 Virginia Craig played Claire Brooksy Brooks. George Valentine's assistant replacing Frances Robinson from 1949 until the show ended in 1954 in the series Let George Do It. She was born in Harrisburg, Illinois, Virginia Greg Burkhart on March the 6th, 1916. She moved West with her parents at an early age and enrolled in a Fremont Grammar School in Long Beach, California. She played sports in school and excelled as a pitcher on the school's baseball team with her specialty pitch being the fast curve. Trained as a musician, Virginia first appeared professionally as a member of the Pasadena Symphony Orchestra. And then in 1937, she joined the Seeing Strings musical group on KHJ playing the double bass. She transitioned into radio in the 1940s and her extensive career included roles in Gunsmoke, Suspense, Dragnet, The Lone Ranger and yours truly Johnny Dollar as well as Let George Do It. She was much in demand and as she had the ability to play almost any role. As was the case with many of her contemporaries, she transitioned into movies and then television as the opportunities arose. Her first movie role was Uncredited in the 1946 Hitchcock thriller Notorious. Her many subsequent appearances included Dragnet of 1954, The Fastest Gunner Live of 1956, Operation Petticoat 1959 and Spencer's Mountain 1963. She played the voice of Norma Bates, Normans mother in the classic cycle of 1960 as well as the sequels Cycle II 1983 and Cycle III 1986. Virginia had a long and distinguished TV career commencing in 1953 with the Public Defender and ending with Dynasty in 1983. In between she performed in one or more episodes of most of the major hit series of the 50s, 60s and 70s including 77 Sunset Strip, Perry Mason, Bin Casey, Gunsmoke, The Virginian, Dragnet, Adam 12, Emergency, Streets of San Francisco, The Waltons and Charlie Angels to name but a few. Virginia Gregg passed away of lung cancer on September 15, 1986 at the age of 70. For the old time radio researchers, this is your announcer, Clyde J. Kill.