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