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