Virginia Gibson (Virginia Gorski) (St. Louis, Missouri April 9, 1928) is a film and stage singer, dancer, and vocalist.

Career

Gibson landed a number of leading roles in films, TV Series and made a cameo appearance in Starlift (1951). She was also a regular performer on The Johnny Carson Show (1955-56), an earlier Carson series, not to be confused with The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. From the early 1960s to the early 1970s she co-hosted, with Frank Buxton (and later, Bill Owen), the ABC-TV children's documentary program Discovery.

Awards

In 1957 she was nominated for a Tony Award Best Featured Actress in a Musical, for her portrayal of Beth Livingstone in Happy Hunting.

Filmography

• Funny Face

• Athena

• She's Back on Broadway

• Stop, You're Killing Me

• Painting the Clouds with Sunshine

• Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

• About Face

• Goodbye, My Fancy

• Tea for Two

• I Killed Wild Bill Hickok

• Once Upon a Honeymoon

• So This Is Hollywood (TV sitcom)