This collection contains the papers of American actress Virginia Mayo (1920-2005). Materials include personal and business correspondence, telegrams, fan letters, theater and motion picture programs, scrapbooks, and clippings, stills, photographs, fan magazines, publicity, pressbooks, and awards and trophies.

Virginia Mayo (1920-2005) was an American actress and dancer. Her film credits include "The Princess and the Pirate" (1944), "Wonder Man" (1945), "The Kid from Brooklyn" (1946), "The Best Years of Our Lives" (1946), "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" (1947), "The Girl from Jones Beach" (1949), "White Heat" (1949), "Backfire" (1950), and "The Flame and the Arrow" (1950). Mayo occasionally appeared on television in shows such as "Police Story," "Night Gallery," "The Love Boat," "Remington Steele," "Murder, She Wrote," and "Santa Barbara." She also appeared on the radio program "Lux Radio Theater."

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