11 Facts About Virginia Grey

Virginia Grey was an American actress who appeared in over 100 films and several radio and television shows from the 1930s to the early 1980s.

Virginia Grey was romantically involved with Clark Gable for several years, after his wife, Carole Lombard's untimely death.

Virginia Grey debuted at 10 in the silent film Uncle Tom's Cabin as Little Eva.

Virginia Grey continued acting for a few more years but left acting for three years to finish her education.

Virginia Grey abandoned her training as a nurse and returned to films in the 1930s, with bit parts and work as an extra.

Virginia Grey left MGM in 1942 and worked steadily for several film studios over subsequent years.

Virginia Grey had an intermittent love affair with Clark Gable in the 1940s.

Many, including Virginia Grey herself, expected Gable to marry her, and tabloids often speculated on a wedding announcement.

In 1951, Virginia Grey portrayed Blanche Bickerson on the syndicated comedy TV series The Bickersons.

Virginia Grey died on July 31,2004, at age 87, in Woodland Hills, California while a resident at the Motion Picture Home.

Virginia Grey was cremated, and her ashes were scattered at sea on August 6,2004, off the Los Angeles coast.