Virginia Christine
Date of birth: 1920-03-05
Place of birth: Stanton, Iowa, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Virginia Christine Ricketts
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.
Movie Credits
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
1967-12-11
A couple's attitudes are challenged when their daughter brings home a fiancé who is black.
The Prize
1963-12-25
A group of Nobel laureates descends on Stockholm to accept their awards. Among them is American nove
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1956-02-05
A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless ali
Women in the Night
1948-01-02
During WW2 six allied nations women at Shanghai University are arrested by the Germans accused of ki
The Killers
1964-07-07
A hit man and his partner try to find out why their latest victim, a former race-car driver, did not
The Gangster
1947-11-25
Based on the novel Low Company. One of the most peculiar film noirs of the 1940s stars Barry Sulliva
Nightmare
1956-08-20
Clarinetist Stan has a nightmare about killing a man in a mirrored room. But when he wakes up and fi
The Mummy's Curse
1944-12-22
After being buried in quicksand for the past 25 years, Kharis is set free to roam the rural bayous o
The Killers
1946-08-30
Two hit men walk into a diner asking for a man called "the Swede". When the killers find the Swede,
Johnny Tremain
1957-06-19
When an injury bars him from pursuing his trade, Revolutionary War-era silversmith's apprentice John
The Mysterious Mr. Valentine
1946-09-03
Janet Spencer is driving down a country road when one of her tires blows out. This seemingly innocuo
The Invisible Wall
1947-10-15
A former GI gets his old job back working for a bookie after returning from serving in the military.
4 for Texas
1963-12-21
In the 1870s, two rival businessmen, Zack Thomas and Joe Jarrett, on a stagecoach heading to Galvest
The Inner Circle
1946-08-07
A fresh-faced young detective gets set up, framed for murder, and alibied by a smart blonde.
Billy the Kid Versus Dracula
1966-04-10
Dracula travels to the American West, intent on making a beautiful ranch owner his next victim. Her
The Cobweb
1955-06-07
Patients and staff at a posh psychiatric clinic clash over who chooses the clinic’s new drapes – but
Good Morning, Miss Dove
1955-11-23
Miss Dove is a prim New England school teacher who is treasured by her students in the small town of
Women at War
1943-10-02
Three young women arrive at the Women's Army Corps facility in Fort Des Moines for varied reasons an
Flaming Star
1960-12-20
Sam Burton's second wife is a Kiowa, and their son is therefore born mixed-race. When a struggle sta
Truck Busters
1943-01-28
An independent truck driver organizes his fellow truckers to resist the efforts of a crooked truckin
A Rage to Live
1965-10-20
Grace Caldwell, a young Pennsylvania newspaper heiress living with her widowed mother, has trouble r
Murder Is My Business
1946-03-07
Michael Shayne is a private detective who is disliked greatly by Pete Rafferty, local chief of polic
Raiders of Ghost City
1944-07-25
During the latter stages of the Civil War, a gang of supposed Confederates, headed by Alex Morel (Li
Special Agent
1949-07-22
A California railroad agent hunts two brothers for murder and robbing a payroll express.
Incident in an Alley
1962-05-16
A policeman is accused of manslaughtering a 14-year-old boy but is acquitted of all charges. Still,
Cattle King
1963-07-08
A rich landowner of Wyoming fights to prevent the Texas herds from trampling his rich meadows.
The Careless Years
1957-09-02
A high school girl from a wealthy family falls for a fellow student from a poor family. Both familie
The First Time
1952-01-31
A married couple welcomes their first child.
Dragnet
1954-09-04
Two homicide detectives try to find just the facts behind a mobster's brutal murder.
Three Brave Men
1956-12-01
A lawyer takes the case of a Navy clerk who sues after he's fired for suspected Communist beliefs.
The Scarlet Horseman
1946-01-22
Government agents work to interfere with schemes to trick the Comanches into war with the Texans.
Phantom of the Plains
1945-09-07
Red Ryder tries to warn a duchess that her newfound beau has a history of murdering his wives.
One Man's Way
1964-02-26
Reverend Norman Vincent Peale fights to bring his message to the nation.
Woman of the Year
1976-07-28
The story of the tumultuous marriage of a gruff sportswriter and a sophisticated international repor
Cover Up
1949-02-25
Insurance investigator Sam Donovan is looking into the apparent suicide of a man in a small Midweste
The Killer Is Loose
1956-02-03
A savings-and-loan bank is robbed; later, a police wiretap identifies meek bank teller Leon Poole as
The Old Man Who Cried Wolf
1970-10-13
Emile Pulska is visiting his old friend Abe Stillman. During the visit they are attacked and Emile i
Judgment at Nuremberg
1961-12-18
In 1947, four German judges who served on the bench during the Nazi regime face a military tribunal
Woman They Almost Lynched
1953-03-20
Laying on the Missouri-Arkansas border, the neutral Border City, its female mayor and city council,
Idea Girl
1946-02-08
Larry Brewster, partner in the music publishing firm of Brewster and Crow, returns from a trip to fi
Girls of the Big House
1945-11-02
A women's prison provides the setting for this drama that centers around a naive small-town woman fr
The Hired Man
1957-09-10
The LA County sheriff's department is on the hunt for a man who approaches his victims as a prospect
High Noon
1952-06-09
Will Kane, the sheriff of a small town in New Mexico, learns a notorious outlaw he put in jail has b
The Spirit of St. Louis
1957-04-01
In 1927, Charles Lindbergh struggles to finance and design an airplane that will make his New York t
House of Horrors
1946-03-29
An unsuccessful sculptor saves a madman named "The Creeper" from drowning. Seeing an opportunity for
Daughter of the Mind
1969-12-09
Professor Samuel Hale Constable is a government expert in the field of cybernetics. He and his wheel
The Old Texas Trail
1944-11-01
In this western, set in Texas, the brave heroes Rod, Fuzzy, and their good-guy gang attempt to keep
Hail, Hero!
1969-10-04
Carl Dixon decides to quit school and enlist in the Army, even though he's already run afoul of the
In Enemy Country
1968-07-01
Wartime secret agents are on a mission to destroy a deadly new type of torpedo, hidden in a Nazi str
Cyrano de Bergerac
1950-11-16
France, 1640. Cyrano, the charismatic swordsman-poet with the absurd nose, hopelessly loves the beau
Never Wave at a WAC
1953-01-28
A divorced socialite decides to join the Army because she hopes it will enable her to see more of he
Not as a Stranger
1955-07-01
Lucas Marsh, an intern bent upon becoming a first-class doctor, not merely a successful one. He cour
Night Wind
1948-09-01
A boy tries to protect his dog, a German shepherd that served with U.S. Army forces after it begins
The Wife of Monte Cristo
1946-04-22
In this sequel to the original story, Monte Cristo count Edmund Dantes (Martin Kosleck) returns to P
Edge of Darkness
1943-04-09
The film pivots around the local Norwegian doctor and his family. The doctor's wife (Ruth Gordon) wa
Mission to Moscow
1943-04-29
Ambassador Joseph Davies is sent by FDR to Russia to learn about the Soviet system and returns to th