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Virginia Christine was an American stage, radio, film, television, and voice actress. Though Christine had a long career as a character actress in film and television, she is probably best remembered as "Mrs. Olson" in a number of television commercials for Folgers Coffee during the 1960s and '70s.
Birth Name
Virginia Christine Kraft
Born
Friday, 05 March 1920
Died
Wednesday, 24 July 1996
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Cinemassacre's Monster Madness | Princess Ananka | 2007 |
| The Puppy's Further Adventures | (voice) (credit only) | 1983 |
| Kojak | Mrs. Yankowski | 1973 |
| The Old Man Who Cried Wolf | Miss Cummings | 1970 |
| Nanny and the Professor | Mrs. Wilson | 1970 |
| Daughter of the Mind | Helga | 1969 |
| Hail, Hero! | Eleanor Murchiston | 1969 |
| Lancer | Hannah Sickles | 1968 |
| In Enemy Country | Frau Gulden | 1968 |
| Guess Who's Coming to Dinner | Hilary St. George | 1967 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Cinemassacre's Monster Madness | Princess Ananka | 2007 |
| The Puppy's Further Adventures | (voice) (credit only) | 1983 |
| Kojak | Mrs. Yankowski | 1973 |
| The Old Man Who Cried Wolf | Miss Cummings | 1970 |
| Nanny and the Professor | Mrs. Wilson | 1970 |
| Daughter of the Mind | Helga | 1969 |
| Hail, Hero! | Eleanor Murchiston | 1969 |
| Lancer | Hannah Sickles | 1968 |
| In Enemy Country | Frau Gulden | 1968 |
| Guess Who's Coming to Dinner | Hilary St. George | 1967 |
| Ironside | Esther Hawkins | 1967 |
| Judd for the Defense | Alice Lindsay | 1967 |
| The Invaders | Mrs. Thorne | 1967 |
| Jericho | Frau Luders | 1966 |
| The Felony Squad | Cleaning Woman | 1966 |
| Billy the Kid Versus Dracula | Eva Oster | 1966 |
| A Rage to Live | Emma | 1965 |
| The F.B.I. | Mrs. Ferguson / Lucille Fortier / Eugenia Sayres | 1965 |
| Laredo | Agnes Halsey | 1965 |
| The Big Valley | Margaret Coleman | 1965 |
| A Man Called Shenandoah | Fran Macauley | 1965 |
| Daniel Boone | Martha / Mrs. Brewster | 1964 |
| Broadside | Wave Commander Peabody | 1964 |
| The Killers | Miss Watson | 1964 |
| One Man's Way | Anna Peale | 1964 |
| The Prize | Mrs. Bergh / Mrs. Bergh, Chaperon | 1963 |
| 4 for Texas | Brunhilde | 1963 |
| Mr. Novak | Mrs. Payne | 1963 |
| The Fugitive | Alma Mercer / Cora | 1963 |
| Cattle King | Ruth Winters / Mrs. Ruth Winters (Brassfield's Housekeeper) | 1963 |
| The Eleventh Hour | Mrs. Drury | 1962 |
| Going My Way | Mrs. Randall | 1962 |
| Stoney Burke | Flora Hill | 1962 |
| The Virginian | Nora Claypool / Margaret Conlan / Leora Tressider / Judith Briscoe | 1962 |
| Incident in an Alley | Mrs. Connell | 1962 |
| Judgment at Nuremberg | Mrs. Halbestadt | 1961 |
| The New Breed | Annabelle | 1961 |
| Ben Casey | Rose Evans / Alice Cabot | 1961 |
| Target: The Corruptors | Lorraine | 1961 |
| Hazel | Mrs. McGuire | 1961 |
| The Dick Powell Theatre | Joey's Mother | 1961 |
| The Asphalt Jungle | Miss Brandt | 1961 |
| Mister Ed | Margaret | 1961 |
| Flaming Star | Mrs. Phillips | 1960 |
| Thriller | Marge | 1960 |
| Coronado 9 | Sarita / Margaret Hammock | 1960 |
| Happy | Janice | 1960 |
| Shotgun Slade | Melissa Haggerty | 1959 |
| The Man from Blackhawk | Mary Schuler | 1959 |
| The Twilight Zone | Ethel Bedeker | 1959 |
| The DuPont Show with June Allyson | Mother | 1959 |
| Riverboat | Aunt Samantha Dexter | 1959 |
| The Deputy | Molly Baker | 1959 |
| Bonanza | Mary Johnson / Martha Hale | 1959 |
| The Lawless Years | Mrs. Pavlock | 1959 |
| The Untouchables | Dora Mizo / Stella Barber | 1959 |
| Rawhide | Ada Covey / Sarah Tenney | 1959 |
| 77 Sunset Strip | Grace Thorn / Greta Haggman | 1958 |
| Behind Closed Doors | Julie | 1958 |
| The Rifleman | Mrs. Hardy / Mrs. Dalrymple | 1958 |
| Frontier Doctor | Hester Gray, Stan's Sister | 1958 |
| The Donna Reed Show | Margaret Lang | 1958 |
| Bronco | Martha Gant | 1958 |
| Rescue 8 | Millie Wilde | 1958 |
| Peter Gunn | Nancy Davis | 1958 |
| Steve Canyon | Mary Moore | 1958 |
| Wanted: Dead or Alive | Mrs. Logan / Harriet Meecham | 1958 |
| Buckskin | Miss Emily Pringle | 1958 |
| Shirley Temple's Storybook | Rebecca Baines | 1958 |
| Mike Hammer | June Earl | 1958 |
| Man Without a Gun | Sarah Carver | 1957 |
| Casey Jones | Doris Jones | 1957 |
| How to Marry a Millionaire | Alma | 1957 |
| Trackdown | Millie / Mrs. Nancy Doan | 1957 |
| The Restless Gun | Amy Durant | 1957 |
| Maverick | Verna Lyme | 1957 |
| Perry Mason | Helen Duncan / Edith Summers / Beth Sandover | 1957 |
| M Squad | Mrs. Jake Fassard | 1957 |
| The Thin Man | Mildred | 1957 |
| Wagon Train | Mrs. Reed / Minna Collins / Elaine Gatsby / Clara Reynolds / Amanda Santee | 1957 |
| The Careless Years | Mrs. Vernon / Mathilda Vernon | 1957 |
| Johnny Tremain | Mrs. Lapham | 1957 |
| The Spirit of St. Louis | Secretary | 1957 |
| Code 3 | Beverly | 1957 |
| Tales of Wells Fargo | Ovie Swenson / Ovie | 1957 |
| Whirlybirds | Mrs. Salik / Mrs. Satik / Mrs. Thompson | 1957 |
| Three Brave Men | Helen Goldsmith | 1956 |
| Zane Grey Theatre | Julie Hart | 1956 |
| Wire Service | Sigrid Jensen | 1956 |
| Hey, Jeannie! | Mrs. Warren | 1956 |
| The Adventures of Jim Bowie | Katrina Gottschalk | 1956 |
| Nightmare | Mrs. Sue Bressard / Sue Bressard | 1956 |
| Invasion of the Body Snatchers | Wilma Lentz | 1956 |
| The Killer Is Loose | Mary Gillespie | 1956 |
| State Trooper | Dorette Mason / Ethel Larkin / Rena Desmond | 1956 |
| Good Morning, Miss Dove | Mrs. Rigsbee | 1955 |
| Matinee Theatre | Julia | 1955 |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Model / Secretary | 1955 |
| Gunsmoke | Bess / Lila | 1955 |
| The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | Martha Evans | 1955 |
| Not as a Stranger | Bruni | 1955 |
| The Cobweb | Sally | 1955 |
| Science Fiction Theatre | Prof. Anna Adler / Dr. Eleanor Ballard | 1955 |
| Stage 7 | Secretary | 1955 |
| The Millionaire | Mrs. Barnett | 1955 |
| Soldiers of Fortune | Bonnie | 1955 |
| The Star and the Story | Alice | 1955 |
| The Magical World of Disney | Mrs. Lapham | 1954 |
| Father Knows Best | Grace Miller | 1954 |
| Studio 57 | Jenny Pickett | 1954 |
| Dragnet | Mrs. Caldwell | 1954 |
| The Whistler | Helen | 1954 |
| Public Defender | Mom Kennedy | 1954 |
| The Loretta Young Show | Bertha Holt / Mrs. Brown / Mrs. Spencer | 1953 |
| Woman They Almost Lynched | Jenny | 1953 |
| I'm the Law | Elliot | 1953 |
| General Electric Theater | Head Nurse / Sarah | 1953 |
| Private Secretary | Maud | 1953 |
| Never Wave at a WAC | Lt. Myles | 1953 |
| The Abbott and Costello Show | Grateful Lady / Mrs. Jackson | 1952 |
| The Ford Television Theatre | Mrs. Talbot | 1952 |
| Cavalcade of America | Mrs. Sargent | 1952 |
| Four Star Playhouse | Miss Chase / Clerk | 1952 |
| Adventures of Superman | Mrs. Frank | 1952 |
| High Noon | Mrs. Simpson | 1952 |
| Death Valley Days | Kate Hanson | 1952 |
| The First Time | Nurse | 1952 |
| Dragnet | Helen Karsten / Mrs. Martin | 1951 |
| Personal Appearance Theater | 1951 | |
| Mark Saber | Ilga | 1951 |
| Front Page Detective | Beatrice Hillmane / Shelly | 1951 |
| Cyrano de Bergerac | Sister Marthe | 1950 |
| The Men | Patient's Wife at Lecture | 1950 |
| Dangerous Assignment | Carla Fabri | 1950 |
| The Lone Ranger | Cecile Charron | 1949 |
| Special Agent | Mabel Rumpler | 1949 |
| Cover Up | Margaret Baker | 1949 |
| Night Wind | Jean Benson | 1948 |
| Women in the Night | Claire Adams | 1948 |
| The Gangster | Mrs. Karty | 1947 |
| The Invisible Wall | Mildred Elsworth | 1947 |
| The Mysterious Mr. Valentine | Lola Carson | 1946 |
| The Killers | Lilly Harmon Lubinsky | 1946 |
| The Inner Circle | Rhoda Roberts | 1946 |
| The Wife of Monte Cristo | Florice Michaud | 1946 |
| House of Horrors | Lady of the Streets | 1946 |
| Murder Is My Business | Dora Darnell | 1946 |
| Idea Girl | Evelina | 1946 |
| The Scarlet Horseman | Carla Marquette aka Matosca / Carla Marquette / Matosca | 1946 |
| Girls of the Big House | Bernice Meyers | 1945 |
| Phantom of the Plains | Celeste | 1945 |
| Counter-Attack | Tanya | 1945 |
| Front Row Center | Mrs. Graf / Eileen Grant | 1945 |
| The Mummy's Curse | Princess Ananka | 1944 |
| The Old Texas Trail | Queenie Leone | 1944 |
| Raiders of Ghost City | Countess Elsa von Merck, alias Trina Dressard / Countess Elsa von Merck - alias Trina Dressard | 1944 |
| Action in the North Atlantic | Pebbles | 1943 |
| Mission to Moscow | Maria - Beautician | 1943 |
| Edge of Darkness | Hulda | 1943 |
| Truck Busters | Eadie Watkins | 1943 |
