Toby Wing
Acting
Biography
Toby Wing (born Martha Virginia Wing, July 14, 1915 – March 22, 2001), "Toby" being an old family nickname, was an American actress and showgirl, once called "the most beautiful chorus girl in Hollywood".
Born: July 14, 1915
Place of Birth: Amelia Court House, Virginia, USA
Known For
He Who Gets Slapped
After a baron steals his scientific discoveries, runs away with his wife, and slaps him in public, a man joins a Parisian circus sideshow as a clown whose act consists of being slapped repeatedly and becomes infatuated with a showgirl colleague whose father intends to marry her off to the baron.
Baby Face
A young woman uses her body and her sexuality to help her climb the social ladder, but soon begins to wonder if her new status will ever bring her happiness.
Arizona to Broadway
A team of con men trying to double-cross a woman they are supposedly helping to get some stolen money back wind up getting crossed themselves... by the mob.
Palmy Days
Musical comedy antics in an art deco bakery (motto: "Glorifying the American Doughnut") where Eddie Cantor, the overworked assistant to a phony psychic, is mistaken for an efficiency expert and placed in charge. Complications ensue when the psychic and his gang attempt to rob the payroll.
42nd Street
A producer puts on what may be his last Broadway show, and at the last moment a chorus girl has to replace the star.
The Little Giant
Prohibition is ending so bootlegger Bugs Ahearn decides to crack California society. He leases a house from down-on-her-luck Ruth and hires her as social secretary. He rescues Polly Cass from a horsefall and goes home to meet her dad who sells him some phony stock certificates. When he learns about this he sends to Chicago for mob help.
The Kid from Spain
Eddie and his Mexican friend Ricardo are expelled from college after Ricardo put Eddie in the girl's dormitory when he was drunk. Per chance Eddie gets mixed up in a bank robbery and is forced to drive the robbers to safety. To get rid of him they force him to leave the USA for Mexico, but a cop is following him. Eddie meets Ricardo there, Ricardo helps him avoid being arrested by the cop when he introduces Eddie as the great Spanish bullfighter Don Sebastian II. The problem is, the cop is still curious and has tickets for the bullfight. Eddie's situation becomes more critical, when he tries to help Ricardo to win the girl he loves, but she's engaged to a "real" Mexican, who is, unknown to her father, involved in illegal business. While trying to avoid all this trouble, Eddie himself falls in love with his friend's girl friend's sister Rosalie, who also want to see the great Don Sebastian II to kill the bull in the arena.
Two for Tonight
A songwriter has to come up with a full-length theatrical piece within a few days.
The Golden Touch
King Midas is visited by an elf; the elf turns his cat to gold, then claps his hands and it changes back. Midas begs for the golden touch, but the elf warns him it would be a curse to him. Midas insists. He dances about joyfully at first, but discovers the drawbacks when he sits down to dinner. Fearing death by starvation, he summons the elf and agrees to surrender everything he owns to have the curse lifted.
Central Airport
Aviator Jim Blaine and his brother Neil are rivals not only as daredevil flyers, but also for the love of parachutist Jill Collins.
Filmography
as Self (uncredited)
as Telephone Operator (uncredited)
as Irene Lee
as Suzanne Baggart
as Toby Wing
as Sugar Marvin
as Joan Williams
as Marion Braddock / Jane Smith
as Lulu, the Cashier
as Lola Green
as Self
as Amelie Darrell
as College Girl (uncredited)
as Girl in Montage (uncredited)
as Anne O'Malley
as Bird (voice) (uncredited)
as Maizie
as Canaries
as Consuelo of Claghorne
as Nancy
as Dolly
as Hazel Jones
as Sally Palmer
as Blonde in Sally's Apartment
as Student (uncredited)
as Chambermaid
as Model (uncredited)
as Office Worker (uncredited)
as Student
as Free's Lady Friend (Uncredited)
as Society Girl (uncredited)
as Air Show Observer (uncredited)
as Partner in "Young & Healthy" Number (uncredited)
as Hans / Gretel / Kids (voice) (uncredited)
as Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
as Charlie's Girlfriend
as Charlie's girlfriend
as Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
as Blonde in Bathing Suit
as Nan
as Flower Girl at Coronation (uncredited)
as Child
as Little Girl (uncredited)
as Playing Child (uncredited)
as Little Girl