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