She also performed on stage in such shows as ‘That Certain Girl (1967)’ and ‘Barefoot in the Park (1968). In addition, she guest-starred on shows such as ‘Burke’s Law’, ‘Daktari’, and ‘The Outsider’. She and her husband made a pilot for a TV series McGarry and His Mouse (1960), but it was not picked up. Mayo starred in many of the highest-grossing films of the 1950s, including ‘Backfire’, ‘The Flame and the Arrow’, ‘The West Point Story’, ‘The Iron Mistress’, ‘Pearl of the South Pacific, and many others. Critics praised her performance, and the picture became the highest-grossing film in the United States. Mayo accepted the supporting role of unpleasant gold-digger Marie Derry in William Wyler’s drama The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) for Goldwyn, defying stereotypes. The following year, she starred in the musical ‘Wonder Man (1945),’ a smash hit. Mayo’s first lead role was in The Princess and the Pirate (1944), a Goldwyn satire of pirate flicks, opposite to comedian Bob Hope.
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Samuel Goldwyn, a movie magnate, noticed her skills and startling beauty and signed her to an acting contract with his business. Virginia Mayo made her Broadway debut in 1941 with Eddie Cantor in Banjo Eyes. Louis Municipal Opera after graduating from high school in 1937. Virginia began taking dancing lessons at the age of six from her aunt, who ran a dance studio. She had a fascination with show business since she was a child. Louis, Missouri, on November 30, 1920, to a newspaper reporter and his wife. As Warner Brothers’ biggest box-office money-maker in the late 1940s, she appeared in a series of comedy films with Danny Kaye. She started her film career as a chorus girl and comic foil before becoming an accomplished actress.
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