1. Virginia Lee Gregg was an American actress known for her many roles in radio dramas and television series.
16 Facts About Virginia Gregg
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When Virginia Gregg was five, her family and she moved to Pasadena, California.
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Virginia Gregg attended Jefferson High School, Pasadena Junior College, and Pacific Academy of Dramatic Art.
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Virginia Gregg was a member of the Singing Strings group heard initially on KHJ in Los Angeles in 1937 and later on CBS and Mutual.
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Virginia Gregg was a prolific radio actress, heard on such programs as The Adventures of Sam Spade; Dragnet; Dr Kildare; Gunsmoke; The Jack Benny Program; Let George Do It; Lux Radio Theatre; One Man's Family; Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar; The Screen Guild Theater; CBS Radio Mystery Theatre; The Zero Hour; and Mutual Radio Theater.
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Virginia Gregg had the role of Betty Barbour on One Man's Family and played Richard Diamond's girlfriend, the wealthy Helen Asher, on the radio series Richard Diamond, Private Detective.
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Virginia Gregg later guest-starred in an episode of the television version of Richard Diamond, starring David Janssen.
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Virginia Gregg played a judge in an episode of This Is the Life, in 1964.
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Virginia Gregg was the voice for Riabouchinska, the ventriloquist doll, in the 1956 Alfred Hitchcock Presents TV episode "And So Died Riabouchinska".
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Virginia Gregg supplied the voice of Mrs Bates in Psycho, as did Jeanette Nolan and Paul Jasmin, all uncredited.
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Only Virginia Gregg did the voice in the sequels Psycho II and Psycho III.
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Virginia Gregg voiced Tarra on the 1967 animated TV series The Herculoids.
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Virginia Gregg reprised that role when the series was revived in 1981 as part of the Space Stars animated series.
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Virginia Gregg married producer Jaime del Valle in 1948.
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Virginia Gregg was active with Recording for the Blind, making recordings as a volunteer and serving on the group's board of directors.
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Virginia Gregg died from lung cancer in Encino, California, on September 15,1986, aged 70.