Virginia Christine ( English Virginia Christine ; 1920, Stanton - 1996, Los Angeles) - American film, theater and television actress.
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| Birth name | Virginia Christine Rickets Virginia christine ricketts |
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| Profession | actress |
| Career | 1943-1979 |
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Biography
Virginia Christine Ricketts was born on March 5, 1920 in the town of ( Iowa , USA ) [4] . Her mother was an emigrant from Sweden [5] . Shortly after birth, she moved with her mother and stepfather (for some time bore his last name - Kraft ) [4] to the state capital - Des Moines , where the girl graduated from elementary school. Then they had to move to a small town, also in Iowa, where Virginia graduated from high school. After that, she and her family left for Los Angeles , where she graduated from the University of California at Los Angeles .
In 1942, Virginia played on stage in the production of Gedda Gubler , where she was spotted as a “talent hunter” from the Warner Bros. movie studio . She signed a contract with the studio, but played in only five of their films, after which she moved to Universal Pictures , where she worked for many years [5] . Since 1951, Virginia began acting in television films and series.
Kristin was widely known as Mrs. Olson , the main character of more than a hundred commercials for coffee, broadcast on television from the mid-1960s to the mid-1980s [6] , in which she played the role of a Swedish woman who put up quarreling young family couples treating them to "grown in the mountains of Folgers " [4] . This seemingly insignificant role brought her a considerable share of fame: Mrs. Olson repeatedly parody such prominent comedians as Carol Burnett , Johnny Carson , Bob Hope , Ann-Margret , Jackie Gleason [7] . In 1971, the water tower of Stanton, where the actress was born, was "converted" into a coffee pot in recognition of Christine's merits in this advertisement [5] .
In 1969, Christine played her last role on the wide screen, in 1976 - in the television series (in 1979 she voiced several minor characters in several episodes of the animated series " Scooby and Scrapie-Doo "), in 1986 - in the commercials, after which she retired peace.
The last years of her life, Christine was an active member of ; was a member of the jury of the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival theater program; received the symbolic honorary title "Mayor of " - the Los Angeles area, where she lived for a long time with her husband [8] .
Virginia Christine died July 24, 1996 in her home in Brentwood from a cardiovascular disease . She was buried at [9] .
Personal life
On November 10, 1940, Virginia married a successful actor of German origin, Fritz Feld (1900-1993): he was 40 years old, she was 20. The couple lived together all their lives until Feld's death in 1993, two sons, Danny and Steve, remained from marriage [10] .
Selected Filmography
For 36 years of a film career (1943-1979), Kristin starred in 167 films and series (including one short film and eleven without an indication in the credits, as well as in one film, the scenes with her participation were cut during final editing).
Widescreen
- 1943 - Edge of Darkness - Hulda (uncredited)
- 1943 - Mission to Moscow / Mission to Moscow - Maria cosmetics bag (not shown)
- 1943 - in the North Atlantic - Action in the North Atlantic - Pebbles (scenes removed)
- 1943 - Women at War - Women at War - Mary Sawyer
- 1944 - / Raiders of Ghost City - Countess Elsa von Merck, also known as Traina Dressress (13 episodes in the movie series)
- 1944 - The Curse of the Mummy / The Mummy's Curse - Princess Ananka
- 1945 - / Counter-Attack - Tanya (uncredited)
- 1945 - Phantom of the Plains - Celeste
- 1946 - The / The Scarlet Horseman - Karla Market, also known as Matoska (movie series - in 13 episodes)
- 1946 - House of Horrors - House of Horrors
- 1946 - The Killers - Lily Harmon Lubinsky
- 1946 - The Valentine - Lola Carson
- 1947 - The Gangster - Mrs. Mary Carty
- 1949 - Cover Up - Margaret Baker
- 1950 - Men / The Men - the patient's wife at the lecture (not shown)
- 1950 - / sister of Marta
- 1952 - Exactly at Noon / High Noon - Mrs. Simpson (uncredited)
- 1953 - Woman They Almost Lynched - Jenny
- 1954 - Dragnet - Mrs. Caldwell
- 1955 - The / The Cobweb - Sally
- 1955 - Not as a Stranger / Not as a Stranger - Bruni
- 1955 - / Good Morning, Miss Dove - Mrs. Rigsby (uncredited)
- 1956 - The Killer Is Loose - Mary Gillespie
- 1956 - Invasion of the Body Snatchers - Wilma Lenz
- 1956 - Nightmare - Mrs. Sue Bressard
- 1956 - Three Brave Men - Helen Goldsmith
- 1957 - The Spirit of St. Louis Louis - Secretary (uncredited)
- 1957 - Johnny Tremain - Mrs. Lafam
- 1960 - Flaming Star - Mrs. Phillips (uncredited)
- 1961 - Judgment at Nuremberg - Mrs. Halbestadt
- 1963 - Cattle Maker / Cattle King - Rat Winters
- 1963 - Four of Texas / 4 for Texas - Brünnhilde
- 1963 - The Prize / Mrs. Berg
- 1964 - The Killers - Miss Watson
- 1965 - A / A Rage to Live - Emma
- 1966 - / Billy the Kid Versus Dracula - Eva Oster
- 1967 - Guess who's coming to dinner? / Guess who's coming to dinner - hilary st george
- 1969 - / Hail, Hero! - Eleanor Marchiston
Television
- 1952-1953 - The Abbott and Costello Show / The Abbott and Costello Show - different roles (in 2 episodes)
- 1952-1954 - Dragnet - various roles (in 4 episodes)
- 1953-1954 - / Four Star Playhouse - different roles (in 2 episodes)
- 1955 - Alfred Hitchcock presents / Alfred Hitchcock Presents - different roles (in 2 episodes)
- 1955-1956 - / Cavalcade of America - Mrs. Sargent (in 2 episodes)
- 1956, 1958 - Father Knows Best - Grace Miller (2 episodes)
- 1956, 1959 - / General Electric Theater - different roles (in 2 episodes)
- 1957, 1965 - Smoke from the barrel / Gunsmoke - different roles (in 2 episodes)
- 1958-1960 - / Letter to Loretta - different roles (in 3 episodes)
- 1959 - Wanted Dead or Alive ; Wanted Dead or Alive - different roles (in 2 episodes)
- 1959, 1961 - / The Rifleman - different roles (in 2 episodes)
- 1960-1961 - Rawhide - different roles (in 2 episodes)
- 1960, 1963 - The / The Untouchables - Different Roles (in 2 episodes)
- 1960, 1963 - Sunset / 77 Sunset Strip - various roles (in 2 episodes)
- 1961-1962 - Tales of Wells Fargo - Ovi Swenson (in 14 episodes)
- 1961-1963 - Perry Mason / Perry Mason - different roles (in 3 episodes)
- 1961-1963, 1965 - Wagon Train - different roles (in 5 episodes)
- 1963-1964 - Ben / Ben Casey - different roles (in 2 episodes)
- 1963-1964 - Bonanza / Bonanza - different roles (in 2 episodes)
- 1963-1965, 1967 - / The Virginian - different roles (in 4 episodes)
- 1964-1965 - The Fugitive / The Fugitive - different roles (in 2 episodes)
- 1966-1968 - The FBI / The FBI - different roles (in 3 episodes)
- 1968, 1970 - Daniel Boone - Daniel Boone - different roles (in 2 episodes)
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 SNAC - 2010.
- ↑ 1 2 Find a Grave - 1995. - ed. size: 165000000
- ↑ German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 1027357040 // General regulatory control (GND) - 2012—2016.
- ↑ 1 2 3 Virginia Christine, TV's Mrs. Olson, 76 on nytimes.com , July 26, 1996
- ↑ 1 2 3 Dick Vosburg. Obituary: Virginia Christine (English) on independent.co.uk , July 29, 1996
- ↑ Virginia Christine, TV's Mrs. Olson , Beaver County Times (July 25, 1996), S. A4. Date of treatment April 8, 2018.
- ↑ Mirna Oliver. Virginia Christine; Played 'Mrs. Olson 'in Series of Coffee Ads on latimes.com , July 25, 1996
- ↑ Feramisco, Thomas M. The Mummy Unwrapped: Scenes Left on Universal's Cutting Room Floor / Thomas M. Feramisco, Peggy Moran Koster. - McFarland, 2007 .-- P. 158. - ISBN 0-786-43734-0 .
- ↑ Parish, James Robert. The Hollywood Book Of Death: The Bizarre, Often Sordid, Passings Of More Than 125 American Movie and TV Idols. - Contemporary Books, 2001. - P. 396. - ISBN 0-809-22227-2 .
- ↑ Fritz Feld, Actor, 93 ( n ) on nytimes.com , November 23, 1993
Links
- Virginia Christine at tcm.com