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Virginia Gilmore was born Sherman Virginia Poole in El Monte, California. Her father was a retired officer of the British Army. Gilmore began her stage career in San Francisco at the age of 15, but moved to Los Angeles in 1939 to pursue work in films.
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Virginia Gilmore was a long time resident of Sedona. She finally yielded, after much pestering, to Northern Arizona's Audubon Society request to set her vast store of local knowledge into type. And just in time - Virginia passed away just a brief time after publishing her book. NAAS has planted a stand of cottonwoods, the Gilmore Grove, at the Oak Creek Important Bird Area in Page Springs, AZ.
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From All Movie Guide: The daughter of a former British military officer, Virginia Gilmore first appeared in amateur theatre in her native El Monte, California, made her professional bow in San Francisco at 15, then studied acting in California and Vienna. She made her first film, Winter Carnival, for producer Walter Wanger in 1939. This led to a contract at 20th Century-Fox, where she was starred in such major and minor efforts as Jennie (1940), Swamp Water (1941), Berlin Correspondent (1942) and Orchestra Wives (1943). It was only after completing her Fox responsibilities that Gilmore made her Broadway bow in 1943's Those Endearing Young Charms. From 1944 through 1960, Gilmore was the wife of actor Yul Brynner, with whom she co-starred in the local New York TV variety series We're On. After dozens of TV appearances in the 1950s, Gilmore's career was compromised by emotional reverses and a drinking problem. In the 1960s, a recovering Virginia Gilmore was one of the leading spokespersons of Alcoholics Anonymous and ... taught acting classes at Yale University.
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When her movie career was not progressing, Gilmore mustered the nerve to approach Samuel Goldwyn at his home. As a result of their meeting, he promised her a screen test. She did soon land some small movie roles. Her better known film appearances both occurred in 1941: Western Union, directed by Fritz Lang, and Swamp Water directed by Jean Renoir.
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Gilmore's administration had been criticized by trash industry opponents after he appointed a former trash industry lobbyist, Dennis H. Treacy, as director of the Department of Environmental Quality, which regulates the waste industry. The department later approved an expansion of the King and Queen County mega-fill that many residents had opposed, adding to the criticism.
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That Other Woman in this 20th Century-Fox programmer turns out to be Emily (Virginia Gilmore), faithful secretary to master architect Henry Summers (James Ellison). Hoping to trap her boss into marriage, Emily begins sending "mash notes" to Henry, purportedly from a mysterious female admirer.
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