Know For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1910-09-29 (72 years old)
Deathday
1982-02-24
Place of Birth
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Also known As
Helen Virginia Briggs
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Virginia Bruce (September 29, 1910 – February 24, 1982) was an American actress and singer. Born Helen Virginia Briggs in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In 1928, she moved with her family to Los Angeles intending to enroll in the University of California, Los Angeles when a friendly wager sent her seeking film work. She got it as an extra in Why Bring That Up?. In 1930 she appeared on Broadway in the musical Smiles, followed by America's Sweetheart in 1931. She returned to Hollywood in 1932, where on August 10, 1932, she married John Gilbert, her co-star in the film Downstairs. She retired briefly after the b...
1948
as Jenny
1935
as Mary Shannon
1940
as Kitty Carroll
1936
as Audrey Dane
1936
as Lucy James
1938
as Joan Butterfield
1932
as Joan Gibson
1932
as Ann
1960
as Mrs. Wagner
1944
as Yvonne
1940
as Phyllis Walden
1930
as Gwen's Friend (uncredited)
1934
as Jenny Lind
1940
as Mary Norvell
1949
as Marge
1936
as Zalia Graem
1938
as Lorraine de Grissac
1940
as Joan Reed
1932
as Anna
1935
as Madge
1938
as Frances Blake
1935
as Eleanor Spencer
1934
as Ann Beale
1935
as Gerta
1934
as Jane Eyre
1939
as Maggie Adams
1939
as Elizabeth Flagg
1939
as Pat Abbott
1935
as Trenna
1929
as Nurse
1942
as Connie Mathers
1937
as Patricia Sloan
1944
as Nicky Henderson
1935
as Anne Merrill
1938
as Lynn Conway
1941
as Jane Scott
1939
as Self (uncredited)
1954
as Nurse
1930
as Society Girl
1937
as Loretta Douglas
1932
as Margaret Thornton
1930
as Florence Welford
1939
as (archive footage)
1937
as Nurse Stephens
1930
as Woman in Ladies' Locker Room (uncredited)
1938
as Maris Kent
1930
as Alma McGregor
1935
as Toni Bradley
1929
as Southern Belle
1938
as Sally Reardon
1935
as Margaret
1974
as (archive footage)
1945
as Roberta Baxter
1937
as Gloria Hudson
1942
as Susie O'Neill
1937
as Wanda Werner
1929
as Young Woman (uncredited)
1930
as Wendell Sr.'s Secretary (uncredited)
1942
as Joan Marshall
1955
as Laura Weeks
1930
as Elizabeth
1930
as Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
1929
as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
1930
as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
1932
as Ruth Dunning
1930
as Lady-in-Waiting
1930
as Enid Corbett
1935
as Herself (uncredited)
1935
as Virginia Bruce (uncredited)
1940
2003
as Self (archive footage)
1938
as Self
1987
as Self (archive footage)
1929
as Extra (uncredited)
1930
as Doris
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