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Virginia Bruce‌

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1910-09-29

Popularity

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Virginia Bruce

Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Virginia Bruce

Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1910-09-29

Popularity

star2.3

Biography

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 birth of their daughter Susan Ann Gilbert. The couple divorced in 1934, and Virginia returned to a hectic schedule of film appearances. Gilbert died two years later in 1936. Bruce introduced the Cole Porter standard "I've Got You Under My Skin" in the film Born to Dance and co-starred in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer musical The Great Ziegfeld. One of her final film appearances was in Strangers When We Meet. In 1949, Bruce starred in a daily 30-minute radio drama. Make Believe Town was an afternoon program on CBS. Bruce married her second husband, film director J. Walter Ruben, in 1937, making the Wallace Beery western The Bad Man of Brimstone with him that year. Together they had a son named Christopher (b. 1941), before Ruben's death in 1942. In 1946, Bruce married Ali Ipar. They divorced in 1951 in order for him to receive a commission in the Turkish Military (which forbade promotions of men married to foreigners), but remarried in 1952 before divorcing again in 1964. Bruce died of cancer on February 24, 1982, at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, California. She was 71.

Movie Credits

Night Has a Thousand Eyes

Night Has a Thousand Eyes‌
star6.7
calendar 1948

The Murder Man

The Murder Man‌
star7.0
calendar 1935

The Invisible Woman

The Invisible Woman‌
star5.7
calendar 1940

The Great Ziegfeld

The Great Ziegfeld‌
star6.2
calendar 1936

Born to Dance

Born to Dance‌
star6.0
calendar 1936

There Goes My Heart

There Goes My Heart‌
star7.2
calendar 1938

Winner Take All

Winner Take All‌
star5.3
calendar 1932

Kongo

Kongo‌
star6.4
calendar 1932

Strangers When We Meet

Strangers When We Meet‌
star6.4
calendar 1960

Action in Arabia

Action in Arabia‌
star5.9
calendar 1944

Hired Wife

Hired Wife‌
star6.8
calendar 1940

Raffles

Raffles‌
star5.8
calendar 1930

The Mighty Barnum

The Mighty Barnum‌
star0.5
calendar 1934

Flight Angels

Flight Angels‌
star4.3
calendar 1940

State Department: File 649

State Department: File 649‌
star5.0
calendar 1949

Arsène Lupin Returns

Arsène Lupin Returns‌
star5.8
calendar 1938

The Garden Murder Case

The Garden Murder Case‌
star5.5
calendar 1936

The Man Who Talked Too Much

The Man Who Talked Too Much‌
star6.0
calendar 1940

Downstairs

Downstairs‌
star6.9
calendar 1932

Society Doctor

Society Doctor‌
star6.3
calendar 1935

Yellow Jack

Yellow Jack‌
star5.6
calendar 1938

Let 'em Have It

Let 'em Have It‌
star7.0
calendar 1935

Dangerous Corner

Dangerous Corner‌
star5.7
calendar 1934

Escapade

Escapade‌
star0.0
calendar 1935

Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre‌
star4.9
calendar 1934

Let Freedom Ring

Let Freedom Ring‌
star6.0
calendar 1939

Stronger Than Desire

Stronger Than Desire‌
star5.8
calendar 1939

Society Lawyer

Society Lawyer‌
star5.1
calendar 1939

Shadow of Doubt

Shadow of Doubt‌
star6.2
calendar 1935

Woman Trap

Woman Trap‌
star5.2
calendar 1929

Careful, Soft Shoulders

Careful, Soft Shoulders‌
star6.0
calendar 1942

Between Two Women

Between Two Women‌
star5.7
calendar 1937

Brazil

Brazil‌
star5.2
calendar 1944

Metropolitan

Metropolitan‌
star0.0
calendar 1935

The First Hundred Years

The First Hundred Years‌
star6.0
calendar 1938

Adventure in Washington

Adventure in Washington‌
star6.5
calendar 1941

Hollywood Hobbies

Hollywood Hobbies‌
star5.6
calendar 1939

The Plague

The Plague‌
star6.0
calendar 1954

The Social Lion

The Social Lion‌
star6.0
calendar 1930

The Bad Man of Brimstone

The Bad Man of Brimstone‌
star6.0
calendar 1937

The Miracle Man

The Miracle Man‌
star5.6
calendar 1932

Young Eagles

Young Eagles‌
star0.0
calendar 1930

Land of Liberty

Land of Liberty‌
star0.0
calendar 1939

Wife, Doctor and Nurse

Wife, Doctor and Nurse‌
star6.0
calendar 1937

Follow Thru

Follow Thru‌
star7.2
calendar 1930

Woman Against Woman

Woman Against Woman‌
star6.5
calendar 1938

Safety in Numbers

Safety in Numbers‌
star5.0
calendar 1930

Times Square Lady

Times Square Lady‌
star6.0
calendar 1935

River of Romance

River of Romance‌
star0.0
calendar 1929

There's That Woman Again

There's That Woman Again‌
star5.0
calendar 1938

Here Comes the Band

Here Comes the Band‌
star5.0
calendar 1935

That's Entertainment!

That's Entertainment!‌
star7.2
calendar 1974

Love, Honor and Goodbye

Love, Honor and Goodbye‌
star4.5
calendar 1945

Women of Glamour

Women of Glamour‌
star5.0
calendar 1937

Butch Minds the Baby

Butch Minds the Baby‌
star0.0
calendar 1942

When Love Is Young

When Love Is Young‌
star0.0
calendar 1937

Hard to Get

Hard to Get‌
star0.0
calendar 1929

Let's Go Native

Let's Go Native‌
star7.5
calendar 1930

Pardon My Sarong

Pardon My Sarong‌
star6.5
calendar 1942

The Reluctant Bride

The Reluctant Bride‌
star5.0
calendar 1955

Only the Brave

Only the Brave‌
star0.0
calendar 1930

Whoopee!

Whoopee!‌
star6.5
calendar 1930

Pointed Heels

Pointed Heels‌
star7.2
calendar 1929

Paramount on Parade

Paramount on Parade‌
star6.4
calendar 1930

Sky Bride

Sky Bride‌
star0.0
calendar 1932

The Love Parade

The Love Parade‌
star6.6
calendar 1930

Slightly Scarlet

Slightly Scarlet‌
star5.0
calendar 1930

A Dream Comes True

A Dream Comes True‌
star5.5
calendar 1935

Pirate Party on Catalina Isle

Pirate Party on Catalina Isle‌
star5.6
calendar 1935

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards‌
star6.5
calendar 1940

Complicated Women

Complicated Women‌
star6.7
calendar 2003

Hollywood Goes to Town

Hollywood Goes to Town‌
star7.0
calendar 1938

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life‌
star6.0
calendar 1988

Fugitives

Fugitives‌
star0.0
calendar 1929

Lilies of the Field

Lilies of the Field‌
star3.5
calendar 1930

Tv Credits

General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater‌
star5.5
calendar 1953

Lux Video Theatre

Lux Video Theatre‌
star5.5
calendar 1950

Matinee Theater

Matinee Theater‌
star3.3
calendar 1955

Letter to Loretta

Letter to Loretta‌
star5.8
calendar 1953

Lux Video Theatre

Lux Video Theatre‌
star5.5
calendar 1950

Lux Video Theatre

Lux Video Theatre‌
star5.5
calendar 1950