Virginia Vincent obit

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Virginia Vincent was born on May 3, 1918 in Goshen, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for The Hills Have Eyes (1977), Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1957) and The Return of Dracula (1958). She was previously married to Frank London and Jack Vincent. She died on October 3, 2013 in San Diego, California, USA.

She was known for playing the role of "Jennie Blake" in the 1958 film The Return of Dracula.

 

She is best remembered for her portrayal of the strait-laced Jennie Blake in the cult classic "The Return of Dracula" (1958). Born Virginia Grohosky, after beginning her career as a leading lady on the Broadway stage, she was discovered by a talent scout who brought her out to California for screen and voice tests. Upon being reviewed by director Joseph Kane, he was so impressed by her blonde good looks, distinctive voice, and trim physique, that he arranged for her to begin a career in the film industry beginning with her appearing in a supporting role under his supervision in "California Passage" (1950). From there, she would go on to flourish as a notable character actress appearing in over 90 features; often typecast as girlfriends, waitresses, secretaries, nurses, white-collared workers, housekeepers, love interests, landladies, neighbors, curmudgeons, wives, mothers, old maids, educators, retail clerks, businesswomen, nannies, eccentrics, and matriarchs. She appeared in such feature films as "The Company She Keeps" (1951), "Taxi" (1953), "The Helen Morgan Story" (1957), "I Want to Live!" (1958), "Never Steal Anything Small" (1959), "Love with the Proper Stranger" (1963), "Navajo Run" (1964), "Tony Rome" (1967), "Sweet November" (1969), "Rabbit, Run" (1970), "The Million Dollar Duck" (1971), "The Baby" (1973), "Airport 1975" (1974), "Treasure of Matecumbe" (1976), "The Hills Have Eyes" (1977), "Amy" (1981), and "The Longshot" (1986). On television, she became a household name appearing in various guest spots on such syndicated sitcoms as "Studio One," "Tales of Tomorrow," "Robert Montgomery Presents," "Lux Video Theatre," "Dragnet," "Noah's Ark," "The Alcoa Hour," "Markham," "The Untouchables," "Perry Mason," "Peter Gunn," "The Barbara Stanwyck Show," "Guestward Ho!," "87th Precinct," "The Real McCoys," "Going My Way," "The Joey Bishop Show," "77 Sunset Strip," "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour," "Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre," "The Fugitive," "Kraft Suspense Theatre," "Kentucky Jones," "Gunsmoke," "Judd for the Defense," "Peyton Place," "The Donna Reed Show," "Longstreet," "The Virginian," "Room 222," "Emergency!," "Kolchak: The Night Stalker," "Adam-12," "Cannon," "Quincy, M.E.," "Police Story," "Eight Is Enough," "Simon & Simon," and "Knots Landing". 

During her career, she was a member of the Screen Actors Guild, was supportive of the Motion Picture and Television Fund, had been a regular parishioner of the Temple Israel of Hollywood, was an active member of the Hollywood Democratic Committee, had been a model for the Forbes Agency, was a theatrical instructor for the Pasadena Playhouse, presided as a chairwoman for her local charters of the American Red Cross and Habitat for Humanity, and she was married to actor Frank London from 1959 to 1962 (their union ended in divorce and produced no children). Upon her 1988 retirement, she spent the final years of her life being a regular attendee at autograph conventions, along with being a generous benefactor for several libraries and public schools, until her death from the complications of undisclosed causes.

Filmography

Actress (99 credits)
1988 Knots Landing (TV Series)
Mrs. Howell
- Borderline (1988) ... Mrs. Howell
1986 The Longshot
Waitress
1985 Simon & Simon (TV Series)
Toni Myers
- Reunion at Alcatraz (1985) ... Toni Myers
1984 Invitation to Hell (TV Movie)
Grace Henderson
1981 Amy
Edna Hancock
1977-1979 Eight Is Enough (TV Series)
Daisy Maxwell

1979 Police Story (TV Series)
Mrs. Hall
  
1979 Quincy M.E. (TV Series)
Mrs. Reed
- Physician, Heal Thyself (1979) ... Mrs. Reed
1977 The Hills Have Eyes
Ethel Carter
1976 Treasure of Matecumbe
Aunt Lou
1975 Cannon (TV Series)
Ann Kaufman
- Killer on the Hill (1975) ... Ann Kaufman
1974 Kolchak: The Night Stalker (TV Series)
Mrs. Markoff
- Firefall (1974) ... Mrs. Markoff
1974 Airport 1975
Gina Arriba - Passenger (uncredited)
1974 Adam-12 (TV Series)
Marion Fenton / Sheila Turman
 
1973 The ABC Afternoon Playbreak (TV Series)
Marian Webb
 
1972-1973 Emergency! (TV Series)
School Teacher / Martha Gilmore
  
1973 The Baby

1973 Ironside (TV Series)
Marylou Beacon
- A Game of Showdown (1973) ... Marylou Beacon
1971-1972 Room 222 (TV Series)
Mrs. Fine / Mrs. Vogel
  
1972 The Strangers in 7A (TV Movie)
Woman in Bank
1972 The Super (TV Series)
Dottie Clark
 
1971 Longstreet (TV Series)
Dora Wyman
- Wednesday's Child (1971) ... Dora Wyman
1966-1971 The F.B.I. (TV Series)
Mrs. Rademaker / Mrs. Wyatt / Miriam Abbott
 
1971 The Million Dollar Duck
Eunice Hooper
1971 The Interns (TV Series)
Bonnie
 
1971 The Smith Family (TV Series)
Mrs. Ritter
 
1970 The Psychiatrist (TV Series)
Mary, a Therapy Group Member
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1970 Rabbit, Run
Margaret
1970 The Young Lawyers (TV Series)
Mrs. Whitley
 
1970 Night Slaves (TV Movie)
Mrs. Crawford
1967-1970 Dragnet 1967 (TV Series)
Shirley Aldrich / Janice Lumis / Sylvia Crystal / ...

1969 Change of Habit
Miss Parker
1965-1969 Peyton Place (TV Series)
Mrs. Linden / Saleslady / Mrs. Voight
 
1968 Gunsmoke (TV Series)
Louise Thorpe
 
1968 Judd for the Defense (TV Series)
Mrs. Morosco
 
1968 Sweet November
Mrs. Schumacher
1967 Tony Rome
Sally Bullock
1966 The Virginian (TV Series)
Louise Emory
  
1965 The Donna Reed Show (TV Series)
Mrs. Bellflower
 
1965 Kentucky Jones (TV Series)
Laura Caldwell
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1964 Navajo Run
Sarah Grog
1964 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (TV Series)
Miss Clutha
- The Game with Glass Pieces (1964) ... Miss Clutha
1964 Kraft Suspense Theatre (TV Series)
Carlotta 'Charlotte' Monti
- Their Own Executioners (1964) ... Carlotta 'Charlotte' Monti
1964 The Fugitive (TV Series)
Lorna Grant
- Rat in a Corner (1964) ... Lorna Grant
1962-1963 77 Sunset Strip (TV Series)
Kitty Corcoran / Rosalie Pierce
- Paper Chase (1963) ... Kitty Corcoran
- Violence for Your Furs (1962) ... Rosalie Pierce
1963 Love with the Proper Stranger
Anna
1963 The Farmer's Daughter (TV Series)
Dorothy Hubbard
- One Rainy Night (1963) ... Dorothy Hubbard
1963 The Lloyd Bridges Show (TV Series)
Mrs. Melkin
- To Walk with the Stars (1963) ... Mrs. Melkin
1963 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV Series)
Madge Fletcher
- The Paragon (1963) ... Madge Fletcher
1962 The Real McCoys (TV Series)
Nancy Templeton
- Luke the Reporter (1962) ... Nancy Templeton
1962 Going My Way (TV Series)
Mary Cipollaro
- Not Good Enough for Mary (1962) ... Mary Cipollaro
1962 Alcoa Premiere (TV Series)
Maggie

1962The New Breed (TV Series)
- Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here (1962) ... Connie Stacy
1962 87th Precinct (TV Series)
Kathy Folsom

1961 The Joey Bishop Show (TV Series)
Betty

1961 Target: The Corruptors! (TV Series) - Pier 60 (1961) ... Annie
1961 Guestward Ho! (TV Series)
Mrs. Caswell
- No Place Like Home (1961) ... Mrs. Caswell
1959-1961 The Detectives (TV Series)
Linda Lloyd / Grace Bannion
- Not So Long Ago (1961) ... Linda Lloyd
- The Long Drive (1959) ... Grace Bannion
1961 The Aquanauts (TV Series) - The Defective Tank Adventure (1961) ... Miss Fenton
1961 Peter Gunn (TV Series)
- A Kill and a Half (1961) ... Dora Carmichael
1961The Barbara Stanwyck Show (TV Series)  - Dear Charlie (1961) ... Dulcy the Maid
1960 Richard Diamond, Private Detective (TV Series)
 - Fallen Star (1960) ... Rita Corbit
1960 Mr. Lucky (TV Series)
Honeybird
 
1959-1960 The Untouchables (TV Series)
Louise O'Hara / Mona Valentine
 
1960 The Lineup (TV Series) - Woman on the Ledge (1960) ... Ruth
1958-1960 Perry Mason (TV Series)
Ruth Walters / Virginia Trent / Harriet Bain
- The Case of the Frantic Flyer (1960) ... Ruth Walters
- The Case of the Shattered Dream (1959) ... Virginia Trent
- The Case of the Green-Eyed Sister (1958) ... Harriet Bain
1959 Johnny Staccato (TV Series)
Jeannie Dasko
 
1959 Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (TV Series)
Angelina
 
1959 Markham (TV Series)  - The Other Side of the Wall (1959) ... Gloria Klotsky
1959 The Millionaire (TV Series) - Flo
 
1959 M Squad (TV Series)
Mary Graymore
- The Star Witness (1959) ... Mary Graymore
1959 Never Steal Anything Small
Ginger
1958 I Want to Live!
Peg
1958 U.S. Marshal (TV Series)
Lois Thorne
 
1958 The Black Orchid
Alma Gallo
1958 The Return of Dracula
Jennie Blake
1958 The Court of Last Resort (TV Series)
Eleanor Stacy
 
1957 The Helen Morgan Story
Sue
1957 The Alcoa Hour (TV Series)
Cleo
 
1956 Studio 57 (TV Series)
Marge - Once Upon a Christmas Eve (1956) ... Marge
1956 Matinee Theatre (TV Series)
Mim

1956 Noah's Ark (TV Series)
Blind Woman - The Seeing Eye Dog (1956) ... Blind Woman
1956 The United States Steel Hour (TV Series)  - The Partners (1956)
1956 Star Tonight (TV Series)  - Mr. Bell's Creation (1956)
1956 Lux Video Theatre (TV Series) Grace
- The Corrigan Case (1956) ... Grace
1956 Dragnet (TV Series)  - The Big Gift (1956)
1956 Celebrity Playhouse (TV Series)
Bess Michaels
- I'll Make the Arrest (1956) ... Bess Michaels
1956 The People's Choice (TV Series)
Mary - Manicurist
- Sock Strikes It Rich (1956) ... Mary - Manicurist
1955 Kraft Theatre (TV Series)  - Flowers for 2-B (1955)
1955 The Best of Broadway (TV Series)
Bernice Niemeyer
 
1954 Robert Montgomery Presents (TV Series)
Rosalie Murphy
 
1954 The Big Story (TV Series)
Luella
 
1953 Studio One (TV Series)
Mrs. Sawyer

1952-1953 Tales of Tomorrow (TV Series)
Carlotta / Regina / Jean
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Hortense (uncredited)
1952Mr. District Attorney (TV Series)
1952 The Web (TV Series)


1951 The Company She Keeps
Annabelle Bird (uncredited)
1950 California Passage
Mazie (uncredited)