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    Spotlight on: Virginia Grey

    To me, the saddest in the line-up is Virginia Grey. Virginia was a pretty blonde starlet who never reached her full potential as an actress. Her father worked for Mack Sennett in the early days of filmdom and little Virginia made her screen debut at age nine. Her film resume lists over 140 credits, but most are not memorable. She was always the best friend or sister of the main actress, left to play second fiddle. One of her most memorable roles  is that of Joan Crawford’s smart- alecky co-worker in one scene of  1939’s The Women (You can watch it here). She had a very small role in the beginning…