Toby Wing

Toby Wing

Nacimiento : 1915-07-14, Amelia Court House, Virginia, USA

Muerte : 2001-03-22

Historia

Toby Wing (born Martha Virginia Wing, July 14, 1915 – March 22, 2001), "Toby" being an old family nickname, was an American actress and showgirl, once called "the most beautiful chorus girl in Hollywood".

Perfil

Toby Wing

Películas

Busby Berkeley: Going Through the Roof
Self
Documentary profile of legendary dance choreographer Busby Berkeley.
Enamorados
Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Una pareja ha logrado un gran éxito en Broadway con su musical Sweethearts. Tras seis años en cartelera, los dos se ven tentados por una exquisita oferta para trabajar en el cine, lo que cambiará sus vidas.
The Marines Come Thru
Linda Dale
Marine Lieutenant Steve Landers has perfected a new bomb-release for airplanes which he is testing with the aid of his mechanics,'Singapore' Stebbins and Jack Murray. Dick Weber, one of a group of enemy agents attempting to steal the plans, is a friend of Colonel Dale, whose daughter, Linda, is engaged to Landers. Weber learns that "Singapore" and Jack are to deliver the final blueprints to the Colonel's home. Beckstrom , head of the spy ring, has some of his agents dress as Marines and obtain entry the the hangar. They get the plans but "Singapore" and Jack have overheard a conversation that indicates the spies are heading for a nearby island which is the headquarters of the espionage group.
Mr. Boggs Steps Out
Irene Lee
A dull statistician changes his life after winning a pile of money after successfully determining the number of beans in a barrel. He decides to do something novel with the prize and ends up buying a barrel factory. He encounters trouble when the nearby pickle factory is threatened by a shyster attempting to close it.
Confesión sincera
Suzanne Baggart
Enloquecida comedia sobre una mentirosa patológica que se acusa del asesinato de su jefe. Mientras tanto, su recto marido, que es abogado, tiene que defenderla.
Sing While You're Able
Joan Williams
A toy company owner and his daughter find a singing hillbilly in the Arkansas backwoods and take him back to the big city in hopes of helping their radio show ratings.
Silks and Saddles
Marion Braddock / Jane Smith
College student Jimmy Shaw inherits a racehorse, named Lightning Lad, and sells stock to fellow students in order to obtain funds for racing the horse. Lightning Lad wins very race he is entered in. Marion Braddock, a spoiled rich girl who owns a racing stable offers to buy Lightning Lad, but Jimmy refuses to sell. The day of the big handicap-race arrives and Jimmy and his fellow stockholders are on their way to the track. But a group of gamblers, betting on Lightning Lad to lose, have some skullduggery plans to ensure Lightning Lad does not win the race.
With Love and Kisses
Barbara Holbrook
A naïve farmer writing songs tries his chances in New York. Unlucky, he is helped by a crooner who lusts after one of his songs. Ignoring the real value of his composition, he sold it for the money he owed to his friends: $200.
Mister Cinderella
Lulu, the Cashier
Boston blueblood Aloysius Merriweather loves to play jokes on people and he's come up with a joy-buzzer of a doozy. He'll send barber Joe Jenkins in his place to a dinner party aimed at squeezing a few Merriweather millions. That Cinderella plan soon turns into a pumpkin coach with the wheels fallen off. Circumstances will force shave-and-a-haircut Joe to masquerade as Merriweather for much longer.The comedy comes fast and frantic in Mister Cinderella, from Hal Roach Studios.
Rhythmitis
Lola Green
A doctor develops pills that make Hal a great tap dancer. Lola Green sees Hal dancing in a drugstore and asks him to join her vaudeville show. Everything is fine until Hal's pills disappear.
Hill-Tillies
Toby
The girls camp out in the woods for a publicity stunt.
La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
Herself
La Fiesta de Santa Barbara is a 1935 American comedy short film directed by Louis Lewyn. It was nominated for an Academy Award at the 9th Academy Awards in 1936 for Best Short Subject (Color). It features a young, pre-stardom 13-year-old Judy Garland singing "La Cucaracha" with her two sisters (billed as "The Garland Sisters"). In the film, Hollywood stars participate in a Mexican-themed revue and festival in Santa Barbara. Andy Devine, the "World's Greatest Matador," engages in a bullfight with a dubious bovine supplied by Buster Keaton, and musical numbers are provided by Joe Morrison and The Garland Sisters. Comedy bits and dance numbers are also featured.
Forced Landing
Amelie Darrell
In this high-flying mystery set aboard a cross-country flight to New York, some of the passengers are kidnappers who are trying to locate a hidden cache of loot. Unfortunately, something goes wrong during the trip and the pilots must land the plane in the Arizona desert during a terrible storm. There all of the passengers and crew find cramped accommodations in a lonely farmhouse where murder, mystery and mayhem occur.
Two for Tonight
College Girl (uncredited)
Gilbert Gordon es un compositor que solo tiene de plazo una semana para terminar un musical de Broadway. En su camino para encontrar la inspiración necesaria hallará a una revoltosa muchacha que pilota un avión y que va a estrellarse cerca de donde él se encuentra.
Hollywood Extra Girl
Girl in Montage
Semi-documentary of a typical "extra girl" on a C.B.DeMille film.
Thoroughbred
Anne O'Malley
An out-of-work reporter wins a horse in a dice game. The horse turns out to be a champion runner. His girlfriend helps him get the horse into professional racing, but they get mixed up with gamblers.
El toque de oro
Bird (voice) (uncredited)
El rey Midas recibe la visita de un elfo; el elfo convierte a su gato en oro, luego aplaude y vuelve a cambiar. Midas ruega por el toque dorado, pero el elfo le advierte que sería una maldición para él. Insiste Midas. Baila alegremente al principio, pero descubre los inconvenientes cuando se sienta a cenar. Temiendo morir de hambre, convoca al elfo y acepta entregar todo lo que posee para que se levante la maldición.
One Hour Late
Maizie
Cuando el romance entre un cantante radiofónico y una empleada de la emisora se va al garete, ella se va de fin de semana con su jefe, mientras el cantante seduce a otra. Reunidos todos en un ascensor, el cable se rompe y el ascensor queda colgado entre dos pisos...
Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove
Herself
Varios miembros de la Metro asisten a un evento musical.
Rhythm on the Roof
Bob's Fantasy Sweetheart
Bob Crosby feels inferior to brother Bing, but needs to land a big band job before he can marry sweetheart Toby. Auditioning for Anson Weeks' band, he fantasizes about Toby and some barely clad showgirls.
El templo de las hermosas
Consuelo of Claghorne
El doctor Maurice Lamar, experto en cirugía plástica femenina, siente especial atracción por una de sus clientas, y acaba casándose con ella. Pero enseguida se da cuenta de que es una egocéntrica que solo está con él por su profesión.
El crimen del Vanities
Nancy
Un detective (Victor McLaglen) investiga una serie de asesinatos en el marco de un espectáculo musical que acaba de estrenarse.
Come On, Marines!
Dolly
'Lucky Davis', un sargento de los Marines, es un hombre mujeriego y sin escrúpulos. Es asignado para liderar a un escuadrón que deberá adentrarse en la jungla filipina, donde un forajido encabeza a un grupo de peligrosos guerrilleros.
School for Girls
Hazel Jones
After being convicted of stealing some jewels, Annette Eldrige is sent to a reformatory administered by a sadistic and corrupt female warder. However, one of the board of trustees takes an interest in the new arrival and begins to investigate the management of the institution.
Search for Beauty
Sally Palmer
Three con artists dupe two Olympians into serving as editors of a new health and beauty magazine which is only a front for salacious stories and pictures.
Torch Singer
Blonde in Sally's Apartment
When she can't support her illegitimate child, an abandoned young woman puts her up for adoption and pursues a career as a torch singer. Years later, she then searches for the child she gave up.
La juventud manda
Student (uncredited)
Un grupo de jóvenes obliga bajo sus personales métodos a confesar su crimen a un gángster.
Arizona to Broadway
Chambermaid
In the small town of Larrup, Arizona, Smiley, a con-artist traveling with cohorts Kingfish, Morris and Ambrose, persuades Lynn Martin, a traveling demonstrator of pancake making, to accompany him to a carnival, where Kingfish sells a large number of bottles of Bambo, an elixir...
She Had to Say Yes
Model (uncredited)
Una secretaria es informada de que deberá "entretener" a los clientes de la firma, de lo contrario perderá el trabajo.
Carita de ángel
Office Worker (uncredited)
Lilly Powers es una camarera de una horrible ciudad industrial que trabaja en la cantina de su padre, donde aprende las malas artes de los clientes masculinos. Cuando este muere, se traslada a Nueva York con su criada, donde aprovechará su experiencia y su capacidad de engatusar a los hombres para ir escalando posiciones. En la gran manzana conoce a Jimmy McCoy, un botones de oficina que la ayuda a conseguir un trabajo en la Gotham Trust Company. A partir de entonces seduce y rechaza a varios hombres.
College Humor
Student
Un profesor y la estrella del equipo de fútbol americano se enamoran de la misma chica.
Private Detective 62
Free's Lady Friend (Uncredited)
Tras ser deportado de Francia donde fue capturado con la tenencia de secretos de Estado, el detective privado Donald Free (William Powell), se encuentra sin empleo y tras buscar infructuosamente donde ubicarse, termina asociado a Dan J. Hogan quien montará una gran agencia asociado con el dueño de un casino. Todo andará bien hasta que Hogan se presta para enredar a una muchacha (Margaret Lindsay) a quien el casino adeuda una gruesa suma y no quiere pagarle. En Free surgirán los escrúpulos cuando conoce a la hermosa chica.
The Little Giant
Society Girl (uncredited)
Prohibition is ending so bootlegger Bugs Ahearn decides to crack California society. He leases a house from down-on-her-luck Ruth and hires her as social secretary. He rescues Polly Cass from a horsefall and goes home to meet her dad who sells him some phony stock certificates. When he learns about this he sends to Chicago for mob help.
Aeropuerto Central
Air Show Observer (uncredited)
El aviador Jim Blaine y su hermano Neil no sólo son rivales en sus temerarios vuelos, sino que además luchan por el amor de la paracaidista Jill Collins.
La calle 42
Partner in "Young & Healthy" Number (uncredited)
Julian Marsh, un exitoso productor de Broadway, a pesar de su delicada salud, produce un nuevo espectáculo, financiado por un hombre rico que está enamorado de la actriz principal, Dorothy Brock , aunque ella no le corresponde. Cuando la víspera del estreno Dorothy se lesiona, es sustituida por una chica del coro.
Niños en el bosque
Hans / Gretel / Kids (voice) (uncredited)
Revisión del cuento de Hanser y Gretel
Torero a la fuerza
Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
Eddie se despierta, tras una noche de borrachera, en la cama con una chica de un colegio para señoritas. Más tarde, se ve implicado en el robo de un banco, con lo que decide escapar a México, con la ayuda de su amigo Ricardo. La policía le sigue los pasos y, por ello, se hace pasar por un torero español.
Ma's Pride and Joy
Radio Director's Secretary
This Mack Sennett produced short has Donald Novis playing Danny O'Brien, a young singer whose mother takes him to a talent agent office where she demands that the owners listen to him.
Jimmy's New Yacht
Charlie's girlfriend
A young lady is wooed by two men
Un loco de verano
Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
El ayudante de un falso vidente es confundido con un experto en eficacia y contratado en una panadería art déco. Las cosas se complican cuando el vidente y su banda intentan robar la nómina.
Blue of the Night
Blonde in Bathing Suit
Starring Bing Crosby as himself in a short comedy/romance telling a tale of mistaken identity. Two-reeler; directed by Mack Sennett
Double Daring
Nan
A timid bank clerk has to toughen up during the search for a gang of bank robbers.
American Pluck
Flower Girl at Coronation (uncredited)
Blaze Derringer is a Texas cattle baron's son. He goes to a cabaret on his birthday, helps a pretty young woman and her guardian avoid a raid, but gets tossed from college for bad behavior. His disgusted father dispatches him to seek his fortune. Blaze jumps a freight, befriends a fake British duke and a sporting African-American, and is offered a prize fight in Galveston. He wins, but may have killed his opponent, so he takes the offer of the woman from the cabaret to accompany her to Begonia, where she's a princess about to be crowned. A court minister, the dastardly Count Verensky, has plans to share the throne and her affections. Can the plucky American help the Europeans sort things out?
The Pony Express
Child
The Pony Express is a silent 1925 Western film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film was directed by James Cruze and starred his wife Betty Compson along with Ricardo Cortez, Wallace Beery, and George Bancroft.
Zander the Great
Little Girl (uncredited)
Mamie, an orphan girl who was abused in the orphanage, is taken in by Mrs. Caldwell, a kindly woman with a young son named Alexander. Mamie hits it off with the lad, and nicknames him "Zander". When Mrs. Caldwell dies, the authorities decree that the boy must be placed in the same orphanage where Mamie was mistreated. Horrified, Mamie determines to see to it that the boy will be spared the same treatment that she had to suffer.
El que recibe el bofetón
Playing Child (uncredited)
Paul Beaumont, científico y humanista, después de muchos años de estudio, descubre una revolucionaria teoría, pero su protector (Marc McDermott) se la roba y, además, seduce a su esposa (Ruth King). La ofensa se sella con una bofetada que provoca las burlas de toda la comunidad científica. Beaumont huye avergonzado y se refugia en un circo, donde se hace famoso como el payaso "que recibe las bofetadas". Los caprichos del destino hacen que una noche se encuentre entre el público su pérfido benefactor, que se muestra interesado por la bella Consuelo (Norma Shearer).
A Boy of Flanders
Little Girl
An orphan boy wins a prize for his drawing.