Virginia Bruce (September 29, 1910 – February 24, 1982) was an American actress and singer

Born Helen Virginia Briggs in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Bruce began her acting career in minor roles in Hollywood in 1929. In 1930 she appeared on Broadway in the musical Smiles, followed by America's Sweetheart in 1931.

Bruce returned to Hollywood in 1932, where she married John Gilbert, her co-star in the film Downstairs. She retired briefly after the birth of their daughter Susan Ann Gilbert. The couple divorced in 1934, and Virginia returned to a hectic schedule of film appearances. Gilbert died in 1936. That same year, Bruce introduced the Cole Porter standard "I've Got You Under My Skin" in the film Born to Dance and costarred in the MGM musical The Great Ziegfeld.

Virginia married film director J. Walter Rubin in 1937, making the Wallace Beery western The Bad Man of Brimstone together that year, and they had one son, but she was widowed in 1942. In 1946 she married Ali Ipar. They divorced in 1951 but remarried in 1952. Her second to last film appearance was in the 1960's Strangers When We Meet. Her final film appearance was in Madame Wang's in 1981.

Virginia Bruce died from cancer in Woodland Hills, California.

American leading lady of the 1930s and 1940s, Virginia Bruce was born in Minnesota but grew up in Fargo, North Dakota, and came to California to attend college. Her blond good looks got her an entry into films, and after a few extra roles and bit parts she began to make serious inroads as a leading woman in secondary films and as the "other" woman in more prestigious productions. She married screen legend John Gilbert (I), then in his decline. Subsequently she was married to director J. Walter Ruben and to Turkish producer/director Ali Ipar, for whom she appeared in some Turkish films all but unseen in America. She died in 1982.

Pale-eyed blonde in lead Hollywood roles during the 30's to mid-40's, though often in "B" entries as well.