London-born actress, daughter of the King's Counsel, St. John Field, educated in Paris and Vienna. Her mother, a cousin of famous Confederate General Robert E. Lee, chose the name "Virginia" as homage to Lee's beloved home state. Virginia also had an actress aunt, Auriol Lee , who paved the way for her debut on the stage. She first appeared in "This Side Idolatry" in 1933 (with Leslie Howard ). She was later signed by 20th Century Fox (actually by standing in at a screen test as a favour to another actress), but was quickly typecast as the "other woman" or as perfunctory second fiddle to "Charlie Chan" and "Mr. Moto". She had greater success on Broadway , where she starred in the screwball comedy "The Doughgirls" (1942) at the Lyceum Theatre, and the Moss Hart farce "Light Up the Sky" (1948), with Sam Levene , Barry Nelson and Glenn Anders .
Mother was a cousin of Robert E. Lee .Father was a British Judge.Mother, with Paul Douglas , of daughter Margaret Field Douglas (born in 1945).Niece of Auriol Lee .Columnist Walter Winchell dubbed her "the most beautiful blonde in the world".Her father was a prominent English judge.Her acting training took place on the European continent. Max Reinhardt , whom she met in Vienna, presented her in his production of "All's Well That Ends Well". She was about to be presented to Broadway audiences when she was offered a Twentieth Century-Fox film contract.Although Virginia certainly had the talent to become a top film star, it is believed that her actions and candid opinions about others stars did her in. When David O. Selznick made a pass at her, she clubbed him over the head with a decanter. Disparaging remarks about actress Loretta Young ("phony" and "two-faced") and Betty Hutton ("moody") hurt her reputation.Her marriage to Paul Douglas broke up when he found out she was having an affair with actor/director Dick Powell . She and Douglas had one daughter, Margaret, who worked as an actress in England.Her father was the judge of Leicester County Court Circuit. Her mother was a cousin of U.S. Confederate leader Robert E. Lee and her aunt was British stage actress and director Auriol Lee .During the long-running "Perry Mason" series between 1957 and 1966, Margaret made six guest appearances. She played the murderer in both the 1960 episode, "The Case of the Provocative Protege" and the 1962 episode, "The Case of the Polka Dot Pony".Her marriage to composer Howard Grode lasted only three months before they separated. In 1951, she married actor Willard Parker and the marriage lasted until her death in 1992. Parker later became a successful real estate dealer in Indian Wells, near Palm Springs, California. Virginia owned a operated a boutique near his office.
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A bump on the head sends Hank Martin, 1912 mechanic, to Arthurian Britain, 528 A.D., where he is befriended by Sir Sagramore le Desirous and gains power by judicious use of technology. He and Alisande, the King's niece, fall in love at first sight, which draws unwelcome attention from her fiancée Sir Lancelot; but worse trouble befalls when Hank meddles in the kingdom's politics.