Alan's character, while nameless, was also inspired by one of the set producers' sons, who had joined the Peace Corps that year. He and Catherine Combs, the actress playing the sister from the commercial, didn't meet until the first day of filming on set in a house covered with fake snow in Santa Monica.

Virginia Christine, 76, a character actress who had appeared in more than 400 movies but is best known for portraying the helpful and kindhearted Mrs. Olson in TV commercials for Folgers Coffee, died July 24 at her home here. She had a heart ailment.

Anyway, that got me and my wife laughing and reminiscing about the first time we saw that commercial. Turns out, the girl from that ad is Catherine Combs, the daughter of Jeffrey Combs. Who'da thunkit? If playback doesn't begin shortly, try restarting your device.

Shirley MacLaine When Shirley MacLaine was first introduced as Bunny's mother Leonora in Episode 2, she told Charles that his father - the man in Rose's painting - was an adulterer; in the mid-1950s, he worked both sides of the street, juggling affairs with Leonora and Rose.

Virginia Christine, a character actress who portrayed the motherly Mrs. Olson in Folger's coffee television commercials for 21 years, died on Wednesday at her home in the Brentwood section of Los Angeles. She was 76.

native Matthew Alan Folgers commercial: 'Incest' ad stars Evansville native Matthew Alan.

Clooney has been the face of Nespresso, and its "What Else?" campaign, since 2006. In the eighteen years since, he's starred alongside Matt Damon, Danny DeVito and Jack Black in pushing the limits of what he'll do for a cup of coffee - and where he'll go.

But although it was Frykowski who brought Abigail Folger into the Hollywood circle, Folger was already a famous persona in her own right: she was the daughter of Peter Folger, chairman of the Folger Coffee Company, and she was the heir to his fortune.

Virginia Christine Virginia Christine (born Virginia Christine Ricketts; March 5, 1920 – July 24, 1996) was an American stage, radio, film, television, and voice actress.

Advertising. Folgers is promoted with the slogan "The best part of waking up is Folgers in your cup!" It is well associated with a jingle featured in almost every advertisement since 1984, with lyrics by Susan Spiegel Solovay and Bill Vernick, and music by Leslie Pearl.

NESPRESSO REUNITES GEORGE CLOONEY AND JEAN DUJARDIN ON SCREEN IN NEW ACTION-COMEDY COMMERCIAL. Eight years after their first on-screen encounter, George Clooney and Jean Dujardin reunite in Nespresso's latest action-packed TV ad sequel 'How far would you go for Nespresso?

And then when we started to cast the Folgers spot, I requested that he come in. Matthew Alan (actor, played the brother in the ad): I was auditioning for a lot of commercials at the time and I was still pretty green. I had worked with the director before - he was such a lovely guy.