Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
March 5, 1920
Place of Birth:
Stanton, Iowa, USA
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Virginia Christine
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
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Woman of the Year | Alma |
| 1970 | The Old Man Who Cried Wolf | Miss Cummings |
| 1969 | Daughter of the Mind | Helga |
| 1969 | Hail, Hero! | Eleanor Murchiston |
| 1968 | In Enemy Country | Frau Gulden |
| 1967 | Guess Who's Coming to Dinner | Hilary St. George |
| 1966 | Billy the Kid Versus Dracula | Eva Oster |
| 1965 | A Rage to Live | Emma |
| 1964 | The Killers | Miss Watson |
| 1964 | One Man's Way | Anna Peale |
| 1963 | The Prize | Mrs. Bergh, Chaperon |
| 1963 | 4 for Texas | Brunhilde |
| 1963 | Cattle King | Mrs. Ruth Winters (Brassfield's Housekeeper) |
| 1962 | Incident in an Alley | Mrs. Connell |
| 1961 | Judgment at Nuremberg | Mrs. Halbestadt |
| 1960 | Flaming Star | Mrs. Phillips (uncredited) |
| 1957 | Johnny Tremain | Mrs. Lapham |
| 1957 | The Careless Years | Mrs. Vernon |
| 1957 | The Hired Man | Beverly |
| 1957 | The Spirit of St. Louis | Secretary (uncredited) |
| 1956 | Invasion of the Body Snatchers | Wilma Lentz |
| 1956 | Nightmare | Sue Bressard |
| 1956 | Three Brave Men | Helen Goldsmith |
| 1956 | The Killer Is Loose | Mary Gillespie |
| 1955 | The Cobweb | Sally |
| 1955 | Good Morning, Miss Dove | Mrs. Rigsbee (uncredited) |
| 1955 | Not as a Stranger | Bruni |
| 1954 | Dragnet | Mrs. Caldwell |
| 1953 | Woman They Almost Lynched | Jenny |
| 1953 | Never Wave at a WAC | Lt. Myles |
| 1952 | The First Time | Nurse |
| 1952 | High Noon | Mrs. Simpson (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Cyrano de Bergerac | Sister Marthe |
| 1949 | Special Agent | Mabel Rumpler |
| 1949 | Cover Up | Margaret Baker |
| 1948 | Women in the Night | Claire Adams |
| 1948 | Night Wind | Jean Benson |
| 1947 | The Gangster | Mrs. Karty |
| 1947 | The Invisible Wall | Mildred Elsworth |
| 1946 | The Killers | Lilly Harmon Lubinsky |
| 1946 | The Mysterious Mr. Valentine | Lola Carson |
| 1946 | The Inner Circle | Rhoda Roberts |
| 1946 | Murder Is My Business | Dora Darnell |
| 1946 | The Scarlet Horseman | Carla Marquette / Matosca |
| 1946 | Idea Girl | Eveline |
| 1946 | House of Horrors | Lady of the Streets |
| 1946 | The Wife of Monte Cristo | Florice Michaud |
| 1945 | Phantom of the Plains | Celeste |
| 1945 | Girls of the Big House | Bernice Meyers |
| 1944 | The Mummy's Curse | Princess Ananka |
| 1944 | Raiders of Ghost City | Countess Elsa von Merck, alias Trina Dressard |
| 1944 | The Old Texas Trail | Queenie Leone |
| 1943 | Women at War | Mary Sawyer |
| 1943 | Truck Busters | Eadie Watkins |
| 1943 | Edge of Darkness | Hulda (Stensgard maid) |
| 1943 | Mission to Moscow | Maria - Beautician (uncredited) |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Kojak | Mrs. Yankowski |
| 1970 | Nanny and the Professor | Mrs. Wilson |
| 1968 | Lancer | Hannah Sickles |
| 1967 | The Invaders | Mrs. Thorne |
| 1967 | Ironside | Esther Hawkins |
| 1966 | Felony Squad | Cleaning Woman |
| 1966 | Jericho | Frau Luders |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. | Mrs. Ferguson |
| 1965 | Laredo | Agnes Halsey |
| 1965 | The Big Valley | Margaret Coleman |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. | Lucille Fortier |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. | Eugenia Sayres |
| 1964 | Daniel Boone | Martha |
| 1964 | Daniel Boone | Mrs. Brewster |
| 1964 | Broadside | Wave Commander Peabody |
| 1963 | The Fugitive | Alma Mercer |
| 1963 | Mr. Novak | Mrs. Payne |
| 1963 | The Fugitive | Cora |
| 1962 | Going My Way | |
| 1962 | The Virginian | Leora Tressider |
| 1962 | The Virginian | Judith Briscoe |
| 1962 | The Virginian | Nora Claypool |
| 1962 | The Virginian | Margaret Conlan |
| 1962 | Stoney Burke | Flora Hill |
| 1961 | Mister Ed | Margaret |
| 1961 | Target: The Corruptors! | |
| 1961 | The New Breed | Annabelle |
| 1961 | Hazel | Mrs. McGuire |
| 1961 | Ben Casey | Alice Cabot |
| 1961 | Ben Casey | Rose Evans |
| 1961 | The Asphalt Jungle | Miss Brandt |
| 1960 | Thriller | Marge |
| 1960 | Coronado 9 | Sarita |
| 1960 | Coronado 9 | Margaret Hammock |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone | Ethel Bedeker |
| 1959 | Rawhide | |
| 1959 | Riverboat | Aunt Samantha Dexter |
| 1959 | The DuPont Show with June Allyson | Mother |
| 1959 | The Untouchables | Dora Mizo |
| 1959 | The Untouchables | Stella Barber |
| 1959 | Bonanza | Martha Hale |
| 1959 | Rawhide | Sarah Tenney |
| 1959 | Bonanza | Mary Johnson |
| 1959 | Rawhide | Ada Covey |
| 1959 | The Deputy | Molly Baker |
| 1958 | Peter Gunn | Nancy Davis |
| 1958 | Bronco | Martha Gant |
| 1958 | Wanted: Dead or Alive | Mrs. Logan (uncredited) |
| 1958 | Frontier Doctor | |
| 1958 | Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer | June Earl |
| 1958 | Behind Closed Doors | Julie Hollister |
| 1958 | Wanted: Dead or Alive | Harriet Meecham |
| 1958 | The Donna Reed Show | Margaret Lang |
| 1958 | The Rifleman | Mrs. Hardy |
| 1958 | Steve Canyon | Mary Moore |
| 1958 | 77 Sunset Strip | Grace Thorn |
| 1958 | 77 Sunset Strip | Greta Haggman |
| 1958 | The Rifleman | Mrs. Dalrymple |
| 1957 | Perry Mason | Beth Sandover |
| 1957 | The Thin Man | |
| 1957 | M Squad | Mrs. Jake Fassard |
| 1957 | Casey Jones | Doris Jones |
| 1957 | Perry Mason | Helen Duncan |
| 1957 | Perry Mason | Edith Summers |
| 1957 | Wagon Train | Minna Collins |
| 1957 | Maverick | Verna Lyme |
| 1957 | Trackdown | Millie |
| 1957 | Wagon Train | Amanda Santee |
| 1957 | Wagon Train | Clara Reynolds |
| 1957 | Wagon Train | Elaine Gatsby |
| 1957 | Wagon Train | Mrs. Reed |
| 1957 | The Restless Gun | Amy Durant |
| 1957 | Trackdown | Mrs. Nancy Doan |
| 1956 | The Adventures of Jim Bowie | |
| 1956 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Julie Hart (uncredited) |
| 1956 | State Trooper | |
| 1956 | Hey, Jeannie! | Mrs. Warren |
| 1956 | State Trooper | Dorette Mason |
| 1956 | State Trooper | Ethel Larkin |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Bess |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Model |
| 1955 | The Millionaire | Mrs. Barnett |
| 1955 | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | Martha Evans |
| 1955 | Matinee Theater | |
| 1955 | The Star and the Story | |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Secretary |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Lila |
| 1954 | The Whistler | |
| 1954 | Studio 57 | |
| 1954 | Studio 57 | Jenny Pickett |
| 1954 | Passport to Danger | |
| 1954 | Father Knows Best | Grace Miller |
| 1954 | Public Defender | Mom Kennedy |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Head Nurse |
| 1953 | I'm the Law | |
| 1953 | Letter to Loretta | Mrs. Brown |
| 1953 | Letter to Loretta | Bertha Holt |
| 1953 | Letter to Loretta | Mrs. Spencer |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Sarah |
| 1952 | Cavalcade of America | Mrs. Sargent |
| 1952 | Dangerous Assignment | Carla Fabri |
| 1952 | The Abbott and Costello Show | Mrs. Jackson |
| 1952 | The Ford Television Theatre | Mrs. Talbot |
| 1952 | The Abbott and Costello Show | Grateful Lady |
| 1952 | Four Star Playhouse | Clerk |
| 1952 | Four Star Playhouse | Miss Chase |
| 1952 | Adventures of Superman | Mrs. Frank |
| 1952 | Chevron Theatre | |
| 1952 | The Ford Television Theatre | |
| 1951 | Dragnet | |
| 1951 | Racket Squad | |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | |
| 1951 | Dragnet | Mrs. Martin |
| 1951 | Dragnet | Helen Karsten |
| 1949 | The Lone Ranger | Cecile Charron |