Acting
Virginia Bruce
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Virginia Bruce (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
Complicated Women
Film · 2003
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Film · 1987
That's Entertainment!
Film · 1974
Strangers When We Meet
Film · 1960
The Reluctant Bride
Film · 1955
Matinee Theater
Series · 1955
The Plague
Film · 1954
General Electric Theater
Series · 1953
Letter to Loretta
Series · 1953
Lux Video Theatre
Series · 1950
Lux Video Theatre
Series · 1950
Lux Video Theatre
Series · 1950
State Department: File 649
Film · 1949
Night Has a Thousand Eyes
Film · 1948
Love, Honor and Goodbye
Film · 1945
Action in Arabia
Film · 1944
Brazil
Film · 1944
Careful, Soft Shoulders
Film · 1942
Butch Minds the Baby
Film · 1942
Pardon My Sarong
Film · 1942
Adventure in Washington
Film · 1941
The Invisible Woman
Film · 1940
Hired Wife
Film · 1940
Flight Angels
Film · 1940
The Man Who Talked Too Much
Film · 1940
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Film · 1940
Let Freedom Ring
Film · 1939
Stronger Than Desire
Film · 1939
Society Lawyer
Film · 1939
Hollywood Hobbies
Film · 1939
Land of Liberty
Film · 1939
There Goes My Heart
Film · 1938
Arsène Lupin Returns
Film · 1938
Yellow Jack
Film · 1938
The First Hundred Years
Film · 1938
Woman Against Woman
Film · 1938
There's That Woman Again
Film · 1938
Hollywood Goes to Town
Film · 1938
Between Two Women
Film · 1937
The Bad Man of Brimstone
Film · 1937
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
Film · 1937
Women of Glamour
Film · 1937
When Love Is Young
Film · 1937
The Great Ziegfeld
Film · 1936
Born to Dance
Film · 1936
The Garden Murder Case
Film · 1936
The Murder Man
Film · 1935
Society Doctor
Film · 1935
Let 'em Have It
Film · 1935
Escapade
Film · 1935
Shadow of Doubt
Film · 1935
Metropolitan
Film · 1935
Times Square Lady
Film · 1935
Here Comes the Band
Film · 1935
A Dream Comes True
Film · 1935
Pirate Party on Catalina Isle
Film · 1935
The Mighty Barnum
Film · 1934
Dangerous Corner
Film · 1934
Jane Eyre
Film · 1934
Winner Take All
Film · 1932
Kongo
Film · 1932
Downstairs
Film · 1932
The Miracle Man
Film · 1932
Sky Bride
Film · 1932
Raffles
Film · 1930
The Social Lion
Film · 1930
Young Eagles
Film · 1930
Follow Thru
Film · 1930
Safety in Numbers
Film · 1930
Only the Brave
Film · 1930
Whoopee!
Film · 1930
Paramount on Parade
Film · 1930
Slightly Scarlet
Film · 1930
Lilies of the Field
Film · 1930
Let's Go Native
Film · 1930
Woman Trap
Film · 1929
The River of Romance
Film · 1929
Hard to Get
Film · 1929
Pointed Heels
Film · 1929
The Love Parade
Film · 1929
Fugitives
Film · 1929