Victoria Vinton, born Victoria Velnette Vinton (August 23, 1912 – June 12, 1980) was an early B-movie actress, starring in over thirty films from 1932 into 1940, mostly in westerns.Born in New Jersey,She was the daughter of Victor Vinton (1888-1983) and Lucille Vinton Strahl.She had a younger sister,Violet.Vinton was a goodlooking young woman in her youth, and was often called in her acting days "a Jean Harlow look alike". Her career started with her on contract with Warner Bros., beginning in 1932. With them she made a number of successful western films, usually starring as the heroine alongside cowboy stars Fred Scott, Bob Custer, Reb Russell, Wally Wales, and Bill Cody.She was best known for her work in the Busby Berkeley-musicals.She was Cinderella in the "Don't say goodnight" musical number in the movie "Wonder Bar(1934)",a beautiful girl in the movie "Dames", Perhaps her most famous part was that of the seamstress in the musical number "Spin a Little Web of Dreams" in the movie "Fashions of 1934". The favourite of Director Busby Berkeley,who cast her in all of his musicals in the 1930s en 1940's.Following the end of her Warner Bros. contract, she starred in six ultra-low budget westerns with other companies. From 1932 through 1936 she was fairly active, although some were uncredited roles, but with several starring roles, some of which were moderately successful. Her first credited role was The Seventh Commandment in 1932. In 1934 she starred in Adventures of Texas Jack, and later that year she starred in Pals of the Prairie.However, she still had not reached full star billing status, and played in another seven films that same year uncredited. In 1935 she had one starring role, in The Cheyenne Tornado, but another two films in which she was uncredited. In 1936 she starred in Ambush Valley with Bob Custer, and in Vengeance of Rannah, also with Custer as well as with John Elliott, but yet another four films in which she was uncredited. She played small parts after that, sometimes as small as a backup dancer or non-billed scene actor. Her last credited role was in 1937, when she starred in The Singing Buckaroo.She appeared uncredited in six films in 1940. Then, Vinton simply disappeared, as far as Hollywood was concerned. She married Cinematographer Scotty Welbourne in 1939,but they were later divorced. She married Jack Franklin Yates (1901-1977) in January 1955.Vinton did not reappear publicly until her death, on June 12, 1980, while living in an actors retirement community in Woodland Hills, California. When she died her name was Victoria Velnette Yates. There is no information as to what she had done during her decades of absence from acting.She is buried at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
Pretty platinum blonde starlet of the 1930's. A former model, she was under contract at Warner Brothers, sadly relegated to westerns and second features.
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Very Thought of You
1944
Marine's Bride (uncredited)
Ziegfeld Girl
1941
Ziegfeld Girl (uncredited)
Youth Will Be Served
1940
Billie (uncredited)
Strike Up the Band
1940
Student (uncredited)
Girl from Avenue A
1940
Minor Role (uncredited)
Star Dust
1940
Lorraine Lorey (uncredited)
The House Across the Bay
1940
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Gold Diggers in Paris
1938
Girl on Ship (uncredited)
Hollywood Hotel
1937
Girl in Nightclub (uncredited)
The Singing Buckaroo
1937
Barbara Evans
Gold Diggers of 1937
1936
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
California Mail
1936
Bud's Dancing Partner (uncredited)
Vengeance of Rannah
1936
Mary Warner
Polo Joe
1936
Girl at Polo Field (uncredited)
Ambush Valley
1936
Ann Morgan
Cain and Mabel
1936
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Stage Struck
1936
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Bullets or Ballots
1936
Theater Ticket Seller (uncredited)
Colleen
1936
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Broadway Hostess
1935
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
The Cheyenne Tornado
1935
Jane Darnell
Bright Lights
1935
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
The Case of the Curious Bride
1935
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Gold Diggers of 1935
1935
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
And She Learned About Dames
1934
Short
Student (uncredited)
Flirtation Walk
1934
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Gentlemen Are Born
1934
Minor Role (uncredited)
The Firebird
1934
Second School Girl / Autograph Seeker (uncredited)
The St. Louis Kid
1934
Mr. Bennett's Secretary (uncredited)
Desirable
1934
Blonde Gold-Digger at Theatre (uncredited)
Dames
1934
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Madame Du Barry
1934
Bluebell (uncredited)
Twenty Million Sweethearts
1934
Blonde Radio Fan (uncredited)
Merry Wives of Reno
1934
Girl Who Asks for a Match (uncredited)
Pals of the Prairie
1934
Short
Jo Ann Carter
Adventures of Texas Jack
1934
Lucy
Wonder Bar
1934
Chorus Girl / Cinderella in 'Don't Say Goodnight' (uncredited)