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TopTenREVIEWS presents the film career and movie reviews of Virginia Mayo.

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Virginia Mayo
Birthdate: November 30, 1920
Death date: January 17, 2005

Virginia Mayo

ACTOR RANKINGS:

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CAREER SPAN

Decade
Movie Score
# Movies
1940s
2.7027
16
total ranking of 2.7027
1950s
2.3223
24
total ranking of 2.3223
1960s
1.6515
4
total ranking of 1.6515
1970s
No Reviews
4
1980s
No Reviews
0
1990s
0.9641
3
total ranking of 0.9641
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews & awards.
Overall Actor Score: Virginia Mayo is ranked overall as 2.4152 of of 4 stars2.4152

Virginia Mayo Movie Rankings

1
Virginia Mayo starring in Best Years of Our Lives
Best Years of Our Lives, The (1946)
Virginia Mayo scores a combined 3.5152 out of 4 stars for Best Years of Our Lives3.5152
Three American servicemen return home to Boone City after the war, to find their lives irrevocably changed by their military experience. ...more about Best Years of Our Lives
2
Virginia Mayo starring in White Heat
White Heat (1949)
Virginia Mayo scores a combined 3.1438 out of 4 stars for White Heat3.1438
Cody Jarrett is the sadistic leader of a ruthless gang of thieves. Afflicted by terrible headaches and fiercely devoted to his 'Ma,' Cody is a volatile, violent, and eccentric leader. ...more about White Heat
3
Virginia Mayo starring in Princess and the Pirate
Princess and the Pirate, The (1944)
Virginia Mayo scores a combined 2.7796 out of 4 stars for Princess and the Pirate2.7796
Princess Margaret is travelling incognito to elope with her true love instead of marrying the man her father has betrothed her to. ...more about Princess and the Pirate
4
Kid from Brooklyn, The (1946)
Kid from Brooklyn, The (1946)
Virginia Mayo scores a combined 2.7464 out of 4 stars for Kid from Brooklyn2.7464
Shy milkman Burleigh Sullivan accidentally knocks out drunken Speed McFarlane, a champion boxer who was flirting with Burleigh's sister. The newspapers get hold of the story and photographers even catch Burleigh knock out Speed again. ...more about Kid from Brooklyn
  • Not Available on DVD
5
Castle of Evil (1966)
Castle of Evil (1966)
Virginia Mayo scores a combined 2.4468 out of 4 stars for Castle of Evil2.4468
  • Not Available on DVD
6
Silver Chalice, The (1954)
Silver Chalice, The (1954)
Virginia Mayo scores a combined 2.4095 out of 4 stars for Silver Chalice2.4095
A Greek artisan is commissioned to cast the cup of Christ in silver and sculpt around its rim the faces of the disciples and Jesus himself. He travels to Jerusalem and eventually to Rome to complete the task. ...more about Silver Chalice
  • Not Available on DVD
7
Iron Mistress, The (1952)
Iron Mistress, The (1952)
Virginia Mayo scores a combined 2.3912 out of 4 stars for Iron Mistress2.3912
Barely historical presentation of the life of Jim Bowie. Here he goes to New Orleans to sell lumber but falls in love with Judalon. To match his rivals he must become sophisticated and does so. ...more about Iron Mistress
  • Not Available on DVD
8
Wonder Man (1945)
Wonder Man (1945)
Virginia Mayo scores a combined 2.3035 out of 4 stars for Wonder Man2.3035
Boisterous nightclub entertainer Buzzy Bellew was the witness to a murder committed by gangster Ten Grand Jackson. One night, two of Jackson's thugs kill Buzzy and dump his body in the lake at Prospect Park in Brooklyn. ...more about Wonder Man
  • Not Available on DVD
9
Flame and the Arrow, The (1950)
Flame and the Arrow, The (1950)
Virginia Mayo scores a combined 2.1416 out of 4 stars for Flame and the Arrow2.1416
Twelfth-century Lombardy lies under the iron heel of German overlord Count Ulrich 'The Hawk', but in the mountains, guerillas yet resist. ...more about Flame and the Arrow
  • Not Available on DVD
10
Always Leave Them Laughing (1949)
Always Leave Them Laughing (1949)
Virginia Mayo scores a combined 2.1004 out of 4 stars for Always Leave Them Laughing2.1004
  • Not Available on DVD
11
Colorado Territory (1949)
Colorado Territory (1949)
Virginia Mayo scores a combined 2.0638 out of 4 stars for Colorado Territory2.0638
Outlaw Wes McQueen is sprung from jail to help pull one last railroad job. He doesn't like his new partners - except dance-hall girl Colorado - and anyway fancies Julie Ann newly arrived from the east to set up home with her father. Maybe time to get out. ...more about Colorado Territory
  • Not Available on DVD
12
Red Light (1949)
Red Light (1949)
Virginia Mayo scores a combined 2.0547 out of 4 stars for Red Light2.0547
Nick Cherney, in prison for embezzling from Torno Freight Co., sees a chance to get back at Johnny Torno through his young priest brother Jess. He pays fellow prisoner Rocky, who gets out a week before Nick, to murder Jess... ...more about Red Light
  • Not Available on DVD
13
Story of Mankind, The (1957)
Story of Mankind, The (1957)
Virginia Mayo scores a combined 1.9620 out of 4 stars for Story of Mankind1.9620
The council of elders of outer space is deliberating on a very important subject: Must mankind be allowed to survive, or is it so esentially evil that it must be destroyed? A devil and an angel act as prosecutor and defense for the human race, and the ...more about Story of Mankind
  • Not Available on DVD
14
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. (1951)
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. (1951)
Virginia Mayo scores a combined 1.9392 out of 4 stars for Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.1.9392
In 1807, unflappable Capt. Hornblower of the British Navy is sent on a secret mission to divert Napoleon's Spanish allies by sponsoring a megalomaniac's Central American revolution. ...more about Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
15
Backfire (1950)
Backfire (1950)
Virginia Mayo scores a combined 1.9163 out of 4 stars for Backfire1.9163
  • Not Available on DVD
16
Seven Days Ashore (1944)
Seven Days Ashore (1944)
Virginia Mayo scores a combined 1.8173 out of 4 stars for Seven Days Ashore1.8173
  • Not Available on DVD
17
Midnight Witness (1993)
Midnight Witness (1993)
Virginia Mayo scores a combined 1.8097 out of 4 stars for Midnight Witness1.8097
  • Not Available on DVD
18
Evil Spirits (1990)
Evil Spirits (1990)
Virginia Mayo scores a combined 1.7990 out of 4 stars for Evil Spirits1.7990
A strange woman runs a boardinghouse whose tenants--mostly misfits and others who won't be missed--begin dying off or simply disappearing. ...more about Evil Spirits
19
Proud Ones, The (1956)
Proud Ones, The (1956)
Virginia Mayo scores a combined 1.7337 out of 4 stars for Proud Ones1.7337
Marshal Silver is run out of town under suspicion of being a trigger-happy killer after shooting a hired gun of Honest John Barrett. ...more about Proud Ones
20
Devil's Canyon (1953)
Devil's Canyon (1953)
Virginia Mayo scores a combined 1.6332 out of 4 stars for Devil's Canyon1.6332
Ex-marshal Billy Reynolds, sent to state prison for killing two men in self defense, learns that killer Jessie Gorman, brother of the two men Billy shot, is in the same prison and vows revenge. ...more about Devil's Canyon
  • Not Available on DVD
21
Song Is Born, A (1948)
Song Is Born, A (1948)
Virginia Mayo scores a combined 1.5159 out of 4 stars for Song Is Born1.5159
Gangster's moll Honey Swanson goes into hiding when her boyfriend is under investigation by the police. ...more about Song Is Born
  • Not Available on DVD
22
Great Day in the Morning (1956)
Great Day in the Morning (1956)
Virginia Mayo scores a combined 1.5054 out of 4 stars for Great Day in the Morning1.5054
After a card game Southerner Owen Pentecost finds himself the owner of a Denver hotel. ...more about Great Day in the Morning
  • Not Available on DVD
23
Secret Life of Walter Mitty, The (1947)
Secret Life of Walter Mitty, The (1947)
Virginia Mayo scores a combined 0.9132 out of 4 stars for Secret Life of Walter Mitty0.9132
Walter Mitty, a daydreaming comic book writer with an overprotective mother, likes to imagine himself as a hero experiencing great adventures. His dream becomes true when he accidently meets a mysterious woman who hands him a little black book. ...more about Secret Life of Walter Mitty
  • Not Available on DVD
24
Along the Great Divide (1951)
Along the Great Divide (1951)
No Reviews Available
New Federal marshal Len Merrick saves Tim Keith from lynching at the hands of the Roden clan, and hopes to get him to Santa Loma for trial. ...more about Along the Great Divide
  • Not Available on DVD
25
Big Land, The (1957)
Big Land, The (1957)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
26
Congo Crossing (1956)
Congo Crossing (1956)
No Reviews Available
Congotanga, West Africa, has no extradition laws; the government is controlled by foreign gangsters, headed by Carl Rittner. ...more about Congo Crossing
  • Not Available on DVD
27
Flaxy Martin (1949)
Flaxy Martin (1949)
No Reviews Available
Unscrupulous showgirl Flaxy Martin (Virginia Mayo) involves young attorney Walter Colby (Zachary Scott) with mobster Hap Richie (Douglas Kennedy). ...more about Flaxy Martin
  • Not Available on DVD
28
Fort Dobbs (1958)
Fort Dobbs (1958)
No Reviews Available
Having eluded a posse, a wanted man rescues a woman and her young son from an Apache attack. He then escorts them to the presumed safety of a U.S. Cavalry fort. ...more about Fort Dobbs
  • Not Available on DVD
29
Fort Utah (1967)
Fort Utah (1967)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
30
French Quarter (1977)
French Quarter (1977)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
31
Fugitive Lovers (1975)
Fugitive Lovers (1975)
No Reviews Available
Making his morning rounds in a Bel Air neighborhood, swimming pool cleaner Blue Schuyler (Steve Oliver) is startled by the sight of a lovely young woman floating, lifeless, under the water. ...more about Fugitive Lovers
32
Girl from Jones Beach, The (1949)
Girl from Jones Beach, The (1949)
No Reviews Available
Glamour artist Bob Randolph is world famous for his paintings of a stunning beauty dubbed "The Randolph Girl". What the world doesn't know is that his pin-up creation is really a composite of parts of the anatomy of 12 different models. ...more about Girl from Jones Beach
  • Not Available on DVD
33
Haunted, The (1979)
Haunted, The (1979)
No Reviews Available
In Arizona during the Civil War, a woman is accused of witchcraft, tied to a horse and left to die in the desert. ...more about Haunted
  • Not Available on DVD
34
Jack London (1943)
Jack London (1943)
No Reviews Available
Episodes in the novelist's life: In 1890, young Jack London quits a cannery job to try oyster piracy. Later, he signs on for a sealing voyage, tries Yukon prospecting and a brief university career, loving and leaving women along the way. ...more about Jack London
35
Jet Over the Atlantic (1960)
Jet Over the Atlantic (1960)
No Reviews Available
FBI man Stafford is extraditing convicted killer Brett Murphy from Spain to the USA. At the last minute, Murphy's fiancée, entertainer Jean Gurney, finds he's been taken and slips on the plane. ...more about Jet Over the Atlantic
  • Not Available on DVD
36
King Richard and the Crusaders (1954)
King Richard and the Crusaders (1954)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
37
Man Next Door, The (1997)
Man Next Door, The (1997)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
38
Out of the Blue (1947)
Out of the Blue (1947)
No Reviews Available
Set in an apartment building whose occupants include Arthur Earthleigh (George Brent), a meek and mild type married to the beautiful-but-domineering Mae (Carole Landis); a Bohemian artist, David Galleo (Turhan Bey) and his always-there model, Deborah ...more about Out of the Blue
  • Not Available on DVD
39
Painting the Clouds with Sunshine (1951)
Painting the Clouds with Sunshine (1951)
No Reviews Available
When boyfriend Vince Nichols (Dennis Morgan) won't give up his gambling, Abby (Lucille Norman) joins vaudeville partners Carol (Virginia Mayo) and June (Virginia Gibson) in a trek to Las Vegas searching for millionaires, followed by playboy Ted Lansing ...more about Painting the Clouds with Sunshine
  • Not Available on DVD
40
Pearl of the South Pacific (1955)
Pearl of the South Pacific (1955)
No Reviews Available
Two beachcombers with a yacht join woman-with-a-past Rita on a quest for black pearls on a secret island. ...more about Pearl of the South Pacific
41
Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Night Life (1952)
Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Night Life (1952)
No Reviews Available
This Columbia Screen Snapshots entry (production number 4858) is strictly a photo-op of scenes where various performers show up at premiers of their current film ( Ronald Reagan and Doris Day)or married performers out on the town (Virginia Mayo and ...more about Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Night Life
  • Not Available on DVD
42
She's Back on Broadway (1953)
She's Back on Broadway (1953)
No Reviews Available
When Catherine Terris's career in Hollywood hits the skids, she heads back to the site of her first great triumphs...Broadway! She takes the lead in a play which is being directed by Gordon Evans, the man who was both her Svengali and her lover. ...more about She's Back on Broadway
  • Not Available on DVD
43
She's Working Her Way Through College (1952)
She's Working Her Way Through College (1952)
No Reviews Available
Shapely burlesque dancer Hot Garters Gertie aka Angela Gardner meets her former teacher John Palmer, now a professor at Midwest State... where she decides to begin her new college career. ...more about She's Working Her Way Through College
  • Not Available on DVD
44
Smart Girls Don't Talk (1948)
Smart Girls Don't Talk (1948)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
45
South Sea Woman (1953)
South Sea Woman (1953)
No Reviews Available
Marine Sergeant James O'Hearn is being tried at the San Diego Marine base for desertion, theft, scandalous conduct and destruction of property in time of war. He refuses to testify or plead guilty or not guilty to the charges. ...more about South Sea Woman
  • Not Available on DVD
46
Starlift (1951)
Starlift (1951)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
47
Tall Stranger, The (1957)
Tall Stranger, The (1957)
No Reviews Available
Ned Bannon comes across rustlers and is shot and left for dead, but is found in time by a wagon train heading for California. ...more about Tall Stranger
  • Not Available on DVD
48
West Point Story, The (1950)
West Point Story, The (1950)
No Reviews Available
Broadway director Bix Bixby, down on his luck (thanks to gambling), is reluctantly persuaded to go to West Point military academy (with Eve, his gorgeous assistant and on-and-off love) to help the students put on a show. ...more about West Point Story
49
Westbound (1959)
Westbound (1959)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
50
Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
No Reviews Available
In 1924 Estie comes to Hollywood to become an actress, but the dog, that followed her becomes the star. But Hollywood has its own rules of sucess. ...more about Won Ton Ton
  • Not Available on DVD
51
Young Fury (1965)
Young Fury (1965)
No Reviews Available
A group of young thugs rides into the town of Dawson and take it over. When the cowardly sheriff is unable to restore control, the parents of the leader must take action. ...more about Young Fury
  • Not Available on DVD
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