Virginia Gibson

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Virginia Gibson : biography

April 9, 1925 – April 25, 2013

Virginia Gibson, born Virginia Gorski, (April 9, 1925 – April 25, 2013) was an American dancer, singer and actress of film, television and musical theatre.

Filmography

  • Funny Face
  • Athena
  • She’s Back on Broadway
  • Stop, You’re Killing Me
  • Painting the Clouds With Sunshine
  • Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
  • About Face
  • Goodbye, My Fancy
  • Tea for Two
  • I Killed Wild Bill Hickok
  • Once Upon a Honeymoon
  • So This Is Hollywood (TV sitcom)

Awards

In 1957 she was nominated for a Tony Award Best Featured Actress in a Musical, for her portrayal of Beth Livingstone in Happy Hunting.

Career

Gibson landed a number of leading roles in films and television series. She was a regular performer on The Johnny Carson Show (1955–56), an earlier Carson series, not to be confused with The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. From the early 1960s to the early 1970s she co-hosted, with Frank Buxton (and later, Bill Owen), the ABC-TV children’s documentary program Discovery.