Virginia Brissac
Biography
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.
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Acting History
1955
Rebel Without a Cause as Jim's Grandmother
1954Studio 57
1954About Mrs. Leslie as Mrs. Poole
1954Executive Suite as Edith Alderson
1954The Lone Wolf as Mrs. Kimbo
1954The Lone Wolf as Mrs. Bell
1954Ma and Pa Kettle at Home as Martha Maddocks
1953The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
1953The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse as Mrs. Adams
1953The Bandits of Corsica as Maria
1953Fair Wind to Java as Bintang
1953Meet Me at the Fair as Mrs. Spooner
1952Woman of the North Country as Mrs. Dawson
1952Chevron Theatre
1951Dragnet
1951I Love Lucy as Mrs. Hammond
1951Two of a Kind as Maida McIntyre
1951Operation Pacific as Sister Anna
1950Harriet Craig as Mother of Harriet Craig (Uncredited)
1950Edge of Doom as Mrs. Dennis
1950Cheaper by the Dozen as Mrs. Benson (uncredited)
1950No Man of Her Own as Justice of the Peace's Wife (uncredited)
1949Tension as Mrs. Andrews (uncredited)
1949The Doolins of Oklahoma as Mrs. Burton (uncredited)
1949The Last Bandit as Kate's Mother
1948An Act of Murder as Mrs. Russell
1948The Snake Pit as Miss Seiffert
1948The Untamed Breed as Mrs. Jones
1948Old Los Angeles as Señora Del Rey
1948Summer Holiday as Miss Hawley
1948The Mating of Millie as Mrs. Thomas
1948Three Daring Daughters as Miss Drake (uncredited)
1947Captain from Castile as Doña Maria De Vargas (uncredited)
1947Secret Beyond the Door as Sarah (uncredited)
1947Monsieur Verdoux as Carlotta Couvais
1947Pursued as Woman at the Wedding (uncredited)
1946Sister Kenny as Mrs. Johnson (uncredited)
1946The Mysterious Mr. Valentine as Martha, the Housekeeper
1946The Mysterious Mr. M as Cornelia Waldron
1946Hot Cargo as Mrs. Chapman
1945Why Girls Leave Home as Mrs. Leslie
1945Bewitched as Martha--Governor's Wife
1945Captain Eddie as Flo Clark
1945Thrill of a Romance as Ms. McKenzie (uncredited)
1945Three's a Crowd as Cary Whipple
1945The Scarlet Clue as Mrs. Marsh
1945G.I. Honeymoon as Lavinia Thorndyke
1945A Tree Grows in Brooklyn as Miss Tilford (uncredited)
1944Together Again as Townswoman (uncredited)
1944Faces in the Fog as Miss Harvey, Juror
1944Marriage Is a Private Affair as Mrs. Courtland West
1944Sing, Neighbor, Sing as Cornelia Blake
1944Song of the Open Road as Camp Matron (uncredited)
1944This Is the Life as Mrs. Tiggett
1944Phantom Lady as Dr. Helen Chase
1943Moonlight in Vermont as Aunt Bess
1943The Crime Doctor’s Strangest Case as Patricia Cornwall
1943Shadow of a Doubt as Mrs. Phillips (uncredited)
1943The Hard Way as Dress Saleswoman (Uncredited)
1942Mug Town as Mrs. Bell
1942Lucky Jordan as Clarence's Wife
1942The Mummy's Tomb as Mrs. Ella Evans
1942Get Hep to Love as Mrs. Brown
1942The Big Shot as Mrs. Booth
1942Tough as They Come as Mrs. Clark
1942Take a Letter, Darling as Mrs. Dowling - Landlady (uncredited)
1942Lady Gangster as Mrs. Stoner
1941Remember the Day as Mrs. Hill
1941They Died with Their Boots On as Woman (uncredited)
1941One Foot in Heaven as Mrs. Jellison (uncredited)
1941Appointment for Love as Nora
1941The Little Foxes as Mrs. Hewitt
1941Dressed to Kill as Lynne Evans
1941Bad Men of Missouri as Mrs. Hathaway
1941The Nurse's Secret as Mary
1941Washington Melodrama as Mrs. Curzon
1941The Great Lie as Sadie
1940Chad Hanna as Landlady
1940Lady with Red Hair as Miss Humbert (uncredited)
1940Always a Bride as Lucy Bond
1940Strike Up the Band as Mrs. May Holden
1940Hired Wife as Miss Collins (uncredited)
1940All This, and Heaven Too as Nun (uncredited)
1940The Ghost Breakers as Mother Zombie
1940Cinderella's Feller as Wicked Stepmother
1940Alias the Deacon as Elsie Clark
1940If I Had My Way as Mrs. Blair (uncredited)
1940It's a Date as Miss Holden
1940Little Orvie as Mrs. Green
1940The House Across the Bay as Landlady
1940Black Friday as Mrs. Margaret Kingsley
1940Little Old New York as Mrs. Brevoort
1940Remember the Night as Mrs. Emory
1939The Cisco Kid and the Lady as Seamstress
1939A Child Is Born as Mr. Norton's Mother (uncredited)
1939Destry Rides Again as Sophie Claggett
1939First Love as Commencement Speaker
1939Stop, Look and Love as Dressmaker
1939Parents on Trial as Mrs. Martin
1939They Shall Have Music as Willie's Mother (uncredited)
1939I Stole a Million as Nurse (uncredited)
1939The Forgotten Woman as Mrs. Kimball
1939Young Mr. Lincoln as Peach Pie Baker (uncredited)
1939Invitation to Happiness as Eleanor's Nurse (uncredited)
1939Dark Victory as Martha
1939Wings of the Navy as Nurse
1939Jesse James as Boy's Mother
1938Young Dr. Kildare as Boardinghouse Landlady (uncredited)
1938Gateway as Friend of Mrs. McNutt
1938Delinquent Parents as Mrs. Herbert Ellis
1937The Bad Man of Brimstone as Mrs. Grant
1937The Man in the Barn as Farmer's Wife (uncredited)
1937The Adventurous Blonde as Helen Hammond (poses as "Aunt Jenny")
1937Idol of the Crowds as Mrs. Dale
1937White Bondage as Sarah Talcott
1937Artists & Models as Seamstress (uncredited)
1937Mountain Justice as Mrs. Hughes
1937Stolen Holiday as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
1936Love Letters of a Star as Mrs. Blodgett
1936Down the Stretch as Aunt Julia
1936Two Against the World as Marion Sims
1936The Big Noise as Mrs. Trent
1936Murder by an Aristocrat as Adela Thatcher
1936Three Godfathers as Mrs. McLane
1935Honeymoon Limited as Mrs. Van Twerp