Virginia Christine
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.
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Films (57)
Woman of the Year
1976 · Alma
The Old Man Who Cried Wolf
1970 · Miss Cummings
Daughter of the Mind
1969 · Helga
Hail, Hero!
1969 · Eleanor Murchiston
In Enemy Country
1968 · Frau Gulden
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
1967 · Hilary St. George
Billy the Kid Versus Dracula
1966 · Eva Oster
A Rage to Live
1965 · Emma
The Killers
1964 · Miss Watson
One Man's Way
1964 · Anna Peale
The Prize
1963 · Mrs. Bergh, Chaperon
4 for Texas
1963 · Brunhilde
Cattle King
1963 · Mrs. Ruth Winters (Brassfield's Housekeeper)
Incident in an Alley
1962 · Mrs. Connell
Judgment at Nuremberg
1961 · Mrs. Halbestadt
Flaming Star
1960 · Mrs. Phillips (uncredited)
Pay the Piper
1959
The Hired Man
1957 · Beverly
The Careless Years
1957 · Mrs. Vernon
Johnny Tremain
1957 · Mrs. Lapham
The Spirit of St. Louis
1957 · Secretary (uncredited)
Three Brave Men
1956 · Helen Goldsmith
Nightmare
1956 · Sue Bressard
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1956 · Wilma Lentz
The Killer Is Loose
1956 · Mary Gillespie
Good Morning, Miss Dove
1955 · Mrs. Rigsbee (uncredited)
Not as a Stranger
1955 · Bruni
The Cobweb
1955 · Sally
Dragnet
1954 · Mrs. Caldwell
Woman They Almost Lynched
1953 · Jenny
Never Wave at a WAC
1953 · Lieutenant Myles (uncredited)
High Noon
1952 · Mrs. Simpson (uncredited)
The First Time
1952 · Nurse
Cyrano de Bergerac
1950 · Sister Marthe
Special Agent
1949 · Mabel Rumpler
Cover Up
1949 · Margaret Baker
Night Wind
1948 · Jean Benson
Women in the Night
1948 · Claire Adams
The Gangster
1947 · Mrs. Karty
The Invisible Wall
1947 · Mildred Elsworth
The Mysterious Mr. Valentine
1946 · Lola Carson
The Killers
1946 · Lilly Harmon Lubinsky
The Inner Circle
1946 · Rhoda Roberts
The Wife of Monte Cristo
1946 · Florice Michaud
House of Horrors
1946 · Lady of the Streets
Murder Is My Business
1946 · Dora Darnell
Idea Girl
1946 · Eveline
The Scarlet Horseman
1946 · Carla Marquette / Matosca
Girls of the Big House
1945 · Bernice Meyers
Phantom of the Plains
1945 · Celeste
The Mummy's Curse
1944 · Princess Ananka
The Old Texas Trail
1944 · Queenie Leone
Raiders of Ghost City
1944 · Countess Elsa von Merck, alias Trina Dressard
Women at War
1943 · Mary Sawyer
Mission to Moscow
1943 · Maria - Beautician (uncredited)
Edge of Darkness
1943 · Hulda (Stensgard maid)
Truck Busters
1943 · Eadie Watkins
Séries (78)
Kojak
1973 · Mrs. Yankowski
Nanny and the Professor
1970 · Mrs. Wilson
Lancer
1968 · Hannah Sickles
Ironside
1967 · Esther Hawkins
The Invaders
1967 · Mrs. Thorne
Jericho
1966 · Frau Luders
Felony Squad
1966 · Cleaning Woman
The F.B.I.
1965 · Mrs. Ferguson, Lucille Fortier, Eugenia Sayres
Laredo
1965 · Agnes Halsey
The Big Valley
1965 · Margaret Coleman
Daniel Boone
1964 · Martha, Mrs. Brewster
Mr. Novak
1963 · Mrs. Payne
The Fugitive
1963 · Alma Mercer, Cora
Going My Way
1962
Stoney Burke
1962 · Flora Hill
The Virginian
1962 · Leora Tressider, Judith Briscoe, Nora Claypool, Margaret Conlan
The New Breed
1961 · Annabelle
Ben Casey
1961 · Alice Cabot, Rose Evans
Target: The Corruptors!
1961
Hazel
1961 · Mrs. McGuire
The Asphalt Jungle
1961 · Miss Brandt
Mister Ed
1961 · Margaret
Thriller
1960 · Marge
Coronado 9
1960 · Sarita, Margaret Hammock
The Untouchables
1959 · Dora Mizo, Stella Barber
The Twilight Zone
1959 · Ethel Bedeker
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959 · Mother
Riverboat
1959 · Aunt Samantha Dexter
Bonanza
1959 · Martha Hale, Mary Johnson
The Deputy
1959 · Molly Baker
Rawhide
1959 · Sarah Tenney, Ada Covey
77 Sunset Strip
1958 · Grace Thorn, Greta Haggman
Behind Closed Doors
1958 · Julie Hollister
The Rifleman
1958 · Mrs. Hardy, Mrs. Dalrymple
Frontier Doctor
1958
The Donna Reed Show
1958 · Margaret Lang
Bronco
1958 · Martha Gant
Peter Gunn
1958 · Nancy Davis
Steve Canyon
1958 · Mary Moore
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958 · Mrs. Logan (uncredited), Harriet Meecham
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
1958 · June Earl
Casey Jones
1957 · Doris Jones
Trackdown
1957 · Millie, Mrs. Nancy Doan
The Restless Gun
1957 · Amy Durant
Maverick
1957 · Verna Lyme
Perry Mason
1957 · Beth Sandover, Helen Duncan, Edith Summers
The Thin Man
1957
M Squad
1957 · Mrs. Jake Fassard
Wagon Train
1957 · Minna Collins, Amanda Santee, Clara Reynolds, Elaine Gatsby, Mrs. Reed
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956 · Julie Hart (uncredited)
State Trooper
1956 · Dorette Mason, Ethel Larkin
Hey, Jeannie!
1956 · Mrs. Warren
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
Matinee Theater
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · Model, Secretary
Gunsmoke
1955 · Bess, Lila
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955 · Martha Evans
The Millionaire
1955 · Mrs. Barnett
The Star and the Story
1955
Father Knows Best
1954 · Grace Miller
Studio 57
1954 · Jenny Pickett
The Whistler
1954
Passport to Danger
1954
Public Defender
1954 · Mom Kennedy
Letter to Loretta
1953 · Mrs. Brown, Bertha Holt, Mrs. Spencer
I'm the Law
1953
General Electric Theater
1953 · Head Nurse, Sarah
The Abbott and Costello Show
1952 · Mrs. Jackson, Grateful Lady
The Ford Television Theatre
1952 · Mrs. Talbot
Cavalcade of America
1952 · Mrs. Sargent
Four Star Playhouse
1952 · Clerk, Miss Chase
Adventures of Superman
1952 · Mrs. Frank
Chevron Theatre
1952
Dangerous Assignment
1952 · Carla Fabri
Dragnet
1951 · Mrs. Martin, Helen Karsten
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Racket Squad
1951
The Lone Ranger
1949 · Cecile Charron