Virginia Bruce

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name = Virginia Bruce

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caption = from the trailer for "The Great Ziegfeld" (1936)
birthname = Helen Virginia Briggs
birthdate = birth date|1910|9|28
birthplace = city-state|Minneapolis|Minnesota
deathdate = Death date and age|1982|2|24|1910|9|28
deathplace = city-state|Woodland Hills|California
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spouse = John Gilbert (1932–1934)
J. Walter Ruben (1937–1942)
Ali Ipar (1946–1951)
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Virginia Bruce (September 29, 1910 – February 24, 1982) was an American actress and singer

Born Helen Virginia Briggs in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Bruce began her acting career in minor roles in Hollywood in 1929. In 1930 she appeared on Broadway in the musical "Smiles", followed by "America's Sweetheart" in 1931.

Bruce returned to Hollywood in 1932, where 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 in 1936. That same year, Bruce introduced the Cole Porter standard "I've Got You Under My Skin" in the film "Born to Dance" and costarred in the MGM musical "The Great Ziegfeld".

Virginia married film director J. Walter Rubin in 1937, making the Wallace Beery western "The Bad Man of Brimstone" together that year, and they had a son named Christopher, but she was widowed in 1942. In 1946 she married Ali Ipar. They divorced in 1951 but remarried in 1952. Her second to last film appearance was in the 1960's "Strangers When We Meet". Her final film appearance was in "Madame Wang's" in 1981.

Virginia Bruce died from cancer in Woodland Hills, California.

Filmography

Features

*"Fugitives" (1929)
*"Blue Skies" (1929)
*"River of Romance" (1929)
*"Fashions in Love" (1929)
*"Illusion" (1929)
*"Woman Trap" (1929)
*"Why Bring That Up?" (1929)
*"The Love Parade" (1929)
*"Lilies of the Field" (1930)
*"Slightly Scarlet" (1930)
*"Only the Brave" (1930)
*"Young Eagles" (1930)
*"Paramount on Parade" (1930)
*"Safety in Numbers" (1930)
*"The Social Lion" (1930)
*"Raffles" (1930)
*"Let's Go Native" (1930)
*"Whoopee!" (1930)
*"Follow Thru" (1930)
*"Hell Divers" (1931) (scenes deleted)

*"The Wet Parade" (1932)
*"The Miracle Man" (1932)
*"Sky Bride" (1932)
*"Winner Take All" (1932)
*"Downstairs" (1932)
*"A Scarlet Week-End" (1932)
*"Kongo" (1932)
*"Jane Eyre" (1934)
*"Dangerous Corner" (1934)
*"The Mighty Barnum" (1934)
*"Society Doctor" (1935)
*"Shadow of Doubt" (1935)
*"Times Square Lady" (1935)
*"Let 'em Have It" (1935)
*"Escapade" (1935)
*"The Murder Man" (1935)
*"Here Comes the Band" (1935)
*"Metropolitan" (1935)
*"The Garden Murder Case" (1936)
*"The Great Ziegfeld" (1936)
*"Born to Dance" (1936)
*"Women of Glamour" (1937)
*"When Love Is Young" (1937)
*"Between Two Women" (1937)
*"Wife, Doctor and Nurse" (1937)
*"The Bad Man of Brimstone" (1937)
*"Arsène Lupin Returns" (1938)
*"The First Hundred Years" (1938)
*"Yellow Jack" (1938)
*"Woman Against Woman" (1938)
*"There Goes My Heart" (1938)
*"There's That Woman Again" (1939)
*"Let Freedom Ring" (1939)
*"Society Lawyer" (1939)
*"Stronger Than Desire" (1939)
*"Flight Angels" (1940)
*"The Man Who Talked Too Much" (1940)
*"Hired Wife" (1940)
*"The Invisible Woman" (1940)
*"Adventure in Washington" (1941)
*"Butch Minds the Baby" (1942)
*"Pardon My Sarong" (1942)
*"Careful, Soft Shoulder" (1942)
*"Action in Arabia" (1944)
*"Brazil" (1944)
*"Love, Honor and Goodbye" (1945)
*"Night Has a Thousand Eyes" (1948)
*"State Department: File 649" (1949)
*"Istanbul" (1954)
*"Reluctant Bride" (1955)
*"Strangers When We Meet" (1960)
*"Madame Wang's" (1981)

hort subjects

*"A Dream Comes True" (1935)
*"Pirate Party on Catalina Isle" (1935)
*"Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 1" (1936)
*"Behind the Movie Lens" (1938)
*"Hollywood Goes to Town" (1938)
*"Hollywood Hobbies" (1939)
*"Screen Snapshots: Stars on Horseback" (1939)

External links

*imdb name|id=0115597|name=Virginia Bruce
*amg name|2:9135
*findagrave|10077948
* [http://film.virtual-history.com/person.php?personid=601 Photographs of Virginia Bruce]

Persondata
NAME= Bruce, Virginia
ALTERNATIVE NAMES= Briggs, Helen Virginia
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Actor
DATE OF BIRTH= 1910-9-28
PLACE OF BIRTH= Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
DATE OF DEATH= 1982-2-24
PLACE OF DEATH= Woodland Hills, California, USA