Virginia Van Upp

Virginia Van Upp was born on Jan 13, 1902 in USA. Virginia Van Upp's big-screen debut came with The Pursuit of Happiness directed by Alexander Hall in 1934. Virginia Van Upp is known for The Lady from Shanghai directed by Orson Welles, Rita Hayworth stars as Elsa Bannister and Orson Welles as Michael O'Hara. The upcoming new movie Virginia Van Upp plays is Affair in Trinidad which will be released on Jul 29, 1952.

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.