Virginia Madsen
Virginia Madsen Trivia
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Virginia Madsen is very allergic to bee stings.
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Virginia was chosen as one of People Magazine's annual 100 Most Beautiful People in the World, Beauty at Every Age section, for age 45, in May 2007.
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She is a natural blonde.
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Virginia's father is of Danish descent and her mother is of Irish and Native American descent.
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As part of her training, Virginia attended the Ted Liss Acting Studio in Chicago and the Harand Camp Adult Theater Seminar in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin.
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Virginia lived in Pacific Palisades with then boyfriend and fellow actor Billy Campbell when she first moved to California.
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Virginia's father, Cal, was a firefighter.
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Virginia's nickname is Gina.
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Virginia is 5' 6½" tall.
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Virginia was voted as one of the most beautiful actresses of Hollywood in 1986.
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Virginia disappeared from the camera lens for awhile to take time out and raise her son Zack.
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Virginia was a student of dancing throughout her childhood.
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She became Robert Stack's co-host in 1998 on the CBS television hit Unsolved Mysteries.
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Virginia had the recurring role of Annie Charnock, a cousin of Cybill Sheperd's character Maddie on two episodes of Moonlighting.
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Virginia's first TV-movie debut was for American Playhouse's 1984 A Matter Of Principle.
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Virginia's first lead role came in 1984 in the feature Electric Dreams.
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Virginia moved from Chicago to Los Angeles in 1983 to appear in her first movie, Class.
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Virginia attended Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.
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Madsen's marriage to Danny Huston was a secret affair, which took place in Las Vegas, Nevada, in October of 1989. They had a second ceremony for relatives and friends December 9 & 10 of 1989.
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Virginia has hazel eyes but each is a slightly different color from the other.
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Virginia has a son, Zack, with actor Anotonio Sabato, Jr.
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Madsen was married to Danny Huston, son of legendary film director John Huston, from 1989 to 1992.
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Virginia's mother, Elaine Madsen, is an Emmy-winning television writer and producer.
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Virginia's brother, actor Michael Madsen, refuses to see any films in which she appears nude.
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Virginia's brother Michael Madsen is also an actor.
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In 2004, Viginia received rave reviews and Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations for the film Sideways.
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Virginia's first widely visible part was that of Princess Irulan in David Lynch's 1984 science fiction film Dune.
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Virginia attended New Trier High School, a nationally recognized comprehensive high school located north of Chicago, Illinois, USA.
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Virginia Madsen is of Danish, Irish and Native American descent.
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Virginia was born September 11, 1963, in Chicago, Illinois.
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Virginia Madsen: One of the hardest parts of my job is when I leave. You're so involved in the film making. And then when the acting is done, the film making continues, but I'm no longer a part of that. And you never know what they're going to do with you!
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Virginia Madsen: I didn't like the kind of movies I was making, I didn't like my career, which seemed to be on this train that was just speeding in the wrong direction, so I had to stop everything or I wouldn't have been able to recover it and it's taken me 10 years to be where I want.
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Virginia Madsen: Ever since I was 10 years old, I really didn't think my career would happen until I was in my 40s, because I think in my 10-year-old mind I thought actresses like Bette Davis, Katharine Hepburn and Barbara Stanwyck, to me, looked like they were in their 40s.
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