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name: "Virginia Christine"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/virginia-christine"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "5 March 1920"
died: "24 July 1996"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T15:43:03.078207+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Virginia Christine

Actor. Born 5 March 1920 in Stanton, Iowa, USA. Died 24 July 1996.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 5 March 1920, Stanton, Iowa, USA
- **Died:** 24 July 1996
- **Also known as:** Virginia Christine Ricketts

## Biography

Virginia Christine (1920–1996) was an American character actress. Born Virginia Christine Ricketts in Stanton, Iowa, she attended the University of California, Los Angeles and began her career in radio before moving into film and television.

She appeared in films including *High Noon* (1952), *Invasion of the Body Snatchers* (1956), *Judgment at Nuremberg* (1961) and *Guess Who's Coming to Dinner* (1967). On television she played Ethel Bedeker in the 1959 *Twilight Zone* episode 'Escape Clause', and guest roles in series such as *Bonanza* and *Kojak*. She is best known for portraying Mrs. Olson in a long-running series of Folgers Coffee television commercials from the 1960s into the 1980s.

She was married to actor Fritz Feld from 1940 until his death in 1993.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Twilight Zone* (1959), Fi1m 84, as Ethel Bedeker — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-twilight-zone.md)

## Also known for

- *High Noon* (1952), Mrs. Simpson (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/high-noon.md)
- *Invasion of the Body Snatchers* (1956), Wilma Lentz
- *Judgment at Nuremberg* (1961), Mrs. Halbestadt — [page](https://film.one/film/judgment-at-nuremberg.md)
- *Guess Who's Coming to Dinner* (1967), Hilary St. George
- *Bonanza* (1959), Martha Hale, Mary Johnson
- *The Killers* (1946), Lilly Harmon Lubinsky
- *Alfred Hitchcock Presents* (1955), Model, Secretary
- *The Killers* (1964), Miss Watson

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