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