Virginia Christine Ricketts net worth is
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$400,000
Virginia Christine Ricketts Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family
Virginia Christine (March 5, 1920 – July 24, 1996) was an American stage, radio, film, television, and voice actress. Christine had a long career as a character actress in film and television. She is particularly remembered as "Mrs. Olson" (or the "Folgers Coffee Woman") in a number of television commercials for Folgers. | Full Name | Virginia Christine Ricketts |
| Net Worth | $400,000 |
| Date Of Birth | March 5, 1920 |
| Died | 1996-07-24 |
| Place Of Birth | Stanton, Iowa, USA |
| Height | 5' 4" (1.63 m) |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Profession | Actress |
| Education | University of California, Los Angeles |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse | Fritz Feld |
| Nicknames | Virginia Christine, Christine, Virginia |
| Star Sign | Pisces |
| # | Quote |
|---|---|
| 1 | [on Lionel Atwill, with whom she worked in Raiders of Ghost City (1944)] Lionel Atwill was a great ham, a poseur, and I mean that as a compliment. We got along very well - he was a delight. |
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | Best known to Americans as "Mrs Olson" in Folgers Coffee TV commercials in the '60s and '70s. |
| 2 | Fans of Mrs. Olson were surpised to find that even though she was raised in the Scandanavian communities of Iowa, she had no accent. |
Actress
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Cobweb | 1955 | Sally | |
| Stage 7 | 1955 | TV Series | Secretary |
| The Whistler | 1954 | TV Series | Helen |
| Dragnet | 1952-1954 | TV Series | Helen Karsten / Mrs. Martin |
| Dragnet | 1954 | Mrs. Caldwell | |
| Schlitz Playhouse | 1954 | TV Series | |
| Four Star Playhouse | 1953-1954 | TV Series | Miss Chase / Clerk |
| Adventures of Superman | 1954 | TV Series | Mrs. Frank |
| The Abbott and Costello Show | 1952-1953 | TV Series | Mrs. Jackson / Grateful Lady |
| Woman They Almost Lynched | 1953 | Jenny | |
| I'm the Law | 1953 | TV Series | Elliot |
| Chevron Theatre | 1953 | TV Series | |
| Never Wave at a WAC | 1953 | Lt. Myles, Recruiting Officer (uncredited) | |
| High Noon | 1952 | Mrs. Simpson (uncredited) | |
| Dangerous Assignment | 1952 | TV Series | Carla Fabri |
| Personal Appearance Theater | 1952 | TV Series | |
| Racket Squad | 1952 | TV Series | |
| The First Time | 1952 | Nurse (uncredited) | |
| Front Page Detective | 1951 | TV Series | Beatrice Hillmane |
| Cyrano de Bergerac | 1950 | Sister Marthe | |
| The Men | 1950 | Patient's Wife at Lecture (uncredited) | |
| Special Agent | 1949 | Mabel Rumpler | |
| Cover Up | 1949 | Margaret Baker | |
| Night Wind | 1948 | Jean Benson | |
| Women in the Night | 1948 | Claire Adams | |
| The Gangster | 1947 | Mrs. Mary Karty | |
| The Invisible Wall | 1947 | Mildred Elsworth | |
| The Mysterious Mr. Valentine | 1946 | Lola Carson | |
| The Killers | 1946 | Lilly Harmon Lubinsky | |
| The Inner Circle | 1946 | Rhoda Roberts | |
| The Wife of Monte Cristo | 1946 | uncredited | |
| House of Horrors | 1946 | Lady of the Streets | |
| Murder Is My Business | 1946 | Dora Darnell | |
| Idea Girl | 1946 | Evelina | |
| The Scarlet Horseman | 1946 | Carla Marquette aka Matosca | |
| Girls of the Big House | 1945 | Bernice Meyers | |
| Phantom of the Plains | 1945 | Celeste | |
| Counter-Attack | 1945 | Tanya (uncredited) | |
| The Mummy's Curse | 1944 | Princess Ananka | |
| The Old Texas Trail | 1944 | Queenie Leone | |
| Raiders of Ghost City | 1944 | Countess Elsa von Merck, alias Trina Dressard | |
| Women at War | 1943 | Short | Mary Sawyer |
| Action in the North Atlantic | 1943 | Pebbles (scenes deleted) | |
| Mission to Moscow | 1943 | Maria - Beautician (uncredited) | |
| Edge of Darkness | 1943 | Hulda (uncredited) | |
| Truck Busters | 1943 | Eadie Watkins | |
| Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo | 1979 | TV Series | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Kojak | 1976 | TV Series | Mrs. Yankowski |
| Woman of the Year | 1976 | TV Movie | Alma |
| Ironside | 1974 | TV Series | Esther. Hawkins |
| The Old Man Who Cried Wolf | 1970 | TV Movie | Miss Cummings |
| Nanny and the Professor | 1970 | TV Series | Mrs. Wilson |
| Daniel Boone | 1968-1970 | TV Series | Mrs. Brewster / Martha |
| Daughter of the Mind | 1969 | TV Movie | Helga |
| Hail, Hero! | 1969 | Eleanor Murchiston | |
| Lancer | 1969 | TV Series | Hannah Sickles |
| The F.B.I. | 1966-1968 | TV Series | Eugenia Sayres / Lucille Fortier / Mrs. Ferguson |
| In Enemy Country | 1968 | Frau Gulden | |
| The Virginian | 1963-1967 | TV Series | Margaret Conlan / Nora Claypool / Judith Briscoe / ... |
| Guess Who's Coming to Dinner | 1967 | Hilary St. George | |
| The Invaders | 1967 | TV Series | Mrs. Thorne |
| Judd for the Defense | 1967 | TV Series | Alice Lindsay |
| The Felony Squad | 1967 | TV Series | Cleaning Woman |
| Jericho | 1966 | TV Series | Frau Luders |
| A Man Called Shenandoah | 1966 | TV Series | Fran Macauley |
| Billy the Kid Versus Dracula | 1966 | Eva Oster | |
| Laredo | 1966 | TV Series | Agnes Halsey |
| A Rage to Live | 1965 | Emma | |
| The Big Valley | 1965 | TV Series | Margaret Coleman |
| Wagon Train | 1961-1965 | TV Series | Mrs. Reed / Minna Collins / Elaine Gatsby / ... |
| Gunsmoke | 1957-1965 | TV Series | Bess Clum / Lila Cobbett |
| Broadside | 1965 | TV Series | Wave Commander Peabody |
| The Fugitive | 1964-1965 | TV Series | Alma Mercer / Cora |
| Bonanza | 1963-1964 | TV Series | Martha Hale / Mary Johnson |
| Hazel | 1964 | TV Series | Mrs. McGuire |
| The Killers | 1964 | Miss Watson | |
| One Man's Way | 1964 | Anna Peale | |
| Ben Casey | 1963-1964 | TV Series | Rose Evans / Alice Cabot |
| Mr. Novak | 1964 | TV Series | Mrs. Payne |
| The Prize | 1963 | Mrs. Bergh | |
| 4 for Texas | 1963 | Brunhilde | |
| Perry Mason | 1961-1963 | TV Series | Edith Summers / Beth Sandover / Helen Duncan |
| Cattle King | 1963 | Ruth Winters | |
| 77 Sunset Strip | 1960-1963 | TV Series | Greta Haggman / Mrs. Thorn |
| The Untouchables | 1960-1963 | TV Series | Dora Mizo / Stella Barber |
| The Eleventh Hour | 1963 | TV Series | Mrs. Drury |
| Stoney Burke | 1962 | TV Series | Flora Hill |
| Going My Way | 1962 | TV Series | Mrs. Randall |
| Incident in an Alley | 1962 | Mrs. Connell | |
| Tales of Wells Fargo | 1961-1962 | TV Series | Ovie Swenson / Ovie |
| Target: The Corruptors | 1962 | TV Series | Lorraine |
| The New Breed | 1962 | TV Series | Annabelle |
| Bronco | 1962 | TV Series | Martha Gant |
| Judgment at Nuremberg | 1961 | Mrs. Halbestadt | |
| The Rifleman | 1959-1961 | TV Series | Mrs. Dalrymple / Mrs. Hardy |
| Rawhide | 1960-1961 | TV Series | Ada Covey / Sarah Tenney |
| Mister Ed | 1961 | TV Series | Margaret |
| The Asphalt Jungle | 1961 | TV Series | Miss Brandt |
| This Is the Life | 1961 | TV Series | Sophia Szabo |
| The Deputy | 1961 | TV Series | Molly Baker |
| Maverick | 1961 | TV Series | Verna Lyme |
| Shirley Temple's Storybook | 1961 | TV Series | Rebecca Baines |
| Coronado 9 | 1960-1961 | TV Series | Margaret Hammock / Sarita |
| Shotgun Slade | 1961 | TV Series | Melissa Haggerty |
| Flaming Star | 1960 | Mrs. Phillips (uncredited) | |
| Death Valley Days | 1960 | TV Series | Kate Hanson |
| Thriller | 1960 | TV Series | Marge |
| Happy | 1960 | TV Series | Janice |
| The Loretta Young Show | 1958-1960 | TV Series | Mrs. Spencer / Bertha Holt / Mrs. Brown |
| Riverboat | 1960 | TV Series | Aunt Samantha Dexter |
| M Squad | 1960 | TV Series | Mrs. Jake Fassard |
| The Man from Blackhawk | 1959 | TV Series | Mary Schuler |
| The Twilight Zone | 1959 | TV Series | Ethel Bedeker |
| General Electric Theater | 1956-1959 | TV Series | Sarah / Head Nurse |
| The DuPont Show with June Allyson | 1959 | TV Series | Mother |
| Wanted: Dead or Alive | 1959 | TV Series | Harriet Meecham / Mrs. Logan |
| How to Marry a Millionaire | 1959 | TV Series | Alma Fergeson |
| Man Without a Gun | 1959 | TV Series | Sarah Carver |
| State Trooper | 1957-1959 | TV Series | Rena Desmond / Ethel Larkin / Dorette Mason |
| Frontier Doctor | 1959 | TV Series | Hester Gray, Stan's Sister |
| The Lawless Years | 1959 | TV Series | Mrs. Pavlock |
| Steve Canyon | 1959 | TV Series | Mary Moore |
| Rescue 8 | 1959 | TV Series | Millie Wilde |
| Special Agent 7 | 1959 | TV Series | |
| The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1958 | TV Series | Martha Evans |
| The Donna Reed Show | 1958 | TV Series | Margaret Lang |
| Trackdown | 1957-1958 | TV Series | Millie / Nancy Doan |
| Buckskin | 1958 | TV Series | Miss Emily Pringle |
| Zane Grey Theater | 1958 | TV Series | Julie Hart |
| Peter Gunn | 1958 | TV Series | Nancy Davis |
| Behind Closed Doors | 1958 | TV Series | Julie |
| Target | 1958 | TV Series | |
| The Thin Man | 1958 | TV Series | Mildred |
| The Millionaire | 1958 | TV Series | Mrs. Barnett |
| Mike Hammer | 1958 | TV Series | June Earl |
| Whirlybirds | 1957-1958 | TV Series | Mrs. Thompson / Mrs. Salik |
| The Restless Gun | 1958 | TV Series | Amy Durant |
| Casey Jones | 1957 | TV Series | Doris Jones |
| Code 3 | 1957 | TV Series | Beverly |
| The Careless Years | 1957 | Mathilda Vernon | |
| Matinee Theatre | 1956-1957 | TV Series | Mother |
| Johnny Tremain | 1957 | Mrs. Lapham | |
| The Lone Ranger | 1957 | TV Series | Cecile Charron |
| The Spirit of St. Louis | 1957 | Secretary (uncredited) | |
| Hey, Jeannie! | 1957 | TV Series | Mrs. Warren |
| Wire Service | 1957 | TV Series | Sigrid Jensen |
| Studio 57 | 1956 | TV Series | Jenny Pickett |
| Three Brave Men | 1956 | Helen Goldsmith | |
| Cavalcade of America | 1955-1956 | TV Series | Mrs. Sargent |
| The Adventures of Jim Bowie | 1956 | TV Series | Katrina Gottschalk |
| Science Fiction Theatre | 1956 | TV Series | Prof. Anna Adler / Dr. Eleanor Ballard |
| Sneak Preview | 1956 | TV Series | |
| Passport to Danger | 1956 | TV Series | |
| Big Town | 1956 | TV Series | |
| Private Secretary | 1956 | TV Series | Maud |
| The Ford Television Theatre | 1954-1956 | TV Series | Mrs. Talbot |
| Nightmare | 1956 | Mrs. Sue Bressard | |
| Father Knows Best | 1956 | TV Series | Grace Miller |
| Front Row Center | 1956 | TV Series | Mrs. Graf / Eileen Grant |
| The Killer Is Loose | 1956 | Mary Gillespie | |
| The Star and the Story | 1956 | TV Series | Alice |
| Invasion of the Body Snatchers | 1956 | Wilma Lentz | |
| Crusader | 1956 | TV Series | |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | 1955 | TV Series | Secretary / Model |
| Good Morning, Miss Dove | 1955 | Mrs. Rigsbee (uncredited) | |
| Soldiers of Fortune | 1955 | TV Series | Bonnie |
| Not as a Stranger | 1955 | Bruni |
Archive Footage
Known for movies
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
as Hilary St. George
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
as Mrs. Halbestadt
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
as Wilma Lentz
The Killers (1946)
as Lilly Harmon Lubinsky
