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             Virginia Gregg  & Virginia Christine     

                                                            "There will never be two Virginias!" 
                                                        -Gen. Robert E. Lee's famous last words. 

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          This being the first page 
for the women of radio Gunsmoke, one thing must be pointed out 
right away to those unfamiliar, and celebrated by those who are already fanatics:  
whatever the actors looked like in real life, and however they looked in latter-year tv shows, 
in voice they were always the slinkiest, minkiest, minxiest women--so heartbreakingly sweet 
that you want to get a wedding ring, so sexy that your nostrils flare & fire & flame 
even if it is your ears doing the listening.  
          No wonder that since 1952, every poll has shown that Gunsmoke is the most popular radio show 
among men and lesbians. 

          What do the two Virginias have in common?  They both began as musicians. 
Had the viol and piano not been set aside, they never would have become the two Virginias 

of Gunsmoke.  



                           VIRGINIA GREGG 

          It would be surprising to find an actor 
who has as many credits in the worlds of radio, movie, and television, as Virginia Gregg.  
Such are the numbers of roles she played, 
one is reminded of John Meston's 
ironman output of scripts.

          More meaningful is that with both 
these Gunsmoke greats, the never wavering quality of the work equalled if not exceeded 
the quantity. 



          Somewhat similar to her feat in Gunsmoke, 
where she managed to work in four of five eras, 
Virginia Gregg also appeared in radio Dragnet, 
1950s b&w tv Dragnet, 1960s color Dragnet, 
and the 1954 movie version of Dragnet! 
          Hers was the voice of Mrs. Bates, 
better known as Mother, in the Psycho movies. 
She appeared once in the modern cowboy series 
created by Kathleen Hite, Empire. 
She appeared three times 

on Wm Conrad's tv show Cannon. 
Besides appearing in many other tv westerns, 
she was in seven tv Gunsmoke episodes, 
her most memorable role being that 

of Ess Cutler in Kathleen Hite's 'The Search.'



          'Richer by One Christmas,' 
the December 24, 1955 episode of Romance, 
is a wonderful way to familiarize oneself 
with Virginia Gregg's voice. 


                     VIRGINIA CHRISTINE 

           Much is made in Gunsmoke 

of its hapless homesteaders and woeful women 
substituting chicory for coffee, 
because of the scarcity and high price 

of the latter. 
           Yet Virginia Christine didn't seem 

to be far behind Virginia Gregg in the intake 
of real coffee, because she was yet another workhorse in terms of making numerous appearances on radio, tv, and movie. 
          More than anyone else in radio 

& tv Gunsmoke, Virginia Christine met 
with more success in the movies, 
appearing in such classics as High Noon, 

Judgment at Nuremberg, The Killers, 
Invasion of the Body Snatchers, 
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, etc. 
          And later she perkily percolated 

into the world of tv commercials--  
as Mrs. Olson, she dispensed happy wisdom 

to housewives who were clueless about how 
to coax their husbands into a second cup 
of caffeine.



          What does Virginia Christine 
not have in common with any other 
Gunsmoke actor?  She was the only one 
to ever become a pin-up girl.  


          A good place to learn 
Virginia Christine's voice is 'The Peace Officer,' the August 18, 1957 episode of Gunsmoke.  




                                                                               June 29, 2006 

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