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
Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
as Mrs. Phillips (uncredited)
The Ghost Breakers (1940)
as Mother Zombie
Cheaper by the Dozen (1950)
as Mrs. Benson (uncredited)
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
as Carlotta Couvais
Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)
as Peach Pie Baker (uncredited)
They Died with Their Boots On (1941)
as Woman (uncredited)
The Snake Pit (1948)
as Miss Seiffert (uncredited)
Appointment for Love (1941)
as Nora
Jesse James (1939)
as Boy's Mother
The Little Foxes (1941)
as Mrs. Hewitt
All This, and Heaven Too (1940)
as Nun (uncredited)
Dark Victory (1939)
as Martha
Song of the Open Road (1944)
as Camp Matron (uncredited)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
as Miss Tilford (uncredited)
Captain from Castile (1947)
as Doña Maria De Vargas (uncredited)
Sister Kenny (1946)
as Mrs. Johnson (uncredited)
Operation Pacific (1951)
as Sister Anna
Two of a Kind (1951)
as Maida McIntyre
Secret Beyond the Door (1947)
as Sarah (uncredited)
Three Godfathers (1936)
as Mrs. McLane
Executive Suite (1954)
as Edith Alderson
The Crime Doctor’s Strangest Case (1943)
as Patricia Cornwall
Tension (1949)
as Mrs. Andrews (uncredited)
Remember the Day (1941)
as Mrs. Hill
Pursued (1947)
as Woman at the Wedding (uncredited)
The House Across the Bay (1940)
as Landlady
The Mummy's Tomb (1942)
as Mrs. Ella Evans
Dressed to Kill (1941)
as Lynne Evans
Always a Bride (1940)
as Lucy Bond
An Act of Murder (1948)
as Mrs. Russell
Destry Rides Again (1939)
as Sophie Claggett
Phantom of the Rue Morgue (1954)
as Well-Dressed Woman in Coach (uncredited)
Cinderella's Feller (1940)
as Wicked Stepmother
Alias the Deacon (1940)
as Elsie Clark
Remember the Night (1940)
as Mrs. Emory
The Great Lie (1941)
as Sadie
Strike Up the Band (1940)
as Mrs. May Holden
Old Los Angeles (1948)
as Señora Del Rey
Invitation to Happiness (1939)
as Eleanor's Nurse (uncredited)
Phantom Lady (1944)
as Dr. Helen Chase
Thrill of a Romance (1945)
as Ms. McKenzie (uncredited)
The Mating of Millie (1948)
as Mrs. Thomas
No Man of Her Own (1950)
as Justice of the Peace's Wife (uncredited)
Bad Men of Missouri (1941)
as Mrs. Hathaway
The Forgotten Woman (1939)
as Mrs. Kimball
Black Friday (1940)
as Mrs. Margaret Kingsley
The Doolins of Oklahoma (1949)
as Mrs. Burton (uncredited)
The Big Shot (1942)
as Mrs. Booth
Fair Wind to Java (1953)
as Bintang
The Cisco Kid and the Lady (1939)
as Seamstress
It's a Date (1940)
as Miss Holden
Edge of Doom (1950)
as Mrs. Dennis
Three's a Crowd (1945)
as Cary Whipple
Take a Letter, Darling (1942)
as Mrs. Dowling - Landlady (uncredited)
One Foot in Heaven (1941)
as Mrs. Jellison (uncredited)
Marriage Is a Private Affair (1944)
as Mrs. Courtland West
The Bandits of Corsica (1953)
as Maria
Captain Eddie (1945)
as Flo Clark
Together Again (1944)
as Townswoman (uncredited)
Two Against the World (1936)
as Marion Sims
Woman of the North Country (1952)
as Mrs. Dawson
First Love (1939)
as Commencement Speaker
Ma and Pa Kettle at Home (1954)
as Martha Maddocks
They Shall Have Music (1939)
as Willie's Mother (uncredited)
The Mysterious Mr. Valentine (1946)
as Martha, the Housekeeper
If I Had My Way (1940)
as Mrs. Blair (uncredited)
The Big Noise (1936)
as Mrs. Trent
Why Girls Leave Home (1945)
as Mrs. Leslie
The Scarlet Clue (1945)
as Mrs. Marsh
Summer Holiday (1948)
as Miss Hawley
Gateway (1938)
as Friend of Mrs. McNutt
Wings of the Navy (1939)
as Nurse
Idol of the Crowds (1937)
as Mrs. Dale
Lucky Jordan (1942)
as Clarence's Wife
The Bad Man of Brimstone (1937)
as Mrs. Grant
Tough as They Come (1942)
as Mrs. Clark
Down the Stretch (1936)
as Aunt Julia
The Hard Way (1943)
as Dress Saleswoman (Uncredited)
About Mrs. Leslie (1954)
as Mrs. Poole
The Nurse's Secret (1941)
as Mary
Lady with Red Hair (1940)
as Miss Humbert (uncredited)
Harriet Craig (1950)
as Mother of Harriet Craig (Uncredited)
This Is the Life (1944)
as Mrs. Tiggett
Love Letters of a Star (1936)
as Mrs. Blodgett
The Adventurous Blonde (1937)
as Helen Hammond (poses as "Aunt Jenny")
A Child is Born (1939)
as Mr. Norton's Mother (uncredited)
Three Daring Daughters (1948)
as Miss Drake (uncredited)
I Stole a Million (1939)
as Nurse (uncredited)
Meet Me at the Fair (1953)
as Mrs. Spooner
Chad Hanna (1940)
as Landlady
Hired Wife (1940)
as Miss Collins (uncredited)
Artists & Models (1937)
as Seamstress (uncredited)
Get Hep to Love (1942)
as Mrs. Brown
Stop, Look and Love (1939)
as Dressmaker
Stolen Holiday (1937)
as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
The Last Bandit (1949)
as Kate's Mother
Bewitched (1945)
as Martha--Governor's Wife
Washington Melodrama (1941)
as Mrs. Curzon
The Mysterious Mr. M (1946)
as Cornelia Waldron
Mountain Justice (1937)
as Mrs. Hughes
Lady Gangster (1942)
as Mrs. Stoner
The Man in the Barn (1937)
as Farmer's Wife (uncredited)
Mug Town (1942)
as Mrs. Bell
Little Old New York (1940)
as Mrs. Brevoort
Murder by an Aristocrat (1936)
as Adela Thatcher
Faces in the Fog (1944)
as Miss Harvey, Juror
Sing, Neighbor, Sing (1944)
as Cornelia Blake
G.I. Honeymoon (1945)
as Lavinia Thorndyke
Hot Cargo (1946)
as Mrs. Chapman
Honeymoon Limited (1935)
as Mrs. Van Twerp
The Untamed Breed (1948)
as Mrs. Jones
Young Dr. Kildare (1938)
as Boardinghouse Landlady (uncredited)
Delinquent Parents (1938)
as Mrs. Herbert Ellis
Moonlight in Vermont (1943)
as Aunt Bess
White Bondage (1937)
as Sarah Talcott
Little Orvie (1940)
as Mrs. Green
Parents on Trial (1939)
as Mrs. Martin