Virginia Christine
- Acting
- March 5, 1920 · Stanton, Iowa, USA
- July 24, 1996
Biography
Virginia Christine Ricketts (March 5, 1920 – July 24, 1996) was an American character actress and voice actress of Swedish descent. She had a long career on the screen, stage, and radio and appeared in more than 170 feature films and TV-productions. She is best remembered for her role in a string of television commercials for Folgers Coffee during the 1960s and 1970s.
Known for
Filmography
- Woman of the Year · Alma
- Kojak · Mrs. Yankowski
- The Old Man Who Cried Wolf · Miss Cummings
- Nanny and the Professor · Mrs. Wilson
- Daughter of the Mind · Helga
- Hail, Hero! · Eleanor Murchiston
- Lancer · Hannah Sickles
- In Enemy Country · Frau Gulden
- Guess Who's Coming to Dinner · Hilary St. George
- Ironside · Esther Hawkins
- The Invaders · Mrs. Thorne
- Jericho · Frau Luders
- Felony Squad · Cleaning Woman
- Billy the Kid Versus Dracula · Eva Oster
- A Rage to Live · Emma
- The F.B.I. · Mrs. Ferguson, Lucille Fortier
- Laredo · Agnes Halsey
- The Big Valley · Margaret Coleman
- Daniel Boone · Martha, Mrs. Brewster
- The Killers · Miss Watson
- One Man's Way · Anna Peale
- The Prize · Mrs. Bergh, Chaperon
- 4 for Texas · Brunhilde
- Mr. Novak · Mrs. Payne
- The Fugitive · Alma Mercer, Cora
- Cattle King · Mrs. Ruth Winters (Brassfield's Housekeeper)
- Going My Way
- Stoney Burke · Flora Hill
- The Virginian · Leora Tressider, Judith Briscoe
- Incident in an Alley · Mrs. Connell
- Judgment at Nuremberg · Mrs. Halbestadt
- The New Breed · Annabelle
- Ben Casey · Alice Cabot, Rose Evans
- Target: The Corruptors!
- Hazel · Mrs. McGuire
- The Asphalt Jungle · Miss Brandt
- Mister Ed · Margaret
- Flaming Star · Mrs. Phillips (uncredited)
- Thriller · Marge
- Coronado 9 · Sarita, Margaret Hammock
- The Untouchables · Dora Mizo, Stella Barber
- The Twilight Zone · Ethel Bedeker
- The DuPont Show with June Allyson · Mother
- Riverboat · Aunt Samantha Dexter
- Bonanza · Martha Hale, Mary Johnson
- The Deputy · Molly Baker
- Rawhide · Sarah Tenney, Ada Covey
- Pay the Piper
- 77 Sunset Strip · Grace Thorn, Greta Haggman
- Behind Closed Doors · Julie Hollister
- The Rifleman · Mrs. Hardy, Mrs. Dalrymple
- Frontier Doctor
- The Donna Reed Show · Margaret Lang
- Bronco · Martha Gant
- Peter Gunn · Nancy Davis
- Steve Canyon · Mary Moore
- Wanted: Dead or Alive · Mrs. Logan (uncredited), Harriet Meecham
- Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer · June Earl
- Casey Jones · Doris Jones
- Trackdown · Millie, Mrs. Nancy Doan
- The Restless Gun · Amy Durant
- Maverick · Verna Lyme
- Perry Mason · Beth Sandover, Helen Duncan
- The Thin Man
- M Squad · Mrs. Jake Fassard
- Wagon Train · Minna Collins, Amanda Santee
- The Hired Man · Beverly
- The Careless Years · Mrs. Vernon
- Johnny Tremain · Mrs. Lapham
- The Spirit of St. Louis · Secretary (uncredited)
- Three Brave Men · Helen Goldsmith
- Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre · Julie Hart (uncredited)
- State Trooper · Dorette Mason, Ethel Larkin
- Hey, Jeannie! · Mrs. Warren
- The Adventures of Jim Bowie
- Nightmare · Sue Bressard
- Invasion of the Body Snatchers · Wilma Lentz
- The Killer Is Loose · Mary Gillespie
- Good Morning, Miss Dove · Mrs. Rigsbee (uncredited)
- Matinee Theater