Virginia Christine
March 5, 1920 (105 years old) in Stanton, Iowa, USA
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
Credits
- 1976 · Woman of the Year as Alma
- 1973 · Kojak as Mrs. Yankowski
- 1970 · The Old Man Who Cried Wolf as Miss Cummings
- 1970 · Nanny and the Professor as Mrs. Wilson
- 1969 · Daughter of the Mind as Helga
- 1969 · Hail, Hero! as Eleanor Murchiston
- 1968 · Lancer as Hannah Sickles
- 1968 · In Enemy Country as Frau Gulden
- 1967 · Guess Who's Coming to Dinner as Hilary St. George
- 1967 · Ironside as Esther Hawkins
- 1967 · The Invaders as Mrs. Thorne
- 1966 · Jericho as Frau Luders
- 1966 · Felony Squad as Cleaning Woman
- 1966 · Billy the Kid Versus Dracula as Eva Oster
- 1965 · A Rage to Live as Emma
- 1965 · The F.B.I. as Mrs. Ferguson
- 1965 · The F.B.I. as Lucille Fortier
- 1965 · The F.B.I. as Eugenia Sayres
- 1965 · Laredo as Agnes Halsey
- 1965 · The Big Valley as Margaret Coleman
- 1964 · Daniel Boone as Martha
- 1964 · Daniel Boone as Mrs. Brewster
- 1964 · Broadside as Wave Commander Peabody
- 1964 · The Killers as Miss Watson
- 1964 · One Man's Way as Anna Peale
- 1963 · The Prize as Mrs. Bergh, Chaperon
- 1963 · 4 for Texas as Brunhilde
- 1963 · Mr. Novak as Mrs. Payne
- 1963 · The Fugitive as Alma Mercer
- 1963 · The Fugitive as Cora
- 1963 · Cattle King as Mrs. Ruth Winters (Brassfield's Housekeeper)
- 1962 · Going My Way as
- 1962 · Stoney Burke as Flora Hill
- 1962 · The Virginian as Leora Tressider
- 1962 · The Virginian as Judith Briscoe
- 1962 · The Virginian as Nora Claypool
- 1962 · The Virginian as Margaret Conlan
- 1962 · Incident in an Alley as Mrs. Connell
- 1961 · Judgment at Nuremberg as Mrs. Halbestadt
- 1961 · The New Breed as Annabelle
- 1961 · Ben Casey as Alice Cabot
- 1961 · Ben Casey as Rose Evans
- 1961 · Target: The Corruptors! as
- 1961 · Hazel as Mrs. McGuire
- 1961 · The Asphalt Jungle as Miss Brandt
- 1961 · Mister Ed as Margaret
- 1960 · Flaming Star as Mrs. Phillips (uncredited)
- 1960 · Thriller as Marge
- 1960 · Coronado 9 as Sarita
- 1960 · Coronado 9 as Margaret Hammock
- 1959 · The Untouchables as Dora Mizo
- 1959 · The Untouchables as Stella Barber
- 1959 · The Twilight Zone as Ethel Bedeker
- 1959 · The DuPont Show with June Allyson as Mother
- 1959 · Riverboat as Aunt Samantha Dexter
- 1959 · Bonanza as Martha Hale
- 1959 · Bonanza as Mary Johnson
- 1959 · The Deputy as Molly Baker
- 1959 · Rawhide as
- 1959 · Rawhide as Sarah Tenney
- 1959 · Rawhide as Ada Covey
- 1958 · 77 Sunset Strip as Grace Thorn
- 1958 · 77 Sunset Strip as Greta Haggman
- 1958 · Behind Closed Doors as Julie Hollister
- 1958 · The Rifleman as Mrs. Hardy
- 1958 · The Rifleman as Mrs. Dalrymple
- 1958 · Frontier Doctor as
- 1958 · The Donna Reed Show as Margaret Lang
- 1958 · Bronco as Martha Gant
- 1958 · Peter Gunn as Nancy Davis
- 1958 · Steve Canyon as Mary Moore
- 1958 · Wanted: Dead or Alive as Mrs. Logan (uncredited)
- 1958 · Wanted: Dead or Alive as Harriet Meecham
- 1958 · Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer as June Earl
- 1957 · Casey Jones as Doris Jones
- 1957 · Trackdown as Millie
- 1957 · Trackdown as Mrs. Nancy Doan
- 1957 · The Restless Gun as Amy Durant
- 1957 · Maverick as Verna Lyme
- 1957 · Perry Mason as Beth Sandover
- 1957 · Perry Mason as Helen Duncan
- 1957 · Perry Mason as Edith Summers
- 1957 · M Squad as Mrs. Jake Fassard
- 1957 · The Thin Man as
- 1957 · Wagon Train as Minna Collins
- 1957 · Wagon Train as Amanda Santee
- 1957 · Wagon Train as Clara Reynolds
- 1957 · Wagon Train as Elaine Gatsby
- 1957 · Wagon Train as Mrs. Reed
- 1957 · The Hired Man as Beverly
- 1957 · The Careless Years as Mrs. Vernon
- 1957 · Johnny Tremain as Mrs. Lapham
- 1957 · The Spirit of St. Louis as Secretary (uncredited)
- 1956 · Three Brave Men as Helen Goldsmith
- 1956 · Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Julie Hart (uncredited)
- 1956 · State Trooper as
- 1956 · State Trooper as Dorette Mason
- 1956 · State Trooper as Ethel Larkin
- 1956 · Hey, Jeannie! as Mrs. Warren
- 1956 · The Adventures of Jim Bowie as
- 1956 · Nightmare as Sue Bressard
- 1956 · Invasion of the Body Snatchers as Wilma Lentz
- 1956 · The Killer Is Loose as Mary Gillespie
- 1955 · Good Morning, Miss Dove as Mrs. Rigsbee (uncredited)
- 1955 · Matinee Theater as
- 1955 · Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Model
- 1955 · Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Secretary
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Bess
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Lila
- 1955 · The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp as Martha Evans
- 1955 · Not as a Stranger as Bruni
- 1955 · The Cobweb as Sally
- 1955 · The Millionaire as Mrs. Barnett
- 1955 · The Star and the Story as
- 1954 · Father Knows Best as Grace Miller
- 1954 · Studio 57 as
- 1954 · Studio 57 as Jenny Pickett
- 1954 · Dragnet as Mrs. Caldwell
- 1954 · The Whistler as
- 1954 · Passport to Danger as
- 1954 · Public Defender as Mom Kennedy
- 1953 · Letter to Loretta as Mrs. Brown
- 1953 · Letter to Loretta as Bertha Holt
- 1953 · Letter to Loretta as Mrs. Spencer
- 1953 · Woman They Almost Lynched as Jenny
- 1953 · I'm the Law as
- 1953 · General Electric Theater as Head Nurse
- 1953 · General Electric Theater as Sarah
- 1953 · Never Wave at a WAC as Lt. Myles
- 1952 · The Abbott and Costello Show as Mrs. Jackson
- 1952 · The Abbott and Costello Show as Grateful Lady
- 1952 · The Ford Television Theatre as Mrs. Talbot
- 1952 · The Ford Television Theatre as
- 1952 · Cavalcade of America as Mrs. Sargent
- 1952 · Four Star Playhouse as Clerk
- 1952 · Four Star Playhouse as Miss Chase
- 1952 · Adventures of Superman as Mrs. Frank
- 1952 · High Noon as Mrs. Simpson (uncredited)
- 1952 · The First Time as Nurse
- 1952 · Chevron Theatre as
- 1952 · Dangerous Assignment as Carla Fabri
- 1951 · Dragnet as
- 1951 · Dragnet as Mrs. Martin
- 1951 · Dragnet as Helen Karsten
- 1951 · Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as
- 1951 · Racket Squad as
- 1950 · Cyrano de Bergerac as Sister Marthe
- 1949 · The Lone Ranger as Cecile Charron
- 1949 · Special Agent as Mabel Rumpler
- 1949 · Cover Up as Margaret Baker
- 1948 · Night Wind as Jean Benson
- 1948 · Women in the Night as Claire Adams
- 1947 · The Gangster as Mrs. Karty
- 1947 · The Invisible Wall as Mildred Elsworth
- 1946 · The Mysterious Mr. Valentine as Lola Carson
- 1946 · The Killers as Lilly Harmon Lubinsky
- 1946 · The Inner Circle as Rhoda Roberts
- 1946 · The Wife of Monte Cristo as Florice Michaud
- 1946 · House of Horrors as Lady of the Streets
- 1946 · Murder Is My Business as Dora Darnell
- 1946 · Idea Girl as Eveline
- 1946 · The Scarlet Horseman as Carla Marquette / Matosca
- 1945 · Girls of the Big House as Bernice Meyers
- 1945 · Phantom of the Plains as Celeste
- 1944 · The Mummy's Curse as Princess Ananka
- 1944 · The Old Texas Trail as Queenie Leone
- 1944 · Raiders of Ghost City as Countess Elsa von Merck, alias Trina Dressard
- 1943 · Women at War as Mary Sawyer
- 1943 · Mission to Moscow as Maria - Beautician (uncredited)
- 1943 · Edge of Darkness as Hulda (Stensgard maid)
- 1943 · Truck Busters as Eadie Watkins