Virginia Sale (May 20, 1899 – August 23, 1992) was an American character actress whose career spanned six decades, during most of which she played older women, even when she was in her twenties.

[1] Her brother, vaudeville comedian Charles "Chic" Sale, convinced her to leave New York and pursue a career in Hollywood films.

[3] Her early career included roles in Moby Dick (1930), Oliver Twist (1933), and Madame Du Barry (1934).

[4] In 1947, she had a recurring role in back-to-back films centered on a detective character, Russ Ashton (played by Tom Neal): The Hat-box Mystery and The Case of the Baby Sitter.

[4] Her final film appearance was in a small role in 1973's Slither, starring James Caan, Peter Boyle, and Sally Kellerman.

In her final years, she lived at the Motion Picture and Television Country Hospital in Woodland Hills, California, where she died on August 23, 1992, from heart failure.