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