The Resume

(November 30, 1920-January 17, 2005)
Birth name is Virginia Clara Jones
Acted in 'Up in Arms (1944),' 'The Prince and the Pirate (1944),' 'The Best Years of Our Lives (1946),' 'The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947),' 'Smart Girls Don't Talk (1948),' 'White Heat (1949),' 'Always Leave Them Laughing (1949)' and 'She's Working Her Way Through College (1952)'

Why she might be annoying:

She is largely forgotten today.
She wrote an autobiography.
After seeing her in a screen test, David O. Selznick predicted she'd never make it in films.
Her singing voice was always dubbed.
She was slightly cross-eyed.
Her movie career fizzled with the coming of television.

Why she might not be annoying:

She aged gracefully.
She was an underrated talent.
She remained married to the same man for 26 years until his death.
She was one of the top money-making actresses of the 1940s.
The Sultan of Morocco called her 'tangible proof of God's existence.'
She died of pneumonia and heart failure (2005).

Credit: Ratman

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Alan Ladd's Leading Ladies
• Bob Hope's Leading Ladies
• Comediennes
• Cowboys and Gals
• Ed Sullivan Show Guests
• Film Noir Femme Fatales
• Golden Boot Award Recipients (Ranked: 1988)
• I Am Vaudeville [M-Z]
• I Attended the Hollywood Premiere of ‘Giant’ [October 17, 1956]
• I Attended the New York Premiere of ‘Giant’ [October 10, 1956]
• I Attended the Premiere of 'A Star is Born' [1954]
• I Boarded the Love Boat [L-Q]
• I Died in 2005 (Ranked: 84)
• I Had Pneumonia
• I Have a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame[M-Q]
• I Portrayed a Librarian
• I Portrayed Cleopatra
• I Started as a Movie Chorus Girl
• I'm Buried at Valley Oaks Memorial Park Westlake Village, Ca]
• James Cagney's Leading Ladies
• Look at My Keyboard
• Murder She Wrote Guest Stars
• Names that are States
• Paul Newman's Leading Ladies
• Profiles 15001-15250 (Ranked: 15042)
• Ratman's Profiles [Series 3]
• Ronald Reagan's Leading Ladies
• Stars of MGM Musicals
• World War II Pin-up Girls

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 22 Votes: 9.09% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 5 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 96 Votes: 61.46% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 19 Votes: 78.95% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 37 Votes: 94.59% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 94 Votes: 45.74% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 10 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 128 Votes: 46.09% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 51 Votes: 35.29% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 352 Votes: 46.31% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 27 Votes: 40.74% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 70 Votes: 37.14% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 52 Votes: 36.54% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 190 Votes: 44.21% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 218 Votes: 42.20% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 386 Votes: 43.52% Annoying