Virginia Welles
Actor · Died September 19, 2002, aged 77 · Wausau, Wisconsin, USA
Virginia Welles, born Virginia Francine Welter, was an American actress who had ingenue roles, primarily at Paramount Pictures, where she was under contract, in the late 1940s. She was a native of Wausau, Wisconsin, the daughter of Frank and Phyllis (Wheldon) Welter. Her father was a theatre manager. While still in high school, she was noticed by a Hollywood talent scout while attending the wedding of her sister Gwen in California. The scout sought permission to do a screen test for Virginia. Her parents agreed, but Virginia chose to complete high school and attend Stephens College in Missouri, where she studied under the great American stage actress Maude Adams. She finally went to Hollywood to follow up on her screen test and was given a part in Columbia's _Kiss and Tell (1945)_ (qv and renamed Virginia Welles). Subsequently she was signed to a contract by Paramount Pictures and made a handful of films there throughout the remainder of the 1940s. Dropped by Paramount in 1949, she freelanced for a couple of years before retiring from the movies in 1951. She made one final film in 1956, as well as a few infrequent television appearances throughout the 1950s, but was essentially retired. She had married automotive financier Henry George Stix Kuh in 1949. They divorced in 1977, five years after an automobile accident seriously injured their daughter Patsy. Virginia Wells Kuh spent thirty years caring for her daughter, until Virginia's death in 2002.
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Biography from IMDb.
- June 25, 1925
- September 19, 2002 (aged 77)
- Wausau, Wisconsin, USA
- Actor
- 4 on MovieCove · 12 credits in all
What are Virginia Welles' films like?
Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 4
Light 3 · Serious 0 · Dark 1
Grounded 4 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0
Gentle 2 · Charged 2 · Intense 0
Steady 2 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 2
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0
Casual 2 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 2 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 1
Resolved 4 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Virginia Welles' films?
As of October 24, 2026, 2 of their 4 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (2).
Subscription and free streaming for Virginia Welles' titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
12 credits, 4 with a MovieCove page.
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
Casa Manana (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)
Square Dance Katy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)
A Kiss for Corliss(1949)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
Make Believe Ballroom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)
Joe Palooka in the Big Fight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)
Dynamite(1949)
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Dear Ruth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)
Ladies' Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)
To Each His Own(1946)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
Kiss and Tell (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)
Hollywood Victory Caravan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)
Career shape
Star power in the 24th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 12 titles from 1945 to 1956.
Film career
- 1946Screen debut· To Each His Own
How do Virginia Welles' films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 35th percentile, the median of all 4; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 40th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up1
- 25th to 49th2
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
None of their 4 titles divides audiences: 3 are Mixed.
- Universally Loved1
- Mixed3
Reviewers score the acting 54/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles; fans 84, detractors 40. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Virginia Welles work with?
People who share at least 2 of Virginia Welles' MovieCove titles; Richard Gaines shares the most, 2.
- Richard GainesShared titles: Francis in the Haunted House (1956), A Kiss for Corliss (1949)See all 2 shared titles with Richard Gaines
