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Virginia Van Upp(1902-1970)

  • Writer
  • Producer
  • Script and Continuity Department
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Virginia Van Upp was a producer and screenwriter who worked her way up in the film industry after having been a script reader, script editor, casting director, and agent. She was married with one child when she was named Executive Producer of Columbia Pictures by Harry Cohn in 1945. A woman would not hold this post again for another thirty-one years.
BornJanuary 13, 1902
DiedMarch 25, 1970(68)
BornJanuary 13, 1902
DiedMarch 25, 1970(68)
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  • Awards
    • 1 nomination total

Known for

Rita Hayworth in Gilda (1946)
Gilda
7.6
  • Producer
  • 1946
Bing Crosby, Anna Maria Alberghetti, James Barton, Jacques Gencel, Alexis Smith, Franchot Tone, Beverly Washburn, and Jane Wyman in Si l'on mariait papa (1951)
Si l'on mariait papa
6.3
  • Writer
  • 1951
Jean Arthur, Charles Coburn, and Lee Bowman in The Impatient Years (1944)
The Impatient Years
6.4
  • Writer
  • 1944
Lee Bowman, Adele Jergens, Rosalind Russell, and Charles Winninger in She Wouldn't Say Yes (1945)
She Wouldn't Say Yes
6.2
  • Writer
  • 1945

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  • Lux Video Theatre (1950)
    Lux Video Theatre
    7.3
    TV Series
    • original screenplay
    • 1956
  • Rita Hayworth and Glenn Ford in L'affaire de Trinidad (1952)
    L'affaire de Trinidad
    6.6
    • story
    • 1952
  • Bing Crosby, Anna Maria Alberghetti, James Barton, Jacques Gencel, Alexis Smith, Franchot Tone, Beverly Washburn, and Jane Wyman in Si l'on mariait papa (1951)
    Si l'on mariait papa
    6.3
    • Writer
    • 1951
  • Lee Bowman, Adele Jergens, Rosalind Russell, and Charles Winninger in She Wouldn't Say Yes (1945)
    She Wouldn't Say Yes
    6.2
    • screenplay
    • 1945
  • Charles Boyer, Charles Coburn, and Irene Dunne in Coup de foudre (1944)
    Coup de foudre
    6.7
    • screen play
    • 1944
  • Jean Arthur, Charles Coburn, and Lee Bowman in The Impatient Years (1944)
    The Impatient Years
    6.4
    • original screenplay
    • 1944
  • La reine de Broadway (1944)
    La reine de Broadway
    6.7
    • screen play
    • 1944
  • William Holden and Martha O'Driscoll in Futures Vedettes (1943)
    Futures Vedettes
    5.7
    • screen play
    • 1943
  • Ray Milland and Paulette Goddard in La boule de cristal (1943)
    La boule de cristal
    6.5
    • screenplay
    • 1943
  • Sterling Hayden and Madeleine Carroll in Sous le ciel de Polynésie (1941)
    Sous le ciel de Polynésie
    5.8
    • screenplay
    • 1941
  • Madeleine Carroll and Fred MacMurray in Une nuit à Lisbonne (1941)
    Une nuit à Lisbonne
    6.7
    • screenplay
    • 1941
  • James Stewart and Hedy Lamarr in Viens avec moi (1941)
    Viens avec moi
    7.0
    • original story
    • 1941
  • Madeleine Carroll, Carolyn Lee, and Fred MacMurray in Virginia (1941)
    Virginia
    6.5
    • screenplay
    • story
    • 1941
  • Madeleine Carroll and Fred MacMurray in Lune de miel à Bali (1939)
    Lune de miel à Bali
    6.3
    • screenplay
    • 1939
  • Madeleine Carroll and Fred MacMurray in Café Society (1939)
    Café Society
    6.3
    • screenplay
    • story
    • 1939

Producer



  • Rita Hayworth and Glenn Ford in L'affaire de Trinidad (1952)
    L'affaire de Trinidad
    6.6
    • associate producer (uncredited)
    • 1952
  • Melvyn Douglas and Rosalind Russell in Peter Ibbetson a raison (1947)
    Peter Ibbetson a raison
    6.3
    • producer (uncredited)
    • 1947
  • Rita Hayworth in Gilda (1946)
    Gilda
    7.6
    • producer
    • 1946
  • Lee Bowman, Adele Jergens, Rosalind Russell, and Charles Winninger in She Wouldn't Say Yes (1945)
    She Wouldn't Say Yes
    6.2
    • producer
    • 1945
  • Charles Boyer, Charles Coburn, and Irene Dunne in Coup de foudre (1944)
    Coup de foudre
    6.7
    • associate producer
    • 1944
  • Jean Arthur, Charles Coburn, and Lee Bowman in The Impatient Years (1944)
    The Impatient Years
    6.4
    • associate producer
    • 1944

Script and Continuity Department



  • Rita Hayworth and Orson Welles in La Dame de Shanghai (1947)
    La Dame de Shanghai
    7.5
    • story continuity (uncredited)
    • 1947

Personal details

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  • Born
    • January 13, 1902
    • Chicago, Illinois, USA
  • Died
    • March 25, 1970
    • Los Angeles, California, USA
  • Children
    • Gay Nelson
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Portrayal
    • 2 Articles

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    With Harriet Parsons and Joan Harrison, was one of only three women working as contract producers for major Hollywood studios between 1943 and 1955.

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