Virginia Brissac
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.
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Movies (118)
Rebel Without a Cause
1955 · Jim's Grandmother
About Mrs. Leslie
1954 · Mrs. Poole
Executive Suite
1954 · Edith Alderson
Phantom of the Rue Morgue
1954 · Well-Dressed Woman in Coach (uncredited)
Ma and Pa Kettle at Home
1954 · Martha Maddocks
The Bandits of Corsica
1953 · Maria
Fair Wind to Java
1953 · Bintang
Meet Me at the Fair
1953 · Mrs. Spooner
Woman of the North Country
1952 · Mrs. Dawson
Two of a Kind
1951 · Maida McIntyre
Operation Pacific
1951 · Sister Anna
Harriet Craig
1950 · Mother of Harriet Craig (Uncredited)
Edge of Doom
1950 · Mrs. Dennis
Cheaper by the Dozen
1950 · Mrs. Benson (uncredited)
No Man of Her Own
1950 · Justice of the Peace's Wife (uncredited)
Tension
1949 · Mrs. Andrews (uncredited)
The Doolins of Oklahoma
1949 · Mrs. Burton (uncredited)
The Last Bandit
1949 · Kate's Mother
An Act of Murder
1948 · Mrs. Russell
The Snake Pit
1948 · Miss Seiffert (uncredited)
The Untamed Breed
1948 · Mrs. Jones
Old Los Angeles
1948 · Señora Del Rey
Summer Holiday
1948 · Miss Hawley
The Mating of Millie
1948 · Mrs. Thomas
Three Daring Daughters
1948 · Miss Drake (uncredited)
Captain from Castile
1947 · Doña Maria De Vargas (uncredited)
Secret Beyond the Door
1947 · Sarah (uncredited)
Monsieur Verdoux
1947 · Carlotta Couvais
Pursued
1947 · Woman at the Wedding (uncredited)
Sister Kenny
1946 · Mrs. Johnson (uncredited)
The Mysterious Mr. Valentine
1946 · Martha, the Housekeeper
The Mysterious Mr. M
1946 · Cornelia Waldron
Hot Cargo
1946 · Mrs. Chapman
Why Girls Leave Home
1945 · Mrs. Leslie
Bewitched
1945 · Martha--Governor's Wife
Captain Eddie
1945 · Flo Clark
Three's a Crowd
1945 · Cary Whipple
Thrill of a Romance
1945 · Ms. McKenzie (uncredited)
The Scarlet Clue
1945 · Mrs. Marsh
G.I. Honeymoon
1945 · Lavinia Thorndyke
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
1945 · Miss Tilford (uncredited)
Together Again
1944 · Townswoman (uncredited)
Faces in the Fog
1944 · Miss Harvey, Juror
Marriage Is a Private Affair
1944 · Mrs. Courtland West
Sing, Neighbor, Sing
1944 · Cornelia Blake
Song of the Open Road
1944 · Camp Matron (uncredited)
This Is the Life
1944 · Mrs. Tiggett
Phantom Lady
1944 · Dr. Helen Chase
Moonlight in Vermont
1943 · Aunt Bess
The Crime Doctor’s Strangest Case
1943 · Patricia Cornwall
Shadow of a Doubt
1943 · Mrs. Phillips (uncredited)
The Hard Way
1943 · Dress Saleswoman (Uncredited)
Mug Town
1942 · Mrs. Bell
Lucky Jordan
1942 · Clarence's Wife
The Mummy's Tomb
1942 · Mrs. Ella Evans
Get Hep to Love
1942 · Mrs. Brown
The Big Shot
1942 · Mrs. Booth
Tough as They Come
1942 · Mrs. Clark
Take a Letter, Darling
1942 · Mrs. Dowling - Landlady (uncredited)
Lady Gangster
1942 · Mrs. Stoner
Remember the Day
1941 · Mrs. Hill
They Died with Their Boots On
1941 · Woman (uncredited)
One Foot in Heaven
1941 · Mrs. Jellison (uncredited)
Appointment for Love
1941 · Nora
The Little Foxes
1941 · Mrs. Hewitt
Dressed to Kill
1941 · Lynne Evans
Bad Men of Missouri
1941 · Mrs. Hathaway
The Nurse's Secret
1941 · Mary
Washington Melodrama
1941 · Mrs. Curzon
The Great Lie
1941 · Sadie
Chad Hanna
1940 · Landlady
Lady with Red Hair
1940 · Miss Humbert (uncredited)
Always a Bride
1940 · Lucy Bond
Strike Up the Band
1940 · Mrs. May Holden
Hired Wife
1940 · Miss Collins (uncredited)
All This, and Heaven Too
1940 · Nun (uncredited)
The Ghost Breakers
1940 · Mother Zombie
Cinderella's Feller
1940 · Wicked Stepmother
Alias the Deacon
1940 · Elsie Clark
If I Had My Way
1940 · Mrs. Blair (uncredited)
It's a Date
1940 · Miss Holden
Little Orvie
1940 · Mrs. Green
The House Across the Bay
1940 · Landlady
Black Friday
1940 · Mrs. Margaret Kingsley
Little Old New York
1940 · Mrs. Brevoort
Remember the Night
1940 · Mrs. Emory
The Cisco Kid and the Lady
1939 · Seamstress
A Child is Born
1939 · Mr. Norton's Mother (uncredited)
Destry Rides Again
1939 · Sophie Claggett
First Love
1939 · Commencement Speaker
Stop, Look and Love
1939 · Dressmaker
Parents on Trial
1939 · Mrs. Martin
They Shall Have Music
1939 · Willie's Mother (uncredited)
I Stole a Million
1939 · Nurse (uncredited)
The Forgotten Woman
1939 · Mrs. Kimball
Young Mr. Lincoln
1939 · Peach Pie Baker (uncredited)
Invitation to Happiness
1939 · Eleanor's Nurse (uncredited)
Dark Victory
1939 · Martha
Wings of the Navy
1939 · Nurse
Jesse James
1939 · Boy's Mother
Young Dr. Kildare
1938 · Boardinghouse Landlady (uncredited)
Gateway
1938 · Friend of Mrs. McNutt
Delinquent Parents
1938 · Mrs. Herbert Ellis
The Bad Man of Brimstone
1937 · Mrs. Grant
The Man in the Barn
1937 · Farmer's Wife (uncredited)
The Adventurous Blonde
1937 · Helen Hammond (poses as "Aunt Jenny")
Idol of the Crowds
1937 · Mrs. Dale
White Bondage
1937 · Sarah Talcott
Artists & Models
1937 · Seamstress (uncredited)
Mountain Justice
1937 · Mrs. Hughes
Stolen Holiday
1937 · Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Love Letters of a Star
1936 · Mrs. Blodgett
Down the Stretch
1936 · Aunt Julia
Two Against the World
1936 · Marion Sims
The Big Noise
1936 · Mrs. Trent
Murder by an Aristocrat
1936 · Adela Thatcher
Three Godfathers
1936 · Mrs. McLane
Honeymoon Limited
1935 · Mrs. Van Twerp
