{{Short description|American actress (1920–2012)}} {{Use American English|date=October 2021}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2021}} {{Infobox person | name = Virginia Hunter | image = Virginia Hunter in Sing a Song of Six Pants (1947).png | image_size = | caption = Hunter in the short film ''Sing a Song of Six Pants'' (1947) | birth_name = Virginia Reed | birth_date = {{Birth date|1920|02|17|mf=yes}} | birth_place = Springfield, Missouri, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|2012|03|23|1920|02|17|mf=yes}} | death_place = Hemet, California, U.S. | other_names = | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1942–1955 | spouse = {{marriage|Henry Hunter|1952|1954|end=div.}} | website = }}
'''Virginia Hunter''' (née '''Reed'''; February 17, 1920 – March 23, 2012)<ref>{{cite web|title=Virginia Anne Hunter, "United States Social Security Death Index"|url=https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KMD4-584|publisher=FamilySearch|access-date=24 November 2013}}</ref> was an American model and actress. She appeared in over 20 films during the 1940s.
==Early years== Hunter was the daughter of Freeman A. Reed.<ref name=":0">{{cite news |title=Virginia Hunter, TV Actress, Gets Divorce |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/45074414/virginia_hunter/ |access-date=February 18, 2020 |work=The Los Angeles Times |date=February 9, 1954 |location=California, Los Angeles |page=2|via = Newspapers.com}}</ref> Hunter grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma, before her family moved to Los Angeles in 1940.{{Citation needed |date=July 2022}}
==Career== Hunter signed with Columbia Pictures. At Columbia, she performed in the Jack Cole Dance group before acting in films.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lowman |first1=Josephine |title=Dancer Recommends Exercises |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/45078071/virginia_hunter/ |access-date=February 18, 2020 |work=The Pittsburgh Press |date=June 7, 1947 |location=Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh |page=8|via = Newspapers.com}}</ref> She quickly became known to matinee audiences at the time{{Citation needed |date=July 2022}} for co-starring in four of the Durango Kid films. She had a supporting role in ''The Mating of Millie'', starring Glenn Ford and Evelyn Keyes; and played the Muse Clio in the 1947 ''Down to Earth'', which starred Rita Hayworth.
To modern viewers, Hunter is known for her roles in several Three Stooges films from the Shemp Howard era, specifically ''Sing a Song of Six Pants'', ''I'm a Monkey's Uncle'' (and its remake ''Stone Age Romeos'') and ''Fiddlers Three'' (and its remake ''Musty Musketeers'').
==Later years== After her time with Columbia, Hunter worked as a model and a store manager. After retirement, she lived with her older brother in Las Vegas.{{Citation needed |date=October 2021}}
== Personal life and death == On November 2, 1952, Hunter married to Henry "Mac" Hunter, a golfer. They were divorced on February 8, 1954.<ref name=":0" /> She died on March 23, 2012, in Hemet, California at age 92.<ref>*[https://threestooges.net/cast/actor/538# Virginia Hunter at threestooges.net]</ref>
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|id=0403086|name=Virginia Hunter}} *[https://threestooges.net/cast/actor/538# Virginia Hunter at threestooges.net]
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hunter, Virginia}} Category:1920 births Category:Place of death missing Category:2012 deaths Category:Entertainers from Springfield, Missouri Category:American film actresses Category:21st-century American women