Posted on 01/17/2005 4:12:25 PM PST by JellyJam
Virginia Mayo, the beautiful blond who rose to movie stardom in the 1940s in comedies opposite Bob Hope and Danny Kaye and had memorable dramatic turns with James Cagney in "White Heat" and Dana Andrews in "The Best Years of Our Lives," died today. She was 84.
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In the early 70s, I put together an employee outing to see Virginia in "No, No, Nanette." Over 200 co-workers went. Afterwards, I got to go backstage to meet her. She was very tired - the show was physically grueling - but she was very friendly. And, even at about 50, very attractive.
I was going to say, she looked wonderful. A night for you to cherish forever. Thanx for sharing it.
These days, they'll fight it for as long as they can with the money they have. I think Jamie Lee Curtis started a one-woman campaign to simply acknowledge: age happens.
Oh my. Those are some GREAT legs!
The Man Next Door (1997) .... Lucia
Midnight Witness (1993) .... Kitty
... aka Maximum Force 2 (video title)
Evil Spirits (1990) .... Janet Wilson
"Santa Barbara" (1984) TV Series .... Peaches DeLight (1984)
Do It Debbie's Way (1983) (V)
The Haunted (1979) .... Michelle
... aka Haunted (USA: video title)
... aka The Glass Cage
French Quarter (1977) .... Countess Willie Piazza/Ida
Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976) .... Miss Batley
Fugitive Lovers (1975) .... Liz Trent
... aka The Runaways
Fort Utah (1967) .... Linda Lee
Castle of Evil (1966) .... Mary Theresa 'Sable' Pulaski
Young Fury (1965) .... Sarah McCoy
Rivolta dei mercenari, La (1960) .... Lady Patrizia, Duchesse de Revalte
... aka Mercenarios, Los (Spain)
... aka Revolt of the Mercenaries
McGarry and His Mouse (1960) (TV) .... Kitty McGarry
Jet Over the Atlantic (1960) .... Jean Gurney
Westbound (1959) .... Norma Putnam
Fort Dobbs (1958) .... Celia Gray
The Tall Stranger (1957) .... Ellen
... aka The Rifle (USA)
... aka Walk Tall (USA: alternative title)
The Story of Mankind (1957) .... Cleopatra
The Big Land (1957) .... Helen Jagger
... aka Stampeded (UK)
Congo Crossing (1956) .... Louise Whitman
The Proud Ones (1956) .... Sally, Cass' Woman/Hotel Owner
Great Day in the Morning (1956) .... Ann Alaine
Pearl of the South Pacific (1955) .... Rita Delaine
The Silver Chalice (1954) .... Helena
King Richard and the Crusaders (1954) .... Lady Edith
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) .... Cameo appearance
Painting the Clouds with Sunshine (1951) .... Carol
Along the Great Divide (1951) .... Ann Keith
... aka The Travelers (USA)
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. (1951) .... Lady Barbara Wellesley
... aka Captain Horatio Hornblower (USA)
The West Point Story (1950) .... Eve Dillon
... aka Fine and Dandy (UK)
The Flame and the Arrow (1950) .... Anne
Backfire (1950) .... 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
... aka North of the Rio Grande (USA: alternative title)
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) (uncredited) .... Goldwyn Girl
Jack London (1943) .... Mamie
... aka The Adventures of Jack London
... aka The Life of Jack London
... aka The Story of Jack London (USA)
Follies Girl (1943) (uncredited) .... Extra
I love that movie. One of my favorites from that era. Also a big Susan Hayward fan, loved "My Foolish Heart" and BTW, also in my early 40s
My favorite all-time scene from any movie is when Fredric March comes home and his son lets him in the apartment and his daughter sees him, he shushes them both and starts for the kitchen where Myrna Loy is finishing the dishes and before he gets there, she senses who it is.
I tear-up just thinking about it.
It's definitely a great movie all the way around.
Alone in a canyon with 500 crazed men...my oh my. In Technicolor.
And CAGED!
No one ever gets caged any more...
*sigh*
Those were the good old days...
No, not Jane. Someone else.
More interesting is the words, "3-D" while most youthful males were hoping to see DD in 3D.
But he should have sent the son off to military school....
She's a little closer than everybody.
And then her parents go on to tell her about all the times during their own marriage when they "hated" each other!!! And Millie is pretty understanding when Al, drunk, tells her she's a "bewitching little creature" who "reminds me of my wife." She just plays along... now there's understanding for you.
"Best Years" is one of my all time favorite movies.
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