Virginia Christine

Actor Mar 5 (died age 76) Stanton, Iowa, USA 1943–1976 (33 year career)

6.1 avg rating

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

Film

High Noon

Mrs. Simpson (uncredited)

Film

Judgment at Nuremberg

Mrs. Halbestadt

Film

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Wilma Lentz

Film

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

Hilary St. George

Film

The Killers

Lilly Harmon Lubinsky

Film

The Killers

Miss Watson

Film

The Spirit of St. Louis

Secretary (uncredited)

Film

The Prize

Mrs. Bergh, Chaperon

Filmography

Acting (135)

Movies (56)

Woman of the Year

1976

as Alma

The Old Man Who Cried Wolf

as Miss Cummings

Daughter of the Mind

as Helga

Hail, Hero!

as Eleanor Murchiston

6.0

In Enemy Country

1968

as Frau Gulden

7.7

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

1967

as Hilary St. George

7.6

Billy the Kid Versus Dracula

as Eva Oster

A Rage to Live

as Emma

The Killers

as Miss Watson

One Man's Way

as Anna Peale

4 for Texas

as Brunhilde

Cattle King

as Mrs. Ruth Winters (Brassfield's Housekeeper)

6.2

The Prize

1963

as Mrs. Bergh, Chaperon

6.7

Incident in an Alley

1962

as Mrs. Connell

3.1

Judgment at Nuremberg

1961

as Mrs. Halbestadt

8.0

Flaming Star

1960

as Mrs. Phillips (uncredited)

6.5

The Spirit of St. Louis

1957

as Secretary (uncredited)

Johnny Tremain

as Mrs. Lapham

The Careless Years

as Mrs. Vernon

The Hired Man

as Beverly

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

as Wilma Lentz

Nightmare

as Sue Bressard

The Killer Is Loose

as Mary Gillespie

Three Brave Men

as Helen Goldsmith

The Cobweb

as Sally

Not as a Stranger

as Bruni

Good Morning, Miss Dove

1955

as Mrs. Rigsbee (uncredited)

6.8

Dragnet

1954

as Mrs. Caldwell

6.0

Woman They Almost Lynched

as Jenny

Never Wave at a WAC

as Lt. Myles

High Noon

as Mrs. Simpson (uncredited)

The First Time

as Nurse

Cyrano de Bergerac

as Sister Marthe

Cover Up

as Margaret Baker

Special Agent

as Mabel Rumpler

Night Wind

1948

as Jean Benson

Women in the Night

as Claire Adams

The Gangster

as Mrs. Karty

The Invisible Wall

as Mildred Elsworth

The Killers

as Lilly Harmon Lubinsky

7.3

House of Horrors

1946

as Lady of the Streets

The Inner Circle

as Rhoda Roberts

The Scarlet Horseman

as Carla Marquette / Matosca

Murder Is My Business

1946

as Dora Darnell

6.0

Idea Girl

1946

as Eveline

The Mysterious Mr. Valentine

1946

as Lola Carson

4.1

The Wife of Monte Cristo

1946

as Florice Michaud

5.8

Girls of the Big House

1945

as Bernice Meyers

6.0

Phantom of the Plains

1945

as Celeste

The Old Texas Trail

1944

as Queenie Leone

The Mummy's Curse

1944

as Princess Ananka

5.5

Raiders of Ghost City

1944

as Countess Elsa von Merck, alias Trina Dressard

6.0

Edge of Darkness

1943

as Hulda (Stensgard maid)

Women at War

as Mary Sawyer

Mission to Moscow

as Maria - Beautician (uncredited)

5.3

Truck Busters

1943

as Eadie Watkins

6.0

Television (79)

Kojak

1973

as Mrs. Yankowski

7.1

Nanny and the Professor

as Mrs. Wilson

Lancer

as Hannah Sickles

Ironside

as Esther Hawkins

The Invaders

as Mrs. Thorne

Felony Squad

as Cleaning Woman

Jericho

as Frau Luders

The F.B.I.

as Mrs. Ferguson

The Big Valley

as Margaret Coleman

Laredo

as Agnes Halsey

Daniel Boone

as Martha

Broadside

as Wave Commander Peabody

The Fugitive

as Cora

Mr. Novak

as Mrs. Payne

The Virginian

as Leora Tressider

Stoney Burke

as Flora Hill

Going My Way

Ben Casey

as Alice Cabot

Hazel

as Mrs. McGuire

Mister Ed

as Margaret

The New Breed

as Annabelle

Target: The Corruptors!

The Asphalt Jungle

as Miss Brandt

Thriller

as Marge

Coronado 9

as Sarita

Bonanza

as Mary Johnson

The Twilight Zone

as Ethel Bedeker

The Untouchables

as Stella Barber

Rawhide

as Sarah Tenney

The Deputy

as Molly Baker

Riverboat

as Aunt Samantha Dexter

6.2

The DuPont Show with June Allyson

as Mother

The Rifleman

as Mrs. Hardy

77 Sunset Strip

as Grace Thorn

Bronco

as Martha Gant

Wanted: Dead or Alive

1958

as Mrs. Logan (uncredited)

The Donna Reed Show

as Margaret Lang

Peter Gunn

as Nancy Davis

Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer

1958

as June Earl

6.6

Behind Closed Doors

1958

as Julie Hollister

Steve Canyon

as Mary Moore

Frontier Doctor

Perry Mason

as Helen Duncan

Maverick

as Verna Lyme

Wagon Train

as Clara Reynolds

Trackdown

as Millie

The Thin Man

M Squad

as Mrs. Jake Fassard

Casey Jones

as Doris Jones

The Restless Gun

as Amy Durant

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

1956

as Julie Hart (uncredited)

6.0

State Trooper

1956

as Dorette Mason

5.0

The Adventures of Jim Bowie

Hey, Jeannie!

as Mrs. Warren

Matinee Theater

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955

as Model

7.8

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

as Martha Evans

The Millionaire

as Mrs. Barnett

Gunsmoke

as Lila

The Star and the Story

1955

7.0

Studio 57

1954

as Jenny Pickett

Father Knows Best

as Grace Miller

Public Defender

as Mom Kennedy

The Whistler

Passport to Danger

General Electric Theater

as Head Nurse

Letter to Loretta

as Mrs. Brown

I'm the Law

Four Star Playhouse

as Clerk

Adventures of Superman

1952

as Mrs. Frank

6.6

The Ford Television Theatre

1952

7.3

The Abbott and Costello Show

as Grateful Lady

Chevron Theatre

Cavalcade of America

as Mrs. Sargent

Dangerous Assignment

as Carla Fabri

Dragnet

as Mrs. Martin

Racket Squad

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

The Lone Ranger

as Cecile Charron