Toby Wing
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Toby Wing (July 14, 1915, Amelia Courthouse, Virginia – March 22, 2001, Mathews, Virginia) was an American actress and showgirl.
Born Martha Virginia Wing, she began working onscreen at age 9 (her father was Paul Wing, an assistant director). In 1931 she became one of the first Goldwyn Girls, and in 1932 she was seen in Mack Sennett comedies, one starring Bing Crosby. The round-faced platinum blonde, statuesque and smiling, made an impression with producers and moviegoers but she seldom broke through to leading roles. Many of her roles were small, but she became widely recognized as a sex symbol, even rivaling such stars as Claudette Colbert and Marlene Dietrich. She was also known offscreen for her many whirlwind romances, and was linked to Jackie Coogan, Maurice Chevalier, and Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr.
Toby Wing did play a few leading roles in B features and short subjects. In 1936 and 1937 she worked opposite singer-songwriter Pinky Tomlin in two of his musical features, With Love and Kisses and Sing While You're Able. The two stars were engaged briefly during this period, and their affection shows in the finished films. Although the Tomlin-Wing romance ran its course, the two remained close until Tomlin's death.
Her last leading role was in a quickie feature, The Marines Come Thru (filmed in Florida in 1938, but not seeing general release until 1942 as Fight On, Marines!). She retired from movies after marrying pilot Dick Merrill. She then became successful in real estate in California and Florida. Wing and Merrill later settled back in Virginia, where they lived together until Dick's death in 1982.
[edit] Filmography
Features:
- A Boy of Flanders (1924)
- A Woman Who Sinned (1924)
- Circe, the Enchantress (1924)
- The Pony Express (1925)
- American Pluck (1925)
- Double Daring (1926)
- Palmy Days (1931)
- The Kid from Spain (1932)
- The King's Vacation (1933)
- 42nd Street (1933)
- The Little Giant (1933)
- Central Airport (1933) (scenes deleted)
- Private Detective 62 (1933)
- Baby Face (1933)
- College Humor (1933)
- She Had to Say Yes (1933)
- This Day and Age (1933)
- Torch Singer (1933)
- Search for Beauty (1934)
- School for Girls (1934)
- Come on Marines (1934)
- Murder at the Vanities (1934)
- Kiss and Make Up (1934)
- One Hour Late (1934)
- Thoroughbred (1935)
- Two for Tonight (1935)
- Forced Landing (1935)
- Mister Cinderella (1936)
- With Love and Kisses (1936)
- Silks and Saddles (1936)
- Sing While You're Able (1937)
- The Women Men Marry (1937)
- True Confession (1937)
- Mr. Boggs Steps Out (1938)
- The Marines Come Thru (1938)
- Sweethearts (1938)
Short Subjects:
- Jimmy's New Yacht (1932)
- The Loud Mouth (1932)
- The Candid Camera (1932)
- Alaska Love (1932)
- Ma's Pride and Joy (1932)
- Blue of the Night (1933)
- Rhythm on the Roof (1934)
- Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove (1934)
- Hollywood Extra Girl (1935)
- La Fiesta de Santa Barbara (1935)
- Hill-Tillies (1936)
- Rhythmitis (1936)
- Sunday Night at the Trocadero (1937)
