Famous People with Name Virginia

Virginia Foster Durr            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Virginia Foster Durr: was an American and a white civil rights activist and lobbyist. She was married to lawyer Clifford Durr, who shared her ideals, was close friends with Rosa Parks and Eleanor Roosevelt, and was sister-in-law (though her sister's marriage) to and good friends with Supreme Court Chief Justice Hugo Black who sat on many crucial civil rights cases.

Virginia Mayo            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Virginia Mayo: was an American film actress.Mayo continued her career as a dancer, then signed a contract with Samuel Goldwyn and appeared in several of Goldwyn's movies. With Danny Kaye she played the dream-girl heroine in comedies including Wonder Man (1945), The Kid from Brooklyn (1946) and The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947).

Virginia Elizabeth "Geena" Davis            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Virginia Elizabeth "Geena" Davis: Davis was born in Wareham, Massachusetts, USA, the daughter of Lucille, a teacher's assistant, and William Davis, a civil engineer and she has a brother called Dan. At an early age, she became interested in music. She learned piano, flute and drums and played organ well enough as a teenager to serve as an organist at her church in Wareham. Enrolling at New England College, Davis eventually graduated with a bachelor's degree in drama from Boston University in 1979.

Virginia Madsen            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Virginia Madsen: Madsen was born in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Elaine (née Melson), an Emmy-winning poet, producer and playwright who often works for PBS, and Calvin Madsen, a fireman.[1] Madsen's mother left a career in corporate business to pursue a writing care

Virginia Wynette Pugh            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Virginia Wynette Pugh: was an American country music singer-songwriter and one of country music's best-known artists and biggest-selling female vocalists.She was known as the "First Lady of Country Music" and one of her best-known songs, "Stand by Your Man," was one of the biggest selling hit singles by a woman in the history of the country music genre