Virginia Christine

Mar 05, 1920 - Jul 24, 1996 (76 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

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The Fugitive

Alma Mercer

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Perry Mason

Beth Sandover

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Bonanza

Martha Hale

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The Twilight Zone

Ethel Bedeker

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Ironside

Esther Hawkins

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Maverick

Verna Lyme

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Wagon Train

Minna Collins

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The Rifleman

Mrs. Hardy

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The Virginian

Leora Tressider

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The Big Valley

Margaret Coleman

Credits

Woman of the Year 1976

Alma

★ NR
Kojak 1973

Mrs. Yankowski

★ 7.1
The Old Man Who Cried Wolf 1970

Miss Cummings

★ 6
Nanny and the Professor 1970

Mrs. Wilson

★ 6
Daughter of the Mind 1969

Helga

★ 6.4
Hail, Hero! 1969

Eleanor Murchiston

★ 6
Lancer 1968

Hannah Sickles

★ 4.7
In Enemy Country 1968

Frau Gulden

★ 7.7
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner 1967

Hilary St. George

★ 7.6
Ironside 1967

Esther Hawkins

★ 6.8
The Invaders 1967

Mrs. Thorne

★ 6.8
Jericho 1966

Frau Luders

★ 6.5
Felony Squad 1966

Cleaning Woman

★ 6.4
Billy the Kid Versus Dracula 1966

Eva Oster

★ 4.1
A Rage to Live 1965

Emma

★ 4.4
The F.B.I. 1965

Mrs. Ferguson

★ 5.4
Laredo 1965

Agnes Halsey

★ 6.3
The Big Valley 1965

Margaret Coleman

★ 6.1
Daniel Boone 1964

Martha

★ 7
Broadside 1964

Wave Commander Peabody

★ 6
The Killers 1964

Miss Watson

★ 6.9
One Man's Way 1964

Anna Peale

★ 3.3
The Prize 1963

Mrs. Bergh, Chaperon

★ 6.7
4 for Texas 1963

Brunhilde

★ 5.1
Mr. Novak 1963

Mrs. Payne

★ 6.5
The Fugitive 1963

Alma Mercer

★ 7.2
Cattle King 1963

Mrs. Ruth Winters (Brassfield's Housekeeper)

★ 6.2
Going My Way 1962

★ 5.7
Stoney Burke 1962

Flora Hill

★ 5.7
The Virginian 1962

Leora Tressider

★ 6.4
Incident in an Alley 1962

Mrs. Connell

★ 3.1
Judgment at Nuremberg 1961

Mrs. Halbestadt

★ 8
The New Breed 1961

Annabelle

★ 7
Ben Casey 1961

Alice Cabot

★ 5.6
Target: The Corruptors! 1961

★ 3.5
Hazel 1961

Mrs. McGuire

★ 6.8
The Asphalt Jungle 1961

Miss Brandt

★ 5
Mister Ed 1961

Margaret

★ 6.7
Flaming Star 1960

Mrs. Phillips (uncredited)

★ 6.5
Thriller 1960

Marge

★ 6.6
Coronado 9 1960

Sarita

★ 6
The Untouchables 1959

Dora Mizo

★ 7.8
The Twilight Zone 1959

Ethel Bedeker

★ 8.5
The DuPont Show with June Allyson 1959

Mother

★ 6.3
Riverboat 1959

Aunt Samantha Dexter

★ 6.2
Bonanza 1959

Martha Hale

★ 7.5
The Deputy 1959

Molly Baker

★ 6.2
Rawhide 1959

★ 7.2
77 Sunset Strip 1958

Grace Thorn

★ 6.7
Behind Closed Doors 1958

Julie Hollister

★ NR
The Rifleman 1958

Mrs. Hardy

★ 7.1
Frontier Doctor 1958

★ 5
The Donna Reed Show 1958

Margaret Lang

★ 6.2
Bronco 1958

Martha Gant

★ 5.9
Peter Gunn 1958

Nancy Davis

★ 6.4
Steve Canyon 1958

Mary Moore

★ 7.5
Wanted: Dead or Alive 1958

Mrs. Logan (uncredited)

★ 6.8
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer 1958

June Earl

★ 6.6
Casey Jones 1957

Doris Jones

★ 5.5
Trackdown 1957

Millie

★ 6.4
The Restless Gun 1957

Amy Durant

★ 3
Maverick 1957

Verna Lyme

★ 6.9
Perry Mason 1957

Beth Sandover

★ 7.7
The Thin Man 1957

★ 7.5
M Squad 1957

Mrs. Jake Fassard

★ 5.2
Wagon Train 1957

Minna Collins

★ 6.6
The Hired Man 1957

Beverly

★ NR
The Careless Years 1957

Mrs. Vernon

★ 3.5
Johnny Tremain 1957

Mrs. Lapham

★ 6
The Spirit of St. Louis 1957

Secretary (uncredited)

★ 6.7
Three Brave Men 1956

Helen Goldsmith

★ 5.9
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre 1956

Julie Hart (uncredited)

★ 6
State Trooper 1956

★ 5
Hey, Jeannie! 1956

Mrs. Warren

★ 6
The Adventures of Jim Bowie 1956

★ 5
Nightmare 1956

Sue Bressard

★ 5.9
Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1956

Wilma Lentz

★ 7.5
The Killer Is Loose 1956

Mary Gillespie

★ 6.6
Good Morning, Miss Dove 1955

Mrs. Rigsbee (uncredited)

★ 6.8
Matinee Theater 1955

★ 5
Alfred Hitchcock Presents 1955

Model

★ 7.8
Gunsmoke 1955

Bess

★ 6.6
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp 1955

Martha Evans

★ 6.8
Not as a Stranger 1955

Bruni

★ 6.2
The Cobweb 1955

Sally

★ 5.6
The Millionaire 1955

Mrs. Barnett

★ 5
The Star and the Story 1955

★ 7
Father Knows Best 1954

Grace Miller

★ 6.5
Studio 57 1954

★ NR
Dragnet 1954

Mrs. Caldwell

★ 6
The Whistler 1954

★ NR
Passport to Danger 1954

★ 6
Public Defender 1954

Mom Kennedy

★ 5.7
Letter to Loretta 1953

Mrs. Brown

★ 6.5
Woman They Almost Lynched 1953

Jenny

★ 6.3
I'm the Law 1953

★ 5.7
General Electric Theater 1953

Head Nurse

★ 6.4
Never Wave at a WAC 1953

Lt. Myles

★ 4.6
The Abbott and Costello Show 1952

Mrs. Jackson

★ 7.2
The Ford Television Theatre 1952

Mrs. Talbot

★ 7.3
Cavalcade of America 1952

Mrs. Sargent

★ 3.5
Four Star Playhouse 1952

Clerk

★ 6.7
Adventures of Superman 1952

Mrs. Frank

★ 6.6
High Noon 1952

Mrs. Simpson (uncredited)

★ 7.7
The First Time 1952

Nurse

★ 6.8
Chevron Theatre 1952

★ 8
Dangerous Assignment 1952

Carla Fabri

★ 3.5
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars 1951

★ 7.2
Racket Squad 1951

★ 6
Cyrano de Bergerac 1950

Sister Marthe

★ 6.8
The Lone Ranger 1949

Cecile Charron

★ 6.8
Special Agent 1949

Mabel Rumpler

★ NR
Cover Up 1949

Margaret Baker

★ 6.5
Night Wind 1948

Jean Benson

★ NR
Women in the Night 1948

Claire Adams

★ 3.5
The Gangster 1947

Mrs. Karty

★ 5.1
The Invisible Wall 1947

Mildred Elsworth

★ 5.4
The Mysterious Mr. Valentine 1946

Lola Carson

★ 4.1
The Inner Circle 1946

Rhoda Roberts

★ 5.2
The Wife of Monte Cristo 1946

Florice Michaud

★ 5.8
House of Horrors 1946

Lady of the Streets

★ 6
Murder Is My Business 1946

Dora Darnell

★ 6
Idea Girl 1946

Eveline

★ NR
The Scarlet Horseman 1946

Carla Marquette / Matosca

★ NR
Girls of the Big House 1945

Bernice Meyers

★ 6
Phantom of the Plains 1945

Celeste

★ NR
The Mummy's Curse 1944

Princess Ananka

★ 5.5
The Old Texas Trail 1944

Queenie Leone

★ NR
Raiders of Ghost City 1944

Countess Elsa von Merck, alias Trina Dressard

★ 6
Women at War 1943

Mary Sawyer

★ 6.4
Mission to Moscow 1943

Maria - Beautician (uncredited)

★ 5.3
Edge of Darkness 1943

Hulda (Stensgard maid)

★ 6.2
Truck Busters 1943

Eadie Watkins

★ 6

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