Virginia Christine
- Birthday
- Mar 5, 1920
- Birthplace
- Stanton, Iowa, USA
Bio: Of Swedish-American heritage, Virginia Christine (born Virginia Kraft) grew up in largely Scandinavian communities in Iowa and Minnesota. As a high schooler, Christine won a National Forensic League award, which led to her first professional engagement on a Chicago radio station. When her family moved to Los Angeles, Christine sought out radio work while attending… More Bio: Of Swedish-American heritage, Virginia Christine (born Virginia Kraft) grew up in largely Scandinavian communities in Iowa and Minnesota. As a high schooler, Christine won a National Forensic League award, which led to her first professional engagement on a Chicago radio station. When her family moved to Los Angeles, Christine sought out radio work while attending college. She was trained for a theatrical career by actor/director Fritz Feld, who later became her husband. In 1942, she signed a contract with Warner Bros., appearing in bits in such films as Edge of Darkness (1943) and Mission to Moscow (1944). As a free-lance actress, Christine played the female lead in The Mummy's Curse (1945), a picture she later described as "ghastly." Maturing into a much-in-demand character actress, Christine appeared in four Stanley Kramer productions: The Men (1950), Not as a Stranger (1955), Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967). Other movie assignments ranged from the heights of Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) to the depths of Billy the Kid Meets Dracula (1978). To a generation of Americans who grew up in the 1960s and 1970s, Christine will forever be Mrs. Olson, the helpful Swedish neighbor in scores of Folger's Coffee commercials. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Filmography
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Hail Hero! (1969)
- Eleanor Murchiston
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In Enemy Country (1968)
- Frau Gulden
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Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
- Hilary St. George
- 65%
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Billy the Kid versus Dracula (1966)
- Eva Oster
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A Rage to Live (1965)
- Emma
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Virginia Christine Videos
Guess Who's Coming To Dinner
1 minutes 35 seconds
High Noon
1 minutes 42 seconds
Invasion Of The Body Snatchers
2 minutes 39 seconds
Cyrano De Bergerac
1 minutes 3 seconds
Judgment At Nuremberg
1 minutes 45 seconds
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