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(Virginia Clara Jones)
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| 30 November 20 |
is born in St. Louis, Missouri, to Luke Ward Jones, a display advertising salesman, and Martha Henrietta Rautenstrauch Jones. Her great-great-great-grandfather, Capt. James Piggott, served with George Washington.
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studies dance at age 6
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| January 38 |
graduates from Soldan High School
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| Summer 38 |
is in the chorus of the St. Louis Municipal Opera
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| Winter 40 |
her father dies
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| Autumn 41 |
makes it to Broadway in Eddie Cantor's Banjo Eyes, which closes in April 1942
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is spotted by a talent scout for producer David O. Selznick while in Billy Rose's Diamond Horseshoe in New York City
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| c. 42/43 |
Sam Goldwyn puts her under contract as one of his Goldwyn Girls, at $100 per week
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goes to California. Her mother follows two months later, and they rent an apartment at the Hollywood Towers
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| 43 |
meets actor Michael O'Shea when they film Jack London. He's 14 years her senior and has been married since 1926.
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| 46 |
director William Wyler doesn't think she is any good when he has to use her in The Best Years of Our Lives
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| 47 |
is voted "The Girl Most Likely to be Whistled at in 1947"
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| 5 July 47 |
marries O'Shea in a Protestant ceremony at The Little Church of the Flowers, at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Glendale, California
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| ? |
due to a lost bet with The Brown Derby's Maitre d' Gus Constance, she waits tables at his restaurant
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| Mid-49 |
her husband does volunteer work as a detective with the sheriff's department of Van Nuys, California
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| 51 |
the O'Sheas purchase a 6,000-acre ranch near Mammoth, Arizona
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| May 52 |
stars with her husband in the play Christ on Trial at the Hollywood First Presbyterian Church
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admits she's no talent in the kitchen
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| 12 November 53 |
her daughter, Mary Katherine, is born at Santa Monica's St. John's Hospital
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| 54 |
Warner Brothers plans to cast her for the upcoming Helen of Troy, but director Robert Wise cannot visualize her in the role, which finally goes to Italian Rosanna Podesta
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| late 40s-early 60s |
does a lot of summer stock with her husband
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| 66 |
tests for the leading part in "Green Acres," but the role goes to Eva Gabor
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| 4 December 73 |
becomes the widow of O'Shea, who is found dead in the bathtub. Later she will blame the Mob for her husband’s death.
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| 80 |
resides in Thousand Oaks, California, in a home built by her and her late husband
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| 03 |
is scheduled to attend the Memphis Film Festival, in Memphis, Tennessee, in June
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| 17 January 05 |
dies at age 84 in Thousand Oaks, California, from pneumonia and heart failure
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Sources:
The Forties Gals by James Robert Parish, Movie Stars of the Forties by David Ragan, Classic Images |
Recommended Books:
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Links:
Filmography
Official Site
JSR: Virginia Mayo
Brian's Drive-In Theater: Virginia Mayo |
