Virginia Brissac
Acting • Born 1883-06-10 – Died 1979-07-26
Biography
Virginia Brissac (June 11, 1883 – July 26, 1979) was an American stage and film actress. With her stern features, she often played schoolteachers and other authority figures. Her film career began in 1913 with two short films and ended with Rebel Without a Cause (1955), playing grandmother to the character that James Dean portrayed.
Filmography
126 credits
Rebel Without a Cause
Movie • 1955
Jim's Grandmother
Artists & Models
Movie • 1937
Seamstress (uncredited)
Hot Cargo
Movie • 1946
Mrs. Chapman
Lady Gangster
Movie • 1942
Mrs. Stoner
Monsieur Verdoux
Movie • 1947
Carlotta Couvais
Dark Victory
Movie • 1939
Martha
Two of a Kind
Movie • 1951
Maida McIntyre
Remember the Night
Movie • 1940
Mrs. Emory
The Mummy's Tomb
Movie • 1942
Mrs. Ella Evans
Dressed to Kill
Movie • 1941
Lynne Evans
Bewitched
Movie • 1945
Martha--Governor's Wife
Edge of Doom
Movie • 1950
Mrs. Dennis
The Ghost Breakers
Movie • 1940
Mother Zombie
The Little Foxes
Movie • 1941
Mrs. Hewitt
Phantom Lady
Movie • 1944
Dr. Helen Chase
Destry Rides Again
Movie • 1939
Sophie Claggett
The Snake Pit
Movie • 1948
Miss Seiffert (uncredited)
The Mysterious Mr. Valentine
Movie • 1946
Martha, the Housekeeper
The Scarlet Clue
Movie • 1945
Mrs. Marsh
The Big Shot
Movie • 1942
Mrs. Booth
The Crime Doctor’s Strangest Case
Movie • 1943
Patricia Cornwall
Harriet Craig
Movie • 1950
Mother of Harriet Craig (Uncredited)
Captain from Castile
Movie • 1947
Doña Maria De Vargas (uncredited)
About Mrs. Leslie
Movie • 1954
Mrs. Poole
The Bandits of Corsica
Movie • 1953
Maria
The Mysterious Mr. M
Movie • 1946
Cornelia Waldron
Three's a Crowd
Movie • 1945
Cary Whipple
Secret Beyond the Door
Movie • 1947
Sarah (uncredited)
Lucky Jordan
Movie • 1942
Clarence's Wife
Three Godfathers
Movie • 1936
Mrs. McLane
Down the Stretch
Movie • 1936
Aunt Julia
Song of the Open Road
Movie • 1944
Camp Matron (uncredited)
Why Girls Leave Home
Movie • 1945
Mrs. Leslie
The Man in the Barn
Movie • 1937
Farmer's Wife (uncredited)
Little Old New York
Movie • 1940
Mrs. Brevoort
Appointment for Love
Movie • 1941
Nora
Delinquent Parents
Movie • 1938
Mrs. Herbert Ellis
Chad Hanna
Movie • 1940
Landlady
Operation Pacific
Movie • 1951
Sister Anna
Murder by an Aristocrat
Movie • 1936
Adela Thatcher
Washington Melodrama
Movie • 1941
Mrs. Curzon
The Forgotten Woman
Movie • 1939
Mrs. Kimball
Together Again
Movie • 1944
Townswoman (uncredited)
Stolen Holiday
Movie • 1937
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Always a Bride
Movie • 1940
Lucy Bond
Strike Up the Band
Movie • 1940
Mrs. May Holden
Fair Wind to Java
Movie • 1953
Bintang
Stop, Look and Love
Movie • 1939
Dressmaker
Cheaper by the Dozen
Movie • 1950
Mrs. Benson (uncredited)
It's a Date
Movie • 1940
Miss Holden
Young Dr. Kildare
Movie • 1938
Boardinghouse Landlady (uncredited)
The Big Noise
Movie • 1936
Mrs. Trent
Tension
Movie • 1949
Mrs. Andrews (uncredited)
Hired Wife
Movie • 1940
Miss Collins (uncredited)
Alias the Deacon
Movie • 1940
Elsie Clark
Mountain Justice
Movie • 1937
Mrs. Hughes
The Nurse's Secret
Movie • 1941
Mary
Jesse James
Movie • 1939
Boy's Mother
Wings of the Navy
Movie • 1939
Nurse
Young Mr. Lincoln
Movie • 1939
Peach Pie Baker (uncredited)
A Child is Born
Movie • 1939
Mr. Norton's Mother (uncredited)
They Shall Have Music
Movie • 1939
Willie's Mother (uncredited)
Invitation to Happiness
Movie • 1939
Eleanor's Nurse (uncredited)
First Love
Movie • 1939
Commencement Speaker
The Cisco Kid and the Lady
Movie • 1939
Seamstress
The Mating of Millie
Movie • 1948
Mrs. Thomas
The Hard Way
Movie • 1943
Dress Saleswoman (Uncredited)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Movie • 1945
Miss Tilford (uncredited)
Black Friday
Movie • 1940
Mrs. Margaret Kingsley
Sing, Neighbor, Sing
Movie • 1944
Cornelia Blake
Sister Kenny
Movie • 1946
Mrs. Johnson (uncredited)
Shadow of a Doubt
Movie • 1943
Mrs. Phillips (uncredited)
The Adventurous Blonde
Movie • 1937
Helen Hammond (poses as "Aunt Jenny")
The Great Lie
Movie • 1941
Sadie
The Untamed Breed
Movie • 1948
Mrs. Jones
White Bondage
Movie • 1937
Sarah Talcott
Little Orvie
Movie • 1940
Mrs. Green
Parents on Trial
Movie • 1939
Mrs. Martin
G.I. Honeymoon
Movie • 1945
Lavinia Thorndyke
Two Against the World
Movie • 1936
Marion Sims
Captain Eddie
Movie • 1945
Flo Clark
Three Daring Daughters
Movie • 1948
Miss Drake (uncredited)
Summer Holiday
Movie • 1948
Miss Hawley
No Man of Her Own
Movie • 1950
Justice of the Peace's Wife (uncredited)
All This, and Heaven Too
Movie • 1940
Nun (uncredited)
Gateway
Movie • 1938
Friend of Mrs. McNutt
The House Across the Bay
Movie • 1940
Landlady
Lady with Red Hair
Movie • 1940
Miss Humbert (uncredited)
Cinderella's Feller
Movie • 1940
Wicked Stepmother
An Act of Murder
Movie • 1948
Mrs. Russell
Take a Letter, Darling
Movie • 1942
Mrs. Dowling - Landlady (uncredited)
Faces in the Fog
Movie • 1944
Miss Harvey, Juror
Tough as They Come
Movie • 1942
Mrs. Clark
Mug Town
Movie • 1942
Mrs. Bell
Old Los Angeles
Movie • 1948
Señora Del Rey
Bad Men of Missouri
Movie • 1941
Mrs. Hathaway
The Last Bandit
Movie • 1949
Kate's Mother
Woman of the North Country
Movie • 1952
Mrs. Dawson
They Died with Their Boots On
Movie • 1941
Woman (uncredited)
Honeymoon Limited
Movie • 1935
Mrs. Van Twerp
Remember the Day
Movie • 1941
Mrs. Hill
I Stole a Million
Movie • 1939
Nurse (uncredited)
Get Hep to Love
Movie • 1942
Mrs. Brown
The Bad Man of Brimstone
Movie • 1937
Mrs. Grant
Idol of the Crowds
Movie • 1937
Mrs. Dale
If I Had My Way
Movie • 1940
Mrs. Blair (uncredited)
This Is the Life
Movie • 1944
Mrs. Tiggett
Love Letters of a Star
Movie • 1936
Mrs. Blodgett
Marriage Is a Private Affair
Movie • 1944
Mrs. Courtland West
Pursued
Movie • 1947
Woman at the Wedding (uncredited)
Meet Me at the Fair
Movie • 1953
Mrs. Spooner
Executive Suite
Movie • 1954
Edith Alderson
One Foot in Heaven
Movie • 1941
Mrs. Jellison (uncredited)
Moonlight in Vermont
Movie • 1943
Aunt Bess
The Doolins of Oklahoma
Movie • 1949
Mrs. Burton (uncredited)
Thrill of a Romance
Movie • 1945
Ms. McKenzie (uncredited)
Ma and Pa Kettle at Home
Movie • 1954
Martha Maddocks
Phantom of the Rue Morgue
Movie • 1954
Well-Dressed Woman in Coach (uncredited)
I Love Lucy
TV • 1951
Mrs. Hammond
The Lone Wolf
TV • 1954
Mrs. Kimbo
The Lone Wolf
TV • 1954
Mrs. Bell
Studio 57
TV • 1954
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
TV • 1953
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
TV • 1953
Mrs. Adams
Chevron Theatre
TV • 1952
Dragnet
TV • 1951