Virginia Belmont

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Virginia Belmont

Real name: Virginia Schupp

1921 - 2014

The daughter of Ernestine and Henry Schupp, Virginia was born on September, 20, 1921, in New York City. As Virginia Belmont, she did a few 1940s westerns with William Boyd, Jimmy Wakely and Johnny Mack Brown, and was also the heroine in the DANGERS OF THE CANADIAN MOUNTED (Republic, 1948) chapterplay which starred Jim Bannon.

Sources indicate that Virginia married (becoming Virginia Belmont Califano), moved to Italy, and did some 1950s films in Italy where she was billed as Virginia Belmonte.

Virginia Califano, age 92, passed away on May 6, 2014 at her home in Hollywood, California: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/latimes/name/virginia-califano-obituary?id=17635332

Although some of the data is incomplete or inaccurate, the Internet Movie Database (IMDb) has information on Virginia Belmont: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0069341/

Find A Grave has a photo of the marker for Virginia Schupp Califano who is interred at Mount Hope Cemetery, San Diego, California: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/129980115/virginia-e-califano

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In the above scene from THE RANGERS RIDE (Monogram, 1948) are, from L-to-R, Virginia Belmont, Jimmy Wakely and his sidekick Dub 'Cannonball' Taylor. Virginia Belmont did heroine duties in two other Wakelys, OKLAHOMA BLUES (Monogram, 1948) and COURTIN' TROUBLE (Monogram, 1948).

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Above from L-to-R are Johnny Mack Brown, the moustached Tom Smith and Virginia in PRAIRIE EXPRESS (Monogram, 1947).

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Above - Virginia vs. Anthony Warde in a scene from the serial DANGERS OF THE CANADIAN MOUNTED (Republic, 1948).

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Release Date	Title	Company	Director	Star	Belmont Role
10/20/44	BLACK ARROW	Columbia	Lew Landers/Reeves Eason	Robert Scott	Unbilled Girl
10/25/44	GIRL RUSH	RKO Radio	Gordon Douglas	Wally Brown	Troupe Member
12/25/44	NEVADA	RKO Radio	Edward Killy	Robert Mitchum	Dancer
2/3/45	WHAT A BLONDE	RKO Radio	Leslie Goodwins	Leon Errol	Showgirl
2/17/45	BETRAYAL FROM THE EAST	RKO Radio	William Berke	Lee Tracy	Showgirl
2/17/45	HAVING WONDERFUL CRIME	RKO Radio	A. Edward Sutherland	Pat O'Brien	Party Guest
2/20/45	PAN-AMERICANA	RKO Radio	John H. Auer	Philip Terry	Pan American Girl
7/23/45	JOHNNY ANGEL	RKO Radio	Edwin L. Marin	George Raft	Night Club Cigarette Girl
7/31/45	GEORGE WHITE'S SCANDALS OF 1945	RKO Radio	Feliz E. Feist	Joan Danis	Showgirl
3/1/46	KID FROM BROOKLYN, THE	RKO Radio	Norman Z. McLeod	Danny Kaye	Goldwyn Girl
10/25/47	PRAIRIE EXPRESS	Monogram	Lambert Hillyer	Johnny Mack Brown	Peggy Porter
10/25/47	SWEET GENEVIEVE	Columbia	Arthur Dreifus	Jean Porter	Gloria Martin
1/15/48	A-HUNTING THEY DID GO (Short)	Columbia	Jules White	Wally Vernon	Girl
1/31/48	OVERLAND TRAILS	Monogram	Lambert Hillyer	Johnny Mack Brown	Marcia Brandon/Madeliene Bush
2/7/48	FIGHTING MAD (Joe Palooka Series)	Monogram	Reginald LeBorg	Leon Errol	Nurse
3/19/48	SILENT CONFLICT	United Artists	George Archainbaud	William Boyd	Rene Richards
3/28/48	OKLAHOMA BLUES	Monogram	Lambert Hillyer	Jimmy Wakely	Judy Joyce
4/1/48	CRABBIN' IN THE CABIN (Short)	Columbia	Jules White	Wally Vernon	Wife
4/24/48	DANGERS OF THE CANADIAN MOUNTED	Republic	Fred Brannon/Yakima Canutt	Jim Bannon	Roberta 'Bobbie' Page
4/26/48	RANGERS RIDE, THE	Monogram	Lambert Hillyer	Jimmy Wakely	Sheila Carol
11/21/48	COURTIN' TROUBLE	Monogram	Ford Beebe	Jimmy Wakely	Carol Madison
Footnotes ... and a question: Apparently Virginia was under some kind of players contract at RKO circa 1944-45 and probably appeared in bit and supporting roles in other RKO films which are not listed above. She also may have appeared in more of the Wally Vernon/Eddie Quillan shorts from Columbia than just the two noted above. The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) includes in their filmography for Virginia a variety of 1950ish Italian films starring an actress named "Virginia Belmonte". Link to the IMDb is above.