
Actor
Born March 5, 1920 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.

Woman of the Year
Alma

Kojak
Mrs. Yankowski

The Old Man Who Cried Wolf
Miss Cummings

Nanny and the Professor
Mrs. Wilson

Daughter of the Mind
Helga

Hail, Hero!
Eleanor Murchiston

Lancer
Hannah Sickles

In Enemy Country
Frau Gulden

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Hilary St. George

Ironside
Esther Hawkins

The Invaders
Mrs. Thorne

Jericho
Frau Luders

Felony Squad
Cleaning Woman

Billy the Kid Versus Dracula
Eva Oster

A Rage to Live
Emma

The F.B.I.
Mrs. Ferguson

Laredo
Agnes Halsey

The Big Valley
Margaret Coleman

Daniel Boone
Martha

Broadside
Wave Commander Peabody

The Killers
Miss Watson

One Man's Way
Anna Peale

The Prize
Mrs. Bergh, Chaperon

4 for Texas
Brunhilde

Mr. Novak
Mrs. Payne

The Fugitive
Alma Mercer

Cattle King
Mrs. Ruth Winters (Brassfield's Housekeeper)

Going My Way

Stoney Burke
Flora Hill

The Virginian
Leora Tressider

Incident in an Alley
Mrs. Connell

Judgment at Nuremberg
Mrs. Halbestadt

The New Breed
Annabelle

Ben Casey
Alice Cabot

Target: The Corruptors!

Hazel
Mrs. McGuire

The Asphalt Jungle
Miss Brandt

Mister Ed
Margaret

Flaming Star
Mrs. Phillips (uncredited)

Thriller
Marge

Coronado 9
Sarita

The Untouchables
Dora Mizo

The Twilight Zone
Ethel Bedeker

The DuPont Show with June Allyson
Mother

Riverboat
Aunt Samantha Dexter

Bonanza
Martha Hale

The Deputy
Molly Baker

Rawhide

77 Sunset Strip
Grace Thorn

Behind Closed Doors
Julie Hollister

The Rifleman
Mrs. Hardy

Frontier Doctor

The Donna Reed Show
Margaret Lang

Bronco
Martha Gant

Peter Gunn
Nancy Davis

Steve Canyon
Mary Moore

Wanted: Dead or Alive
Mrs. Logan (uncredited)

Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
June Earl

Casey Jones
Doris Jones

Trackdown
Millie

The Restless Gun
Amy Durant

Maverick
Verna Lyme

Perry Mason
Beth Sandover

The Thin Man

M Squad
Mrs. Jake Fassard

Wagon Train
Minna Collins

The Hired Man
Beverly

The Careless Years
Mrs. Vernon

Johnny Tremain
Mrs. Lapham

The Spirit of St. Louis
Secretary (uncredited)

Three Brave Men
Helen Goldsmith

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Julie Hart (uncredited)

Hey, Jeannie!
Mrs. Warren

The Adventures of Jim Bowie

Nightmare
Sue Bressard

Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Wilma Lentz

The Killer Is Loose
Mary Gillespie

Good Morning, Miss Dove
Mrs. Rigsbee (uncredited)

Matinee Theater

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Model

Gunsmoke
Bess

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Martha Evans

Not as a Stranger
Bruni

The Cobweb
Sally

The Millionaire
Mrs. Barnett

The Star and the Story

Father Knows Best
Grace Miller

Studio 57

Dragnet
Mrs. Caldwell

The Whistler

Public Defender
Mom Kennedy

Letter to Loretta
Mrs. Brown

Woman They Almost Lynched
Jenny

I'm the Law

General Electric Theater
Head Nurse

Never Wave at a WAC
Lt. Myles

The Abbott and Costello Show
Mrs. Jackson

The Ford Television Theatre
Mrs. Talbot

Cavalcade of America
Mrs. Sargent

Four Star Playhouse
Clerk

Adventures of Superman
Mrs. Frank

High Noon
Mrs. Simpson (uncredited)

The First Time
Nurse

Dangerous Assignment
Carla Fabri

Dragnet

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Racket Squad

Cyrano de Bergerac
Sister Marthe

The Lone Ranger
Cecile Charron

Special Agent
Mabel Rumpler

Cover Up
Margaret Baker

Night Wind
Jean Benson

Women in the Night
Claire Adams

The Gangster
Mrs. Karty

The Invisible Wall
Mildred Elsworth

The Mysterious Mr. Valentine
Lola Carson

The Killers
Lilly Harmon Lubinsky

The Inner Circle
Rhoda Roberts

The Wife of Monte Cristo
Florice Michaud

House of Horrors
Lady of the Streets

Murder Is My Business
Dora Darnell

The Scarlet Horseman
Carla Marquette / Matosca

Girls of the Big House
Bernice Meyers

Phantom of the Plains
Celeste

The Mummy's Curse
Princess Ananka

The Old Texas Trail
Queenie Leone

Raiders of Ghost City
Countess Elsa von Merck, alias Trina Dressard

Women at War
Mary Sawyer

Mission to Moscow
Maria - Beautician (uncredited)

Edge of Darkness
Hulda (Stensgard maid)

Truck Busters
Eadie Watkins