Virginia Bruce

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.
Known For: Acting
Birthday: 1910-09-29
Place of Birth: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Also Known As: Helen Virginia Briggs

Movies List of Virginia Bruce

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The Murder Man

1935 Movie
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The Invisible Woman

1940 Movie
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The Great Ziegfeld

1936 Movie
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Born to Dance

1936 Movie
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There Goes My Heart

1938 Movie
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Winner Take All

1932 Movie
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Kongo

1932 Movie
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Action in Arabia

1944 Movie
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Hired Wife

1940 Movie
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Raffles

1930 Movie
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The Mighty Barnum

1934 Movie
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Flight Angels

1940 Movie
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Arsène Lupin Returns

1938 Movie
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Downstairs

1932 Movie
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Society Doctor

1935 Movie
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Yellow Jack

1938 Movie
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Let 'em Have It

1935 Movie
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Dangerous Corner

1934 Movie
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Escapade

1935 Movie
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Jane Eyre

1934 Movie
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Let Freedom Ring

1939 Movie
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Stronger Than Desire

1939 Movie
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Society Lawyer

1939 Movie
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Shadow of Doubt

1935 Movie
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Woman Trap

1929 Movie
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Between Two Women

1937 Movie
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Brazil

1944 Movie
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Metropolitan

1935 Movie
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Hollywood Hobbies

1939 Movie
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The Plague

1954 Movie
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The Social Lion

1930 Movie
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The Miracle Man

1932 Movie
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Young Eagles

1930 Movie
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Land of Liberty

1939 Movie
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Follow Thru

1930 Movie
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Woman Against Woman

1938 Movie
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Safety in Numbers

1930 Movie
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Times Square Lady

1935 Movie
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River of Romance

1929 Movie
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Here Comes the Band

1935 Movie
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That's Entertainment!

1974 Movie
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Women of Glamour

1937 Movie
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Butch Minds the Baby

1942 Movie
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When Love Is Young

1937 Movie
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Hard to Get

1929 Movie
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Let's Go Native

1930 Movie
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Pardon My Sarong

1942 Movie
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The Reluctant Bride

1955 Movie
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Only the Brave

1930 Movie
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Whoopee!

1930 Movie
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Pointed Heels

1929 Movie
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Paramount on Parade

1930 Movie
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Sky Bride

1932 Movie
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The Love Parade

1930 Movie
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Slightly Scarlet

1930 Movie
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A Dream Comes True

1935 Movie
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Complicated Women

2003 Movie
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Fugitives

1929 Movie
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Lilies of the Field

1930 Movie