Virginia Gregg

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Virginia Gregg (born March 6, 1916 in Harrisburg , Illinois , † September 15, 1986 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American actress and musician .

Life

Virginia Gregg was the daughter of businessman Edward Gregg and musician Dewey Alphaleta Todd. Her family soon moved to Pasadena . She began playing the bass viola at Pasadena Junior College . At 18, she made an appearance as an actress at the Pasadena Playhouse . Her first paid public performance was with the Pasadena Symphony Orchestra . After about four years, she left the orchestra and joined five other musicians to form The Singing Strings . The group soon found a permanent position at CBS Radio . This gave her the opportunity to appear as an actress in the radio plays that were very popular at the time. Soon she was speaking full-time in these radio plays and became one of, if not the busiest radio drama actress in the USA. For example, she had roles in the Lux Radio Theater , Lum and Abner, and the Jack Benny Show ; she had a leading role in One Man's Family , one of the most successful radio series of the 1930s and 1940s. She also appeared on the Gunsmoke series . She also appeared in Dragnet and impressed the lead actor, director and producer of this series of radio plays, Jack Webb , so much that he used her again and again in his projects.

In 1946 she made her first film appearance with a very small role in Alfred Hitchcock's film Notorious , followed in 1947 by the first film in which she was also mentioned, namely Hunt for Millions . After that she was seen in films such as Taboo of the Righteous , Casbah - Forbidden Alleys , All Glory on Earth or And tomorrow I will cry . She also appeared in several Jack Webb films, such as Grossrazzia , The DI , DA: Conspiracy to Kill , Chase , Mobile 2 , The 25th Man or the prevented pilot film Dragnet 1966 . Even Don Siegel recourse on several occasions on them: Unleashed Youth , Hound Dog Man and only 72 hours . In 1977 she appeared in A Flintstone Christmas , a Christmas film from the Flintstone family . Virginia Gregg also spoke the role of Norma Bates in Psycho alongside Jeanette Nolan and Paul Jasmin , a role she also lent her voice in Psycho II and in her last film Psycho III , although she was the only one in these films.

Virginia Gregg had her first appearance on a television series in 1952 in Jack Webb's series Police Report ; By 1970 she had 23 guest appearances in this series and the follow-up series of the same name. She also had several guest appearances in other Jack Webb series such as 77 Sunset Strip , Temple Houston , O'Hara, US Treasury , Emergency Call California , Adam – 12 , Sam and Project UFO . But otherwise she was a busy series actress. In addition to series in which she had previously played in their radio drama, such as Smoking Colts , Richard Diamond, Private Detective , Dr. Kildare or Have Gun - Will Travel she was also featured in series such as Alfred Hitchcock , Lassie , Maverick , Perry Mason , Twilight Zone , Bonanza , The People from Shiloh Ranch , On the Run , The Addams Family , Columbo , In Love with a Witch , Cobra, accept , alias Smith and Jones , Kung Fu , The Rockford Files - Just call , The streets of San Francisco , The Waltons , Charlie's angels and Dynasty to be seen. She was also involved in cartoon series. So she spoke the Tarra in The Herculoids and in the follow-up series Space Stars .

Virginia Gregg was dubbed among others by Alice Treff , Elfe Schneider , Bettina Schön , Marianne Wischmann , Elisabeth Ried , Gisela Trowe and Hannelore Minkus .

Virginia Gregg was married to director and producer Jaime Del Valle from 1947 or 1948 through late 1959. With him she had three sons Gregg, Jaime and Ricardo. She is said to have been married to the musician Louis Butterman from 1937 and to Flavius ​​Otto Burket from 1962. She died of lung cancer in 1986.

Filmography (selection)

Movies

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Web links

Commons : Virginia Gregg  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Biography: Virginia Gregg. In: Virginia Gregg: Radio & Film Actress. November 28, 2011, accessed September 26, 2016 .
  2. ↑ a b c Versatile Character Actress Virginia Gregg Dies at 70 . In: Los Angeles Times . September 17, 1986 (in English, online [accessed September 26, 2016]).
  3. ↑ a b c d e f Virginia Gregg (Mar 6,1916 - Sep 15,1986). In: Ellery Queen. Retrieved September 26, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Virginia Gregg, Happy Birthday! a Voice Uncommon. In: Classic Film Aficionados. March 6, 2015, accessed May 21, 2019 .
  5. ↑ a b c d e Hal Erickson : Virginia Gregg. In: AllMovie. Retrieved September 26, 2016 .
  6. ^ Virginia Gregg. In: Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved September 26, 2016 .
  7. ↑ a b c Ivan G. Shreve Jr: Happy Birthday, Virginia Gregg! In: Radio Spirits. Retrieved September 26, 2016 .
  8. ^ Virginia Gregg: Radio & Film Actress. In: Virginia Gregg: Radio & Film Actress. November 28, 2011, accessed September 26, 2016 .
  9. ↑ Actor name: Virginia Gregg. In: synchronized card index. Retrieved September 26, 2016 .
  10. ↑ a b c Virginia Gregg. In: Notable Names Database. Retrieved September 26, 2016 .
  11. ↑ Virginia Gregg Is Granted Divorce. In: The Corpus Christi Caller-Times; Newspapers.com. December 23, 1959, accessed September 26, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Gregg, Virginia
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gregg Burket, Virginia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American actress and musician
DATE OF BIRTH March 6, 1916
PLACE OF BIRTH Harrisburg , Illinois , United States
DATE OF DEATH September 15, 1986
Place of death Los Angeles , California , United States