Bruce, Virginia (1910–1982)

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Bruce, Virginia (1910–1982)

American actress. Born Helen Virginia Briggs, Sept 29, 1910, in Minneapolis, Minnesota; died Feb 24, 1982, in Woodland Hills, California; m. John Gilbert (actor), 1932 (div. 1934); m. J. Walter Ruben (director), Dec 18, 1937 (died 1942); m. Ali Ipar (Turkish writer-producer), 1946; children: (1st m.) Susan Ann Gilbert; (2nd m.) Christopher Ruben.

Made film debut in The Love Parade (1928); appeared in lead roles in a number of films, including The Great Ziegfeld (1936), Born to Dance (1936), Between Two Women (1937), Arsène Lupin Returns (1938), Yellow Jack (1938), Invisible Woman (1941), Pardon My Sarong (1942), Night has a Thousand Eyes (1948), The Reluctant Bride (1952), and as Kim Novak's mother in Strangers When We Meet (1960).

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