[4] Carroll was initially cast in a small part as a fashion model in the 1935 film, Roberta.

[2] She appeared in her first western film less than a year later in 1936's A Tenderfoot Goes West, co-starring Jack La Rue.

[2] Carroll became a staple in B-listed western feature films, appearing opposite Tex Ritter, Don "Red" Barry, Roy Rogers, Johnny Mack Brown, Bill Elliott, Gene Autry and Whip Wilson.

[2] The couple remained married until McLean's death in 1969, leaving Carroll a widow for the second time.

[2] Virginia Carroll died at a Santa Barbara, California, retirement community on July 23, 2009, of natural causes at the age of 95.