Virginia Downing


Virginia Downing was an American actress on Broadway and Off-Broadway.

Personal life and death

Downing was born on March 7, 1904, in Washington, D.C. She graduated from Bryn Mawr College and worked as a translator of plays for Garson Kanin. She was in the 1990 play Richard III which also starred Denzel Washington. Her husband was the actor John Leighton. Downing died on November 21, 1996, while on her way to a theater due to a heart attack.

Broadway plays

Off-Broadway plays