Virginia Bruce
Biography
The American actress and singer Virginia Bruce started in pictures as an extra for Paramount in 1929 and went on to a career in Hollywood films. Born in Minneapolis, she grew up in Fargo, North Dakota, and moved to Los Angeles with her family after graduating from high school in 1928. She appeared on Broadway in the musicals Smiles and America's Sweetheart before returning to Hollywood in 1932 for work at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, beginning with Kongo (1932). She was credited with introducing the Cole Porter song I've Got You Under My Skin in the 1936 film Born to Dance (1936) and that same year costarred in the MGM musical The Great Ziegfeld (1936). She also performed on radio, starring in the CBS Radio drama Make Believe Town in 1949, and retired from films in the early 1960s.
71years old at death
- Born Minneapolis
- Died Woodland Hills
- Star sign: LibraThe sign runs September 23 to October 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 11
- Career span
- 45 years1929 to 1974
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Beyond film
Virginia Bruce received credit for introducing "I've Got You Under My Skin," a Cole Porter standard, in the 1936 film Born to Dance.
First role
In 1929, Bruce did her first screen work as an extra for Paramount in the film Why Bring That Up?
Beyond film
In 1949, Bruce took the lead in Make Believe Town, a drama that ran for 30 minutes each afternoon and was broadcast every day on CBS Radio.
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