Virginia Christine
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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
as Hilary St. George
1967
The Prize
as Mrs. Bergh, Chaperon
1963
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
as Wilma Lentz
1956
Women in the Night
as Claire Adams
1948
The Killers
as Miss Watson
1964
The Gangster
as Mrs. Karty
1947
Nightmare
as Sue Bressard
1956
The Mummy's Curse
as Princess Ananka
1944
The Killers
as Lilly Harmon Lubinsky
1946
Johnny Tremain
as Mrs. Lapham
1957
The Mysterious Mr. Valentine
as Lola Carson
1946
The Invisible Wall
as Mildred Elsworth
1947
4 for Texas
as Brunhilde
1963
The Inner Circle
as Rhoda Roberts
1946
Billy the Kid Versus Dracula
as Eva Oster
1966
The Cobweb
as Sally
1955
Good Morning, Miss Dove
as Mrs. Rigsbee (uncredited)
1955
Women at War
as Mary Sawyer
1943
Flaming Star
as Mrs. Phillips (uncredited)
1960
Truck Busters
as Eadie Watkins
1943
TV Appearances
Mister Ed
as Margaret
1961
The F.B.I.
as Mrs. Ferguson
1965
Kojak
as Mrs. Yankowski
1973
Dragnet
1951
Gunsmoke
as Bess
1955
Perry Mason
as Beth Sandover
1957
General Electric Theater
as Head Nurse
1953
The Twilight Zone
as Ethel Bedeker
1959
Laredo
as Agnes Halsey
1965
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Model
1955
Going My Way
1962
Target: The Corruptors!
1961