Virginia Mayo

Virginia Mayo is pure Golden Age Hollywood to me. Born Virginia Jones in St. Louis in 1920, she became Warner Bros.' biggest box-office draw in the late 1940s, which is a staggering thing to say about anyone. I'm drawn to the range her credits show: light comedy alongside Danny Kaye, then the heavyweight drama of The Best Years of Our Lives, then the menace of White Heat. That noir pivot especially intrigues me, because it's rare for a star known for charm to lean convincingly into darkness. Her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame feels well earned. She's the sort of name worth rediscovering today.

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Name (English)

Virginia Mayo

Name (Japanese)

ヴァージニア・メイヨ

Reading

ゔぁーじにあ・めいよ

Born

November 30, 1920 – January 17, 2005

Origin

St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Occupation

film actor / television actor / stage actor / actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Monkey

High school

Soldan International Studies High School

Awards & achievements

• star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

• Official sitehttp://www.virginiamayo.com
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia%20Mayo
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E3%83%8B%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A1%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A8
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q232245

Tags

• Missouri
• film actor
• television actor
• stage actor

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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