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Virginia Bruce
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Virginia Bruce
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1910-09-29,Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Gender
Female
Biography
Virginia Bruce (born Helen Virginia Briggs; 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.

Filmography

Night Has a Thousand Eyes

6.8

Night Has a Thousand Eyes
1948-08-20

7.1

The Murder Man
1935-07-12

The Invisible Woman

5.7

The Invisible Woman
1940-12-27

The Great Ziegfeld

6.3

The Great Ziegfeld
1936-04-08

6.1

Born to Dance
1936-11-27

There Goes My Heart

7.3

There Goes My Heart
1938-10-14

Winner Take All

5.4

Winner Take All
1932-07-16

6.4

Kongo
1932-10-01

Strangers When We Meet

6.4

Strangers When We Meet
1960-06-29

Action in Arabia

5.9

Action in Arabia
1944-02-18

6.8

Hired Wife
1940-09-13

6.1

Raffles
1930-07-11

The Mighty Barnum

4.2

The Mighty Barnum
1934-12-23

4.8

Flight Angels
1940-05-18

State Department: File 649

5

State Department: File 649
1949-02-11

Arsène Lupin Returns

6.3

Arsène Lupin Returns
1938-02-25

The Garden Murder Case

5.7

The Garden Murder Case
1936-02-21

The Man Who Talked Too Much

6.4

The Man Who Talked Too Much
1940-07-16

6.6

Downstairs
1932-08-06

7.2

Society Doctor
1935-01-25

5.9

Yellow Jack
1938-05-19

Let 'em Have It

7.6

Let 'em Have It
1935-05-15

Dangerous Corner

6.8

Dangerous Corner
1934-12-04

7

Escapade
1935-07-05

5.2

Jane Eyre
1934-08-15

Let Freedom Ring

6.8

Let Freedom Ring
1939-02-24

Stronger Than Desire

5.5

Stronger Than Desire
1939-06-30

5.4

Society Lawyer
1939-03-21

Shadow of Doubt

6.7

Shadow of Doubt
1935-02-15

5.3

Woman Trap
1929-09-28

Careful, Soft Shoulders

6.5

Careful, Soft Shoulders
1942-09-18

Between Two Women

6

Between Two Women
1937-07-09

5.2

Brazil
1944-11-30

8

Metropolitan
1935-10-17

The First Hundred Years

7.3

The First Hundred Years
1938-03-12

Adventure in Washington

7

Adventure in Washington
1941-05-29

Hollywood Hobbies

5.6

Hollywood Hobbies
1939-05-03

7

The Plague
1954-01-01

The Social Lion

7.5

The Social Lion
1930-06-21

The Bad Man of Brimstone

6.8

The Bad Man of Brimstone
1937-12-31

The Miracle Man

5.9

The Miracle Man
1932-04-01

7

Young Eagles
1930-03-20

Land of Liberty

9

Land of Liberty
1939-06-15

Wife, Doctor and Nurse

7

Wife, Doctor and Nurse
1937-09-17

7.375

Follow Thru
1930-09-26

Woman Against Woman

7

Woman Against Woman
1938-06-24

Safety in Numbers

5

Safety in Numbers
1930-05-30

Times Square Lady

7

Times Square Lady
1935-03-08

The River of Romance

5.7

The River of Romance
1929-06-28

There's That Woman Again

6.2

There's That Woman Again
1938-12-24

Here Comes the Band

7

Here Comes the Band
1935-08-30

That's Entertainment!

7.4

That's Entertainment!
1974-06-21

Love, Honor and Goodbye

5.5

Love, Honor and Goodbye
1945-09-15

Women of Glamour

5.7

Women of Glamour
1937-03-09

Butch Minds the Baby

8

Butch Minds the Baby
1942-03-20

When Love Is Young

10

When Love Is Young
1937-03-26

7

Hard to Get
1929-08-04

Pardon My Sarong

6.5

Pardon My Sarong
1942-08-07

The Reluctant Bride

6.3

The Reluctant Bride
1955-08-01

7

Only the Brave
1930-03-07

6.526

Whoopee!
1930-09-26

6.2

Pointed Heels
1929-12-21

Paramount on Parade

5.9

Paramount on Parade
1930-04-22

8

Sky Bride
1932-04-19

The Love Parade

6.6

The Love Parade
1929-11-19

Slightly Scarlet

7

Slightly Scarlet
1930-02-22

A Dream Comes True

6.2

A Dream Comes True
1935-12-31

Pirate Party on Catalina Isle

6.1

Pirate Party on Catalina Isle
1935-11-20

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

6.3

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940-07-31

Complicated Women

6.9

Complicated Women
2003-05-06

Hollywood Goes to Town

7

Hollywood Goes to Town
1938-07-07

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

6.5

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987-03-13

10

Fugitives
1929-01-27

Lilies of the Field

4.2

Lilies of the Field
1930-01-05

Let's Go Native

7.7

Let's Go Native
1930-08-15

General Electric Theater

6.8

General Electric Theater
1953-02-01

Lux Video Theatre

6.7

Lux Video Theatre
1950-10-02

Matinee Theater

5.3

Matinee Theater
1955-10-31

Letter to Loretta

6.6

Letter to Loretta
1953-09-20

Lux Video Theatre

6.7

Lux Video Theatre
1950-10-02

Lux Video Theatre

6.7

Lux Video Theatre
1950-10-02