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Occupation
  
Film actress

Name
  
Victoria Vinton

Role
  
Movie actress


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Full Name
  
Victoria Velnette Vinton

Born
  
August 23, 1912 (
1912-08-23
)

Died
  
June 12, 1980, Woodland Hills, California, United States

Spouse
  
Scotty Welbourne (m. 1939)

Movies
  
Ambush Valley, Rin Tin Tin: Vengeance of Rannah

People also search for
  
Scotty Welbourne, Lloyd Bacon, Bernard B. Ray, Tessa Prendergast

Victoria Vinton, born Victoria Velnette Vinton (August 23, 1912 – June 12, 1980) was an early B-movie actress, starring in over thirty films from 1932 into 1940, mostly in westerns.

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Early life

Born in New Jersey, she was the daughter of Victor Vinton (1888-1983) and Lucille Vinton Strahl. She had a younger sister, Violet. Vinton was a good looking young woman in her youth, and was often called in her acting days "a Jean Harlow look alike".

Early career

Her career started with her on contract with Warner Bros., beginning in 1932. With them she made a number of successful western films, usually starring as the heroine opposite cowboy stars such as Fred Scott, Bob Custer, Reb Russell, Wally Wales, and Bill Cody.

She was best known for her work in the Busby Berkeley-musicals. She was Cinderella in the "Don't say goodnight" musical number in the movie Wonder Bar (1934), a beautiful girl in the movie Dames. Perhaps her most famous part was that of the seamstress in the musical number "Spin a Little Web of Dreams" in the movie Fashions of 1934. A favorite of director Busby Berkeley, Vinton was cast in all of his musicals in the 1930s and 1940s.

Following the end of her Warner Bros. contract, she starred in six ultra-low budget westerns with other companies. From 1932 through 1936 she was fairly active, although some were uncredited roles, but VInton also had several starring roles, some of which were moderately successful. Her first credited role was The Seventh Commandment in 1932. In 1934 Vinton starred in Adventures of Texas Jack, and later that year she starred in Pals of the Prairie.

However, she still had not reached full star billing status, and appeared in another seven films that same year, uncredited. In 1935 she had one starring role, in The Cheyenne Tornado, but two more films, in which she was uncredited. In 1936 she starred in Ambush Valley with Bob Custer, and in Vengeance of Rannah, also with Custer as well as with John Elliott, but yet another four films in which she was uncredited. She played small parts after that, sometimes as small as a backup dancer or non-billed scene actor. Her last credited role was in 1937, when she starred in The Singing Buckaroo. She appeared uncredited in six films in 1940. Then, Vinton simply disappeared, as far as Hollywood was concerned.

Personal life

She married Cinematographer Scotty Welbourne in 1939, but they were later divorced. Vinton married Jack Franklin Yates (1901-1977) in January 1955.

Death

Vinton did not reappear publicly until her death, on June 12, 1980, while living in an actors retirement community in Woodland Hills, California. When she died her name was Victoria Velnette Yates. There is no information as to what she had done during her decades of absence from acting.

She is buried at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park.

Filmography

Actress
1944
The Very Thought of You as
Marine's Bride (uncredited)
1941
Ziegfeld Girl as
Ziegfeld Girl (uncredited)
1940
Youth Will Be Served as
Billie (uncredited)
1940
Strike Up the Band as
Student (uncredited)
1940
Girl from Avenue A as
Minor Role (uncredited)
1940
Star Dust as
Lorraine Lorey (uncredited)
1940
The House Across the Bay as
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
1938
Gold Diggers in Paris as
Girl on Ship (uncredited)
1937
Hollywood Hotel as
Girl in Nightclub (uncredited)
1937
The Singing Marine as
Blonde in Audience (uncredited)
1937
The Singing Buckaroo as
Barbara Evans
1936
Gold Diggers of 1937 as
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
1936
California Mail as
Bud's Dancing Partner (uncredited)
1936
Vengeance of Rannah as
Mary Warner
1936
Polo Joe as
Girl at Polo Field (uncredited)
1936
Ambush Valley as
Ann Morgan
1936
Cain and Mabel as
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
1936
Stage Struck as
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
1936
Bullets or Ballots as
Theater Ticket Seller (uncredited)
1936
Colleen as
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
1935
The Cheyenne Tornado as
Jane Darnell
1935
Broadway Hostess as
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
1935
A Midsummer Night's Dream as
Lady of the Court (uncredited)
1935
Bright Lights as
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
1935
The Case of the Curious Bride as
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
1935
Gypsy Sweetheart (Short) as
Dancer (uncredited)
1935
Gold Diggers of 1935 as
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
1934
Flirtation Walk as
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
1934
Gentlemen Are Born as
Minor Role (uncredited)
1934
The Firebird as
Second School Girl / Autograph Seeker (uncredited)
1934
The St. Louis Kid as
Mr. Bennett's Secretary (uncredited)
1934
And She Learned About Dames (Short) as
Student (uncredited)
1934
Desirable as
Blonde Gold-Digger at Theatre (uncredited)
1934
Dames as
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
1934
Madame Du Barry as
Bluebell (uncredited)
1934
Twenty Million Sweethearts as
Blonde Radio Fan (uncredited)
1934
Merry Wives of Reno as
Girl Who Asks for a Match (uncredited)
1934
Harold Teen as
Blonde in Sugar Bowl (uncredited)
1934
Pals of the Prairie (Short) as
Jo Ann Carter
1934
Adventures of Texas Jack as
Lucy
1934
Wonder Bar as
Chorus Girl / Cinderella in 'Don't Say Goodnight' (uncredited)
1934
Fashions of 1934 as
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
1934
Massacre as
Souvenir Hunter (uncredited)
1933
Footlight Parade as
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
1932
False Impressions (Short) as
Minor Role (uncredited)
1932
The Seventh Commandment as
Mary Townley

References

Victoria Vinton Wikipedia


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