Virginia Mayo, born November 30, 1920 (died 2005)
Virginia Mayo, star of White Heat opposite Cagney, is shown above on a 1955 trading card from Kane Products in Great Britain. The vibrantly colored card, about the size of an early 1950’s Topps baseball card, was issued with a plain blank back.
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Turner Classic Movies honors Ms. Mayo on her date of birth by airing 8 films featuring her between 6 am and 7 pm today (including White Heat at 1:30 pm). Following is TCM’s entire Virginia Mayo schedule for Monday, November 30 (all times EST):
6:00 am Seven Days Ashore (1944) starring Wally Brown, Allan Carney, Marcy McGuire
7:15 am Smart Girls Don’t Talk (1948) starring Virginia Mayo, Bruce Bennett, Helen Westcott
8:45 am Colorado Territory (1949) starring Joel McCrea, Virginia Mayo, Dorothy Malone
10:30 am Flaxy Martin (1949) starring Zachary Scott, Virginia Mayo, Dorothy Malone
12:00 pm The Girl From Jones Beach (1949) starring Ronald Reagan, Virginia Mayo, Eddie Bracken
1:30 pm White Heat (1949) starring James Cagney, Edmond O’Brien, Virginia Mayo
3:30 pm Devil’s Canyon (1953) starring Dale Robertson, Virginia Mayo, Stephen McNally
5:15 pm Great Day in the Morning (1956) starring Virginia Mayo, Robert Stack, Ruth Roman
