1944
Seven Days Ashore
4.5/3
Circumstances force a womanizing playboy on leave from the Merchant Marine to ask two shipmates to help him by dating two surplus girlfriends.
Watch Now
Seven Days Ashore
1949
Always Leave Them Laughing
4.3/3
A self-absorbed comedian steps all over his friends and colleagues in order to achieve success.
Watch Now
Always Leave Them Laughing
1955
Pearl of the South Pacific
6.4/10
Two beachcombers with a yacht join woman-with-a-past Rita on a quest for black pearls on a secret island. Arrived, they find another white man has mad...
Watch Now
Pearl of the South Pacific
1956
The Proud Ones
6.4/32
Robert Ryan plays an aging sheriff responsible for law and order in a frontier cattle town. Virginia Mayo plays his fiancee. As if handling wild cattl...
Watch Now
The Proud Ones
1993
Midnight Witness
3/5
Renegade cops are videotaped murdering a motorist and the witnesses are in danger of being their next victims.
Watch Now
Midnight Witness
1953
South Sea Woman
5.4/8
Marine Sergeant James O'Hearn is being tried at the San Diego Marine base for desertion, theft, scandalous conduct and destruction of property in time...
Watch Now
South Sea Woman
1959
Westbound
6.1/23
As the Civil War spills our nation’s blood, Capt. John Hayes (Randolph Scott) fights on a vital but little-known battlefront. He aims to ship gold to...
Watch Now
Westbound
1946
The Kid from Brooklyn
6.2/12
Shy milkman Burleigh Sullivan accidentally knocks out drunken Speed McFarlane, a champion boxer who was flirting with Burleigh's sister. The newspaper...
Watch Now
The Kid from Brooklyn
1959
Jet Over The Atlantic
5.4/7
Director Byron Haskin's 1960 airplane-in jeopardy drama stars Guy Madison, Virginia Mayo, George Raft, Ilona Massey, Margaret Lindsay, George Macready...
Watch Now
Jet Over The Atlantic
2005
White Heat: Top of the World
8/1
An examination of "White Heat" (1949) by film historians and critics.
Watch Now
White Heat: Top of the World
1958
Fort Dobbs
6.8/19
An escaped prisoner helps a mother and her son flee marauding Indians. Director Gordon Douglas' 1958 western stars Clint Walker, Virginia Mayo, Richar...
Watch Now
Fort Dobbs
1997
The Man Next Door
3/1
A community is shocked to learn that their new neighbor is a convicted sex offender who has been paroled.
Watch Now
The Man Next Door
1957
The Tall Stranger
6.6/17
A Union soldier returns to his western home at the end of the Civil War and finds himself caught in the middle of a land war between his greedy half-b...
Watch Now
The Tall Stranger
1949
The Girl from Jones Beach
5.4/4
Glamour artist Bob Randolph is world famous for his paintings of a stunning beauty dubbed "The Randolph Girl". What the world doesn't know is that his...
Watch Now
The Girl from Jones Beach
1957
The Big Land
6.2/16
Back home in Texas following the Civil War, former Confederate officer Chad Morgan (Alan Ladd) leads a cattle drive to Missouri, assuring fellow ranch...
Watch Now
The Big Land
2008
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
6.9/7
Produced for Turner Classic Movies, this documentary looks at the early days of the gangster film.
Watch Now
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
1956
Congo Crossing
5.2/11
Congotanga, West Africa, has no extradition laws; the government is controlled by foreign gangsters, headed by Carl Rittner. The latest plane from Eur...
Watch Now
Congo Crossing
1952
She's Working Her Way Through College
5.1/7
Shapely burlesque dancer Hot Garters Gertie aka Angela Gardner meets her future drama professor. Her new landlady proves to be the professor's wife. A...
Watch Now
She's Working Her Way Through College
1961
Revolt of the Mercenaries
7/2
Duchess Patrizia is determined to marry, although against her will, effeminate but powerful Prince Stefano. This is the only way she has found to thwa...
Watch Now
Revolt of the Mercenaries
1964
Young Fury
5.6/9
A group of young thugs rides into the town of Dawson and take it over. When the cowardly sheriff is unable to restore control, the parents of the lead...
Watch Now
Young Fury
1953
She's Back on Broadway
5.7/3
When Catherine Terris's career in Hollywood hits the skids, she heads back to the site of her first great triumphs...Broadway! She takes the lead in a...
Watch Now
She's Back on Broadway
1953
Devil's Canyon
4.8/10
An outlaw woman helps one Arizona convict stop another with a Gatling gun.
Watch Now
Devil's Canyon
1951
Starlift
5.6/4
To impress a movie star, a U.S. Air Force crewman pretends he is soon to see combat. When his lie gets out, chaos ensues.
Watch Now
Starlift
1967
Fort Utah
3.6/7
An ex-gunfighter goes up against a man who is trying to stir up trouble with the Indians to enrich himself.
Watch Now
Fort Utah
1977
Haunted
5.3/3
In Arizona during the Civil War, a woman is accused of witchcraft, tied to a horse and left to die in the desert. One hundred years later, the descend...
Watch Now
Haunted
1951
Painting The Clouds With Sunshine
4.5/2
The story of three gold-digging ladies searching for millionaires. A loose remake of Gold Diggers of 1933.
Watch Now
Painting The Clouds With Sunshine
1944
Up in Arms
5.9/7
Hypochondriac Danny Weems gets drafted and accidentally smuggles his girlfriend aboard his Pacific-bound troopship.
Watch Now
Up in Arms
1947
Out of the Blue
6.6/9
Set in an apartment building whose occupants include Arthur Earthleigh, a meek and mild type married to the beautiful-but-domineering Mae; a Bohemian...
Watch Now
Out of the Blue
1988
Gregory Peck: His Own Man
6.7/3
Talented and enduring Academy Award-winning star, Gregory Peck, tells how it was when studios ruled and a shy boy from a broken family could rise to b...
Watch Now
Gregory Peck: His Own Man
1992
James Cagney: Top of the World
10/1
Documentary on the life and career of James Cagney
Watch Now
James Cagney: Top of the World
1978
French Quarter
3.8/4
Chronicles the life of a young New Orleans prostitute and her co-workers.
Watch Now
French Quarter
1954
A Star Is Born World Premiere
8/2
Live television broadcast of the world premiere. Described by various participants as the biggest world premiere in memory, even bigger than the Acade...
Watch Now
A Star Is Born World Premiere
1945
Road to Home
5/1
WWII U.S. Navy training film MN-5075a that addresses the end of the war. Bob Hope and Bing Crosby try to convince sailors not to desert but to wait f...
Watch Now
Road to Home
1943
Follies Girl
0/0
In PRC's Follies Girl, Wendy Barrie plays dress designer Anne Merriday, who becomes the object of middle-aged millionaire J. B. Hamlin's (J.C. Nugent)...
Watch Now
Follies Girl
1975
Fugitive Lovers
2/2
A swimming pool cleaner and a suicidal housewife set out on the run and are pursued by her corrupt lobbyist husband.
Watch Now
Fugitive Lovers
1994
The Bible According to Hollywood
6/1
Filmmaker Phillip Dye's documentary explores the many biblical adaptations Hollywood has produced throughout the years, including The Ten Commandments...
Watch Now
The Bible According to Hollywood
1983
Do It Debbie's Way
0/0
An aerobics workout video hosted by actress Debbie Reynolds and featuring other well known actresses taking her class such as Teri Garr and Florence H...
Watch Now
Do It Debbie's Way
1995
Inside the Dream Factory
6/1
Faye Dunaway hosts a behind-the-scenes look at the Hollywood star-making machine.
Watch Now
Inside the Dream Factory
1996
Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach
7/1
He went from street-wise tough to art-collector liberal-activist, from circus-acrobat hunk to Academy Award winner. Burton Stephen Lancaster — later B...
Watch Now
