Downing, Virginia (1904–1996)
Downing, Virginia (1904–1996)
American stage actress. Born Mar 7, 1904, in Washington; died Nov 21, 1996, in New York, NY; m. John Leighton (actor).
Made Broadway debut in Father Malachy's Miracle (1937), followed by Cradle Will Rock, Gift of Time, We Have Always Lived in the Castle and Arsenic and Old Lace, among others; off-Broadway credits include Juno and the Paycock, Man with the Golden Arm, The Idiot, Medea, Mrs. Warren's Profession, Rimers of Eldritch, Les Blancs, Shadow of a Gunman, All That Fall and Richard III.
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