Virginia Grey

Grey was a regular on television in the 1950s, appearing on The Ford Theatre Hour, Your Show of Shows, Four Star Playhouse, The Millionaire, Science Fiction Theater, Wagon Train, and many more. She was made a Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in 1975 . Notable movies include Tarzan's New York Adventure, Idaho, Wyoming, Sweet Rosie O'Grady, Flame of Barbary Coast, Jungle Jim, The Rose Tattoo, Jeanne Eagels, Madame X and Airport. She won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar in 1958 for the film Separate Tables. She left MGM in 1942, and signed with several different studios over the years, working steadily. She was nominated again in 1966 for A Man for All Seasons. Grey returned to films in the 1930s with bit parts and extra work, but she eventually signed a contract with MGM and appeared in such movies as Another Thin Man, Hullabaloo and The Big Store. She was nominated for an Oscar in 1938 for her first major film role in Pygmalion.

She continued acting for a few more years, but then left movies in order to finish her education. Her performance in Love on the Dole attracted the attention of George Bernard Shaw, and he cast her in several of his plays, including Saint Joan, Pygmalion and Major Barbara. Virginia debuted at the age of ten in the silent film Uncle Tom's Cabin as Little Eva. She first found success in the stage version of Love on the Dole, and in 1936 married the author Ronald Gow. One of her early babysitters was Gloria Swanson. Her professional debut as an actress was in repertory at Manchester. She was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of director Ray Grey. She was born Wendy Margaret Hiller in Cheshire in England, daughter of Frank Watkin Hiller and Marie Stone.

Virginia Grey (March 22, 1917 - July 31, 2004) was an American actress. Dame Wendy Hiller (August 15, 1912 - May 14, 2003) was an English film and stage actress. The Countess Alice (1992). The Best Of Friends (1991). Ending Up (1989).

Anne Of Green Gables: The Sequel (1987). All Passion Spent (1986). The Importance of Being Earnest (1985). The Kingfisher (1982).

Miss Morison's Ghosts (1981). Country (1981). Clochemerle (1972). David Copperfield (1969).

The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (1987). Attracta (1983). Making Love (1982). The Elephant Man (1980).

The Cat and The Canary (1978). Voyage of the Damned (1976). Murder on the Orient Express (1974). A Man for All Seasons (1966).

Toys in the Attic (1963). Sons and Lovers (1960). Separate Tables (1958). Something of Value (1957).

How to Murder a Rich Uncle (1957). Single-Handed (USA: Sailor of the King) (1953). Outcast of the Islands (1952). I Know Where I'm Going! (1945).

Major Barbara (1941). Pygmalion (1938). Lancashire Luck (1937).