- Born
- Died
- Birth nameVirginia Baskett Chapman
- Virginia Arness was born on June 14, 1921 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Official Detective (1957), Highway Patrol (1955) and Whirlybirds (1957). She was married to James Arness and Leo Myron Morton. She died on July 29, 1977 in Malibu, California, USA.
- SpousesJames Arness(February 12, 1948 - April 5, 1963) (divorced, 2 children)Leo Myron Morton(October 11, 1942 - October 27, 1947) (divorced, 1 child)
- Children
- Both she and her daughter, Jenny Lee Arness, appeared in Gunsmoke (1955). Virginia appeared while she was still married to the lead actor, James Arness, and Jenny appeared with her father shortly after her parents divorced.
- Mother of Craig Aurness, Rolf Aurness and Jenny Lee Arness.
- Ex-sister-in-law of Peter Graves.
- In 1967, she was interviewed in Jet Magazine after moving from Malibu to manage a motel in a mostly black area of San Bernardino.
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