Virginia Mayo (born Virginia Clara Jones; November 30, 1920 – January 17, 2005) was an American actress …Virginia Mayo (born Virginia Clara Jones; November 30, 1920 – January 17, 2005) was an American actress and dancer. She was in a series of comedy films with Danny Kaye and was Warner Brothers' biggest box-office money-maker in the late 1940s.[1] She also co-starred in the 1946 Oscar-winning movie The Best Years of Our Lives and White Heat (1949).[2]