Portrait of Virginia Bruce

Acting

Virginia Bruce

Career

Active from 1929 to 1960, busiest in 1935 with 8 main titles.

Leading roles
43
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score60/100
Highest rated
Poster for Night Has a Thousand Eyes
Night Has a Thousand Eyes
GoodWatch score76/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 22 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.7 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.8 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.7 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Virginia Bruce Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.8, average 5.4
  • Violence
    2.4, average 4.1
  • Psychological
    4.1, average 5.5
  • Adrenaline
    3.6, average 4.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Historical Setting 5
  • Social Commentary 3
  • Classic Hollywood 3
  • Class Conflict 3
  • Romantic Comedy 2
  • Nostalgic 2
  • Classic Hollywood Musical 2
  • Atmospheric 2
  • Character-Driven 2
  • Historical Drama 2
  • Lighthearted Entertainment 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

73
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1970s

1 title · average score 84
That's Entertainment!
That's Entertainment! (1974)
GoodWatch score 84

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

1960s

1 title · average score 63
Strangers When We Meet
Strangers When We Meet (1960)
GoodWatch score 63

as Mrs. Wagner

1950s

6 titles · average score 69
The Reluctant Bride
The Reluctant Bride (1955)

as Laura Weeks

Matinee Theater
Matinee Theater (1955)

TV show

The Plague
The Plague (1954)

as Nurse

Letter to Loretta
Letter to Loretta (1953)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show · as Dee Norman

General Electric Theater
General Electric Theater (1953)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show · as Adele

Lux Video Theatre
Lux Video Theatre (1950)

TV show · as Mildred Pierce / Pauline Travis

1940s

13 titles · average score 59
State Department: File 649
State Department: File 649 (1949)
GoodWatch score 49

as Marge

Love, Honor and Goodbye
Love, Honor and Goodbye (1945)

as Roberta Baxter

Action in Arabia
Action in Arabia (1944)
GoodWatch score 60

as Yvonne

Brazil
Brazil (1944)
GoodWatch score 55

as Nicky Henderson

Pardon My Sarong
Pardon My Sarong (1942)
GoodWatch score 62

as Joan Marshall

Butch Minds the Baby
Butch Minds the Baby (1942)

as Susie O'Neill

Careful, Soft Shoulders
Careful, Soft Shoulders (1942)

as Connie Mathers

Adventure in Washington
Adventure in Washington (1941)

as Jane Scott

The Invisible Woman
The Invisible Woman (1940)
GoodWatch score 48

as Kitty Carroll

The Man Who Talked Too Much
The Man Who Talked Too Much (1940)
GoodWatch score 63

as Joan Reed

Hired Wife
Hired Wife (1940)
GoodWatch score 67

as Phyllis Walden

Flight Angels
Flight Angels (1940)
GoodWatch score 52

as Mary Norvell

1930s

46 titles · average score 62
There Goes My Heart
There Goes My Heart (1938)
GoodWatch score 65

as Joan Butterfield

Arsène Lupin Returns
Arsène Lupin Returns (1938)
GoodWatch score 54

as Lorraine de Grissac

There's That Woman Again
There's That Woman Again (1938)
GoodWatch score 52

as Sally Reardon

The First Hundred Years
The First Hundred Years (1938)
GoodWatch score 66

as Lynn Conway

Born to Dance
Born to Dance (1936)
GoodWatch score 59

as Lucy James

The Garden Murder Case
The Garden Murder Case (1936)
GoodWatch score 51

as Zalia Graem

Society Doctor
Society Doctor (1935)
GoodWatch score 66

as Madge

Times Square Lady
Times Square Lady (1935)
GoodWatch score 64

as Toni Bradley

The Murder Man
The Murder Man (1935)
GoodWatch score 69

as Mary Shannon

Let 'em Have It
Let 'em Have It (1935)
GoodWatch score 54

as Eleanor Spencer

Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre (1934)
GoodWatch score 43

as Jane Eyre

Downstairs
Downstairs (1932)
GoodWatch score 67

as Anna

1920s

6 titles · average score 72
The Love Parade
The Love Parade (1929)
GoodWatch score 85

as Lady-in-Waiting

Pointed Heels
Pointed Heels (1929)
GoodWatch score 59

as Chorus Girl (uncredited)

The River of Romance
The River of Romance (1929)

as Southern Belle

Woman Trap
Woman Trap (1929)

as Nurse

Hard to Get
Hard to Get (1929)

as Young Woman (uncredited)

Fugitives
Fugitives (1929)

as Extra (uncredited)