Virginia Mayo (1920–2005)
Author of Don't Forget Me, Santa Claus
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Works by Virginia Mayo
Associated Works
Starlift [1951 film] 4 copies
Warner Archive Collection: Randolph Scott (Badman's Territory / Trial Street / Return of the Bad Men / Carson City /… (1946) 2 copies
The Proud Ones [1956 film] 2 copies
The Kid from Brooklyn [1953 film] — Actor — 2 copies
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- Other names
- Jones, Virginia Clara (birth)
- Birthdate
- 1920-11-30
- Date of death
- 2005-01-17
- Burial location
- Pierce Brothers Valley Oaks Memorial Park, Westlake Village, California, USA
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- St. Louis, Missouri, USA
- Place of death
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Occupations
- actor
- Relationships
- O'Shea, Michael (husband)
- Awards and honors
- Hollywood Walk of Fame
- Short biography
- Virginia Mayo, née Virginia Clara Jones, was born in St. Louis, Missouri. She became a successful actress and dancer. She appeared in a series of comedy films with Danny Kaye and also co-starred in the 1946 Oscar-winning movie The Best Years of Our Lives and White Heat (1949). She was Warner Brothers' biggest box-office money-maker in the late 1940s. In her later years, she became a painter, and in 1993, wrote a children's book called Don't Forget Me, Santa Claus (Barrons Juveniles Publishers).
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- Works
- 7
- Also by
- 25
- Members
- 39
- Popularity
- #376,657
- Rating
- 3.8
- Reviews
- 2
- ISBNs
- 12
- Languages
- 2