Full Name | Virginia Clara Jones |
Net Worth | $1.4 Million |
Date Of Birth | November 30, 1920 |
Died | January 17, 2005, Thousand Oaks, California, United States |
Place Of Birth | New Zealand |
Height | 1.65 m |
Occupation | Actress |
Profession | YouTuber, Actor |
Nationality | American |
Spouse | Michael O'Shea |
Children | Mary Catherine O'Shea |
Parents | Martha Henrietta Jones, Luke Jones |
Nicknames | Virginia Mayo, Mayo, Virginia |
IMDB | http://imdb.com/name/nm0562920 |
Movies | White Heat, The Best Years of Our Lives, Captain Horatio Hornblower, The Flame and the Arrow, Colorado Territory, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, A Song Is Born, The Princess and the Pirate, She's Working Her Way Through College, Wonder Man, The Kid from Brooklyn, The Iron Mistress, The Silver Chal... |
TV Shows | Santa Barbara |
Star Sign | Sagittarius |
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1 | The blacklisting that took place in Hollywood was slightly different than how you hear of it today. There was a genuine Communist threat in this country and there were Communistic actors, directors, screenwriters and producers in Hollywood trying to grab control of the industry and use it for their own end, which was to spread Communist propaganda throughout the country and the world. The system used to get rid of the Communists was bad. Joseph McCarthy and his methods were a little cruel and drastic. But the Communist danger was there. And it has grown. |
2 | Working with comedians like [Bob Hope] and [Danny Kaye] taught me timing, pace and fine points of acting I never would have learned otherwise. |
3 | I was a better actress than I was given credit for. I know that for a fact. But you get stamped . . . categorized as pretty, a beauty, shapely . . . and you're just stamped for life. |
4 | [on how she met her husband, Michael O'Shea] He just sat there watching me, and then he walked right up and kissed me. |
5 | [on Alan Ladd] And I worked with Alan Ladd who, along with Gregory Peck, was my favorite leading man. He was a beautiful man, charming and gentle, and I think, of all my leading men, he worked best with me. |
6 | [on James Cagney] Jimmy Cagney was the most dynamic man who ever appeared on the screen. He should have won five Oscars, he was so fabulous. He stimulated me to such an extent. I must say that I didn't have to act very much; I just had to react to him because he was so powerful. |
7 | [on Doris Day] I loved working with her. We used to call her Miss Sparkle Plenty because she was so vivacious. |
8 | [on Jack Palance] I must say Jack Palance was a drag. We were together in The Silver Chalice (1954). The way he did his work was strange. He was a weird actor and I didn't like working with him at all. |
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1 | Auditioned for the part of "Lisa Douglas" in Green Acres (1965) but lost out to Eva Gabor. |
2 | Mayo was once termed "the most beautiful blonde in the world" and her beauty so impressed the Sultan of Morocco than seeing her was "tangible proof of the existence of God.". |
3 | In 1963 and 1964 she joined fellow actresses Joan Caulfield, Ruth Hussey, Yvonne De Carlo, Marie Windsor, Laraine Day, and Maidie Norman, in making appearances on behalf of U.S. Sen. Barry M. Goldwater, the Republican nominee for President in the campaign against U.S. President Lyndon Johnson. |
4 | Was a lifelong staunch supporter of the Republican party. |
5 | Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume 7, 2003-2005, pages 360-361. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2007. |
6 | Was Paul Newman's first on-screen leading lady, in the Biblical Epic The Silver Chalice (1954). |
7 | In Italy, most of her films were dubbed by Dhia Cristiani although at the beginning of her career Rosetta Calavetta, Lidia Simoneschi and Rina Morelli also occasionally lent their voice to her. |
8 | One daughter with Michael O'Shea - Catherine Mary (b. 1953) |
9 | Early on, using her real name of Virginia Jones, she played a straight woman in vaudeville for four years to a performing horse act. The "horse" was comprised of two men known as the Mayo Brothers; hence her stage name. |
10 | Was slightly cross-eyed and had to be carefully photographed. |
11 | Her vocals were always dubbed: by Louanne Hogan in The Princess and the Pirate (1944), by Betty Russell in The Kid from Brooklyn (1946), by Jeri Sullavan in A Song Is Born (1948) and by Bonnie Lou Williams in her six singing roles at WB from 1949-57. |
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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The Man Next Door | 1997 | | Lucia |
The Naked Truth | 1997 | TV Series | Virginia Mayo |
Midnight Witness | 1993 | | Kitty |
Evil Spirits | 1990 | | Janet Wilson |
The Love Boat | 1986 | TV Series | Virginia Wilcox |
Remington Steele | 1984 | TV Series | Virginia Mayo |
Murder, She Wrote | 1984 | TV Series | Elinor |
Santa Barbara | 1984 | TV Series | Peaches DeLight |
French Quarter | 1978 | | Countess Willie Piazza / Ida |
Haunted | 1977 | | Michelle |
Lanigan's Rabbi | 1977 | TV Series | Margaret Alton |
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood | 1976 | | Miss Battley |
Fugitive Lovers | 1975 | | Liz Trent |
Police Story | 1975 | TV Series | Angie |
Night Gallery | 1971 | TV Series | Carrie Crane (segment "The Diary") |
The Outsider | 1969 | TV Series | Jean Daniels |
Fort Utah | 1967 | | Linda Lee |
Daktari | 1967 | TV Series | Vera Potter |
Castle of Evil | 1966 | | Mary Theresa 'Sable' Pulaski |
Burke's Law | 1965 | TV Series | Dr. Terry Foster |
Young Fury | 1964 | | Sara McCoy |
Revolt of the Mercenaries | 1961 | | Lady Patrizia, Duchessa di Rivalta |
McGarry and His Mouse | 1960 | TV Movie | Kitty McGarry |
Jet Over the Atlantic | 1959 | | Jean Gurney |
Lux Playhouse | 1959 | TV Series | Gloria Crawford |
Westbound | 1959 | | Norma Putnam |
The Loretta Young Show | 1958 | TV Series | Myrna Nelson |
Wagon Train | 1958 | TV Series | Beauty Jamison |
Fort Dobbs | 1958 | | Celia Gray |
The Tall Stranger | 1957 | | Ellen |
The Story of Mankind | 1957 | | Cleopatra |
Conflict | 1957 | TV Series | |
The Big Land | 1957 | | Helen Jagger |
Congo Crossing | 1956 | | Louise Whitman |
Great Day in the Morning | 1956 | | Ann Merry Alaine |
The Proud Ones | 1956 | | Sally |
Pearl of the South Pacific | 1955 | | Rita Delaine |
The Silver Chalice | 1954 | | Helena |
King Richard and the Crusaders | 1954 | | Lady Edith Plantagenet |
Devil's Canyon | 1953 | | Abby Nixon |
South Sea Woman | 1953 | | Ginger Martin |
She's Back on Broadway | 1953 | | Catherine Terris |
The Iron Mistress | 1952 | | Judalon de Bornay |
She's Working Her Way Through College | 1952 | | Angela Gardner / 'Hot Garters Gertie' |
Starlift | 1951 | | Virginia Mayo |
Painting the Clouds with Sunshine | 1951 | | Carol |
Along the Great Divide | 1951 | | Ann Keith |
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. | 1951 | | Lady Barbara Wellesley |
The West Point Story | 1950 | | Eve Dillon |
The Flame and the Arrow | 1950 | | Anne de Hesse |
Backfire | 1950 | | Nurse Julie Benson |
Always Leave Them Laughing | 1949 | | Nancy Eagen |
Red Light | 1949 | | Carla North |
White Heat | 1949 | | Verna Jarrett |
The Girl from Jones Beach | 1949 | | Ruth Wilson |
Colorado Territory | 1949 | | Colorado Carson |
Flaxy Martin | 1949 | | Flaxy Martin |
A Song Is Born | 1948 | | Honey Swanson |
Smart Girls Don't Talk | 1948 | | Linda Vickers |
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | 1947 | | Rosalind van Hoorn |
Out of the Blue | 1947 | | Deborah Tyler |
The Best Years of Our Lives | 1946 | | Marie Derry |
The Kid from Brooklyn | 1946 | | Polly Pringle |
Wonder Man | 1945 | | Ellen Shanley |
The Princess and the Pirate | 1944 | | Princess Margaret |
Seven Days Ashore | 1944 | | Carol Dean |
Up in Arms | 1944 | | Nurse Joanna (uncredited) |
Jack London | 1943 | | Mamie |
Follies Girl | 1943 | | Chorine (uncredited) |
Gals and Gallons | 1939 | Short | Virginia Jones |
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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The Big Land | 1957 | performer: "I LEANED ON A MAN" | |
She's Back on Broadway | 1953 | performer: "Break the Ties That Bind You", "Breakfast in Bed", "I'll Take You" - uncredited | |
She's Working Her Way Through College | 1952 | "Love Is Still for Free" / performer: "With Plenty of Money and You" uncredited, "We're Working Our Way Through College" uncredited, "I'll Be Loving You", "The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of" | |
Starlift | 1951 | performer: "Noche Caribe Caribbean Night" - uncredited | |
Painting the Clouds with Sunshine | 1951 | performer: "A Man Is a Necessary Evil", "Tip-Toe thru' the Tulips with Me", "The Mambo Man", "The Birth of the Blues" - uncredited | |
Along the Great Divide | 1951 | performer: "Down in the Valley" - uncredited | |
The West Point Story | 1950 | performer: "It's Raining Sundrops", "By the Kissing Rock", "It Could Only Happen in Brooklyn" - uncredited | |
Always Leave Them Laughing | 1949 | performer: "You're Too Intense" 1949 - uncredited | |
A Song Is Born | 1948 | performer: "A Song Is Born" 1948, "Daddy-O" 1948 | |
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | 1947 | performer: "Beautiful Dreamer" 1862 - uncredited | |
The Kid from Brooklyn | 1946 | performer: "You're The Cause of It All" 1946, "I Love An Old Fashioned Song" 1946 | |
The Princess and the Pirate | 1944 | performer: "Kiss Me in the Moonlight" | |
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Danny Kaye: Nobody's Fool | 1994 | TV Movie documentary | |
The Bible According to Hollywood | 1994 | Video documentary | Herself |
Vicki! | 1993 | TV Series | Herself |
James Cagney: Top of the World | 1992 | TV Movie documentary | Herself - Actress |
The 19th Annual Rudolph Valentino Awards | 1991 | TV Special | Herself |
The 34th Annual Thalians Ball | 1989 | TV Movie | Herself |
Talking Pictures | 1988 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
The 32th Annual Thalians Ball | 1987 | TV Movie | Herself |
All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan | 1985 | TV Special | Herself |
Do It Debbie's Way | 1983 | Video | Herself |
Bob Hope's Road to Hollywood | 1983 | TV Movie | Herself |
James Cagney: That Yankee Doodle Dandy | 1981 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
Hour Magazine | 1981 | TV Series | Herself |
Dinah! | 1976 | TV Series | Herself |
The Bob Hope Show | 1966 | TV Series | Herself |
That Regis Philbin Show | 1965 | TV Series | Herself |
The Mike Douglas Show | 1963 | TV Series | Herself - Co-Host |
Here's Hollywood | 1961 | TV Series | Herself |
The Juke Box Jury | 1959 | TV Series | Herself |
Screen Snapshots: Salute to Hollywood | 1958 | Documentary short | Herself |
The 28th Annual Academy Awards | 1956 | TV Special | Herself - Audience Member |
The Ed Sullivan Show | 1954 | TV Series | Herself |
A Star Is Born World Premiere | 1954 | TV Short | Herself |
The 26th Annual Academy Awards | 1954 | TV Special | Herself - Audience Member |
Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Night Life | 1952 | Short | Herself |
Norwegian Actresses in Hollywood | 2003 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
American Masters | 2001 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
Ronald Reagan: The Hollywood Years, the Presidential Years | 2001 | Video documentary | Herself |
The Best of Film Noir | 1999 | Video documentary | Herself |
The Best of Hollywood | 1998 | TV Movie documentary | Herself - Interview |
Biography | 1996 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
Inside the Dream Factory | 1995 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
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