Virginia Grey (March 22, 1917 – July 31, 2004) She was romantically involved with Clark Gable for several years, after his wife, Carole Lombard's, untimely death.
Biography
Grey was born on March 22, 1917, in Edendale, California,
Grey abandoned her training as a nurse and returned to films in the 1930s, with bit parts and work as an extra. She eventually signed a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) and appeared in several films, including The Hardys Ride High (1939) with Mickey Rooney, Another Thin Man (1939) with William Powell, Hullabaloo (1940), and The Big Store (1941) with the Marx Brothers.
In 1951, Grey portrayed Blanche Bickerson on the syndicated comedy TV series The Bickersons. She was a regular on television in the 1950s and 1960s, appearing in episodes of Playhouse 90, U.S. Marshal, The Jane Wyman Show, General Electric Theater, The DuPont Show with June Allyson, Your Show of Shows, Red Skelton, Wagon Train (“The Honorable Don Charlie Story,” "The Kate Parker Story," "The Major Adams Story"), Bonanza, Marcus Welby, M.D., Love, American Style, Burke's Law, The Virginian, Peter Gunn, Ironside, among many other series. She was cremated, and her ashes were scattered at sea on August 6, 2004, off the Los Angeles coast.
