Virginia Christine

Acting

Born March 5, 1920, 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.

Filmography

• 1976Woman of the Year — Alma
• Kojak — Mrs. Yankowski
• Nanny and the Professor — Mrs. Wilson
• 1970The Old Man Who Cried Wolf — Miss Cummings
• 1969Daughter of the Mind — Helga
• 1969Hail, Hero! — Eleanor Murchiston
• 1968In Enemy Country — Frau Gulden
• Lancer — Hannah Sickles
• 1967Guess Who's Coming to Dinner — Hilary St. George
• Ironside — Esther Hawkins
• The Invaders — Mrs. Thorne
• 1966Billy the Kid Versus Dracula — Eva Oster
• Felony Squad — Cleaning Woman
• Jericho — Frau Luders
• 1965A Rage to Live — Emma
• Laredo — Agnes Halsey
• The Big Valley — Margaret Coleman
• The F.B.I. — Mrs. Ferguson, Lucille Fortier, Eugenia Sayres
• Daniel Boone — Martha, Mrs. Brewster
• 1964One Man's Way — Anna Peale
• 1964The Killers — Miss Watson
• 19634 for Texas — Brunhilde
• 1963Cattle King — Mrs. Ruth Winters (Brassfield's Housekeeper)
• Mr. Novak — Mrs. Payne
• The Fugitive — Alma Mercer, Cora
• 1963The Prize — Mrs. Bergh, Chaperon
• Going My Way
• 1962Incident in an Alley — Mrs. Connell
• Stoney Burke — Flora Hill
• The Virginian — Leora Tressider, Judith Briscoe, Nora Claypool, Margaret Conlan
• Ben Casey — Alice Cabot, Rose Evans
• Hazel — Mrs. McGuire
• 1961Judgment at Nuremberg — Mrs. Halbestadt
• Mister Ed — Margaret
• Target: The Corruptors!
• The Asphalt Jungle — Miss Brandt
• The New Breed — Annabelle
• Coronado 9 — Sarita, Margaret Hammock
• 1960Flaming Star — Mrs. Phillips (uncredited)
• Thriller — Marge
• Bonanza — Martha Hale, Mary Johnson
• 1959Pay the Piper
• Rawhide — Sarah Tenney, Ada Covey
• Riverboat — Aunt Samantha Dexter
• The Deputy — Molly Baker
• The DuPont Show with June Allyson — Mother
• The Twilight Zone — Ethel Bedeker
• The Untouchables — Dora Mizo, Stella Barber
• 77 Sunset Strip — Grace Thorn, Greta Haggman
• Behind Closed Doors — Julie Hollister
• Bronco — Martha Gant
• Frontier Doctor
• Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer — June Earl
• Peter Gunn — Nancy Davis
• Steve Canyon — Mary Moore
• The Donna Reed Show — Margaret Lang
• The Rifleman — Mrs. Hardy, Mrs. Dalrymple
• Wanted: Dead or Alive — Mrs. Logan (uncredited), Harriet Meecham
• Casey Jones — Doris Jones
• 1957Johnny Tremain — Mrs. Lapham
• M Squad — Mrs. Jake Fassard
• Maverick — Verna Lyme
• Perry Mason — Beth Sandover, Helen Duncan, Edith Summers
• 1957The Careless Years — Mrs. Vernon
• 1957The Hired Man — Beverly
• The Restless Gun — Amy Durant
• 1957The Spirit of St. Louis — Secretary (uncredited)
• The Thin Man
• Trackdown — Millie, Mrs. Nancy Doan
• Wagon Train — Minna Collins, Amanda Santee, Clara Reynolds, Elaine Gatsby, Mrs. Reed
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre — Julie Hart (uncredited)
• Hey, Jeannie! — Mrs. Warren
• 1956Invasion of the Body Snatchers — Wilma Lentz
• 1956Nightmare — Sue Bressard
• State Trooper — Dorette Mason, Ethel Larkin
• The Adventures of Jim Bowie
• 1956The Killer Is Loose — Mary Gillespie
• 1956Three Brave Men — Helen Goldsmith
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents — Model, Secretary
• 1955Good Morning, Miss Dove — Mrs. Rigsbee (uncredited)
• Gunsmoke — Bess, Lila
• Matinee Theater
• 1955Not as a Stranger — Bruni
• 1955The Cobweb — Sally
• The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp — Martha Evans
• The Millionaire — Mrs. Barnett
• The Star and the Story
• 1954Dragnet — Mrs. Caldwell
• Father Knows Best — Grace Miller
• Passport to Danger
• Public Defender — Mom Kennedy
• Studio 57 — Jenny Pickett
• The Whistler
• General Electric Theater — Head Nurse, Sarah
• I'm the Law
• Letter to Loretta — Mrs. Brown, Bertha Holt, Mrs. Spencer
• 1953Never Wave at a WAC — Lieutenant Myles (uncredited)
• 1953Woman They Almost Lynched — Jenny
• Adventures of Superman — Mrs. Frank
• Cavalcade of America — Mrs. Sargent
• Chevron Theatre
• Dangerous Assignment — Carla Fabri
• Four Star Playhouse — Clerk, Miss Chase
• 1952High Noon — Mrs. Simpson (uncredited)
• The Abbott and Costello Show — Mrs. Jackson, Grateful Lady
• 1952The First Time — Nurse
• The Ford Television Theatre — Mrs. Talbot
• Dragnet — Mrs. Martin, Helen Karsten
• Racket Squad
• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
• 1950Cyrano de Bergerac — Sister Marthe
• 1949Cover Up — Margaret Baker
• 1949Special Agent — Mabel Rumpler
• The Lone Ranger — Cecile Charron
• 1948Night Wind — Jean Benson
• 1948Women in the Night — Claire Adams
• 1947The Gangster — Mrs. Karty
• 1947The Invisible Wall — Mildred Elsworth
• 1946House of Horrors — Lady of the Streets
• 1946Idea Girl — Eveline
• 1946Murder Is My Business — Dora Darnell
• 1946The Inner Circle — Rhoda Roberts
• 1946The Killers — Lilly Harmon Lubinsky
• 1946The Mysterious Mr. Valentine — Lola Carson
• 1946The Scarlet Horseman — Carla Marquette / Matosca
• 1946The Wife of Monte Cristo — Florice Michaud
• 1945Girls of the Big House — Bernice Meyers
• 1945Phantom of the Plains — Celeste
• 1944Raiders of Ghost City — Countess Elsa von Merck, alias Trina Dressard
• 1944The Mummy's Curse — Princess Ananka
• 1944The Old Texas Trail — Queenie Leone
• 1943Edge of Darkness — Hulda (Stensgard maid)
• 1943Mission to Moscow — Maria - Beautician (uncredited)
• 1943Truck Busters — Eadie Watkins
• 1943Women at War — Mary Sawyer