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Virginia Gilmore (July 26, 1919 – March 28, 1986) was an American film, stage, and television actress. July 26 is the 207th day (208th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 158 days remaining. ...
1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
March 28 is the 87th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (88th in leap years). ...
1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Virginia Gilmore was born Sherman Virginia Poole in El Monte, California. Her father was a retired officer of the British Army. Gilmore began her stage career in San Francisco at the age of 15, but moved to Los Angeles in 1939 to pursue work in films.
When her movie career was not progressing, Gilmore mustered the nerve to approach Samuel Goldwyn at his home. As a result of their meeting, he promised her a screen test. She did soon land some small movie roles. Her better known film appearances both occurred in 1941: Western Union, directed by Fritz Lang, and Swamp Water directed by Jean Renoir. // Samuel Goldwyn (July, 1879, Warsaw, Poland – January 31, 1974, Los Angeles, California, United States) was a widely known motion picture producer and founding contributor of several motion picture studios. ...
Friedrich Anton Christian Lang (December 5, 1890 - August 2, 1976) was an Austrian film director, screenwriter and occasional film producer, one of the best known émigrés from Germanys school of expressionism. ...
1941 movie by Fox. ...
Jean Renoir Jean Renoir (September 15, 1894 – February 12, 1979), born in the Montmartre Quarter of Paris, France was a film director. ...
When her movie role options began to dwindle, Gilmore left Los Angeles for New York City and started working on Broadway. In 1943, Gilmore played in "Those Endearing Young Charms" and “The World’s Full of Girls”. In 1944, she played the title role in “Dear Ruth”, which was directed by Moss Hart. Also in that year, Gilmore married Yul Brynner. The couple had one son, Rocky, but divorced in 1960. Moss Hart (October 24, 1904 - December 20, 1961) was a Jewish-American playwright and director of plays and musical theater. ...
Yul Brynner Yul Brynner (July 11, 1920 – October 10, 1985) was an Academy Award-winning Hollywood and Broadway actor who held French citizenship. ...
Starting in the late 1940s, Gilmore had many television roles. In 1949, she and Brynner were featured on “We’re On”, a tv series on NBC. Between 1966 and 1968, Gilmore taught drama at Yale University. In her later years, Gilmore was a leader in Alcoholics Anonymous. She died of emphysema at her home in Santa Barbara, California in 1986. She was 66 years old. Yale redirects here. ...
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Selected films
1941 movie by Fox. ...
The Pride of the Yankees is a 1942 biographical film which tells the story of New York Yankees star Lou Gehrig. ...
Orchestra Wives was the second and last film to feature The Glenn Miller Orchestra. ...
Wonder Man is a 1945 movie starring Danny Kaye and Virginia Mayo. ...
Stage performances - Those Endearing Young Charms (1943)
- The World's Full of Girls (1943)
- Dear Ruth (1944)
- Truckline Cafe (with Marlon Brando) (1946)
- The Grey-Eyed People (1952)
- Critic's Choice (with Henry Fonda) (1960)
Marlon Brando at the 1963 Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C Brando redirects here. ...
Critics Choice is a play written by Ira Levin. ...
Henry Fonda in the classic 1957 film 12 Angry Men. ...
External links The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) is an online database of information about actors, films, television shows, television stars, video games and production crew personnel. ...
The Internet Broadway Database (IBDB) is an online database of Broadway theatre productions and their personnel. ...
References - The New York Times, March 29, 1986
- Los Angles Times, April 1, 1986
- Almanac of Famous People, 8th Edition, Gale Group 2003.
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