Virginia Brissac
Acting
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.
TV Shows(6)
Movies(118)
Rebel Without a Cause
Jim's Grandmother
1955
About Mrs. Leslie
Mrs. Poole
1954
Executive Suite
Edith Alderson
1954
Phantom of the Rue Morgue
Well-Dressed Woman in Coach (uncredited)
1954
Ma and Pa Kettle at Home
Martha Maddocks
1954
The Bandits of Corsica
Maria
1953
Fair Wind to Java
Bintang
1953
Meet Me at the Fair
Mrs. Spooner
1953
Woman of the North Country
Mrs. Dawson
1952
Two of a Kind
Maida McIntyre
1951
Operation Pacific
Sister Anna
1951
Harriet Craig
Mother of Harriet Craig (Uncredited)
1950
Edge of Doom
Mrs. Dennis
1950
Cheaper by the Dozen
Mrs. Benson (uncredited)
1950
No Man of Her Own
Justice of the Peace's Wife (uncredited)
1950
Tension
Mrs. Andrews (uncredited)
1949
The Doolins of Oklahoma
Mrs. Burton (uncredited)
1949
The Last Bandit
Kate's Mother
1949
An Act of Murder
Mrs. Russell
1948
The Snake Pit
Miss Seiffert (uncredited)
1948
The Untamed Breed
Mrs. Jones
1948
Old Los Angeles
Señora Del Rey
1948
Summer Holiday
Miss Hawley
1948
The Mating of Millie
Mrs. Thomas
1948
Three Daring Daughters
Miss Drake (uncredited)
1948
Captain from Castile
Doña Maria De Vargas (uncredited)
1947
Secret Beyond the Door
Sarah (uncredited)
1947
Monsieur Verdoux
Carlotta Couvais
1947
Pursued
Woman at the Wedding (uncredited)
1947
Sister Kenny
Mrs. Johnson (uncredited)
1946
The Mysterious Mr. Valentine
Martha, the Housekeeper
1946
The Mysterious Mr. M
Cornelia Waldron
1946
Hot Cargo
Mrs. Chapman
1946
Why Girls Leave Home
Mrs. Leslie
1945
Bewitched
Martha--Governor's Wife
1945
Captain Eddie
Flo Clark
1945
Three's a Crowd
Cary Whipple
1945
Thrill of a Romance
Ms. McKenzie (uncredited)
1945
The Scarlet Clue
Mrs. Marsh
1945
G.I. Honeymoon
Lavinia Thorndyke
1945
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Miss Tilford (uncredited)
1945
Together Again
Townswoman (uncredited)
1944
Faces in the Fog
Miss Harvey, Juror
1944
Marriage Is a Private Affair
Mrs. Courtland West
1944
Sing, Neighbor, Sing
Cornelia Blake
1944
Song of the Open Road
Camp Matron (uncredited)
1944
This Is the Life
Mrs. Tiggett
1944
Phantom Lady
Dr. Helen Chase
1944
Moonlight in Vermont
Aunt Bess
1943
The Crime Doctor’s Strangest Case
Patricia Cornwall
1943
The Hard Way
Dress Saleswoman (Uncredited)
1943
Shadow of a Doubt
Mrs. Phillips (uncredited)
1943
Mug Town
Mrs. Bell
1942
Lucky Jordan
Clarence's Wife
1942
The Mummy's Tomb
Mrs. Ella Evans
1942
Get Hep to Love
Mrs. Brown
1942
The Big Shot
Mrs. Booth
1942
Tough as They Come
Mrs. Clark
1942
Take a Letter, Darling
Mrs. Dowling - Landlady (uncredited)
1942
Lady Gangster
Mrs. Stoner
1942
Remember the Day
Mrs. Hill
1941
They Died with Their Boots On
Woman (uncredited)
1941
One Foot in Heaven
Mrs. Jellison (uncredited)
1941
Appointment for Love
Nora
1941
The Little Foxes
Mrs. Hewitt
1941
Dressed to Kill
Lynne Evans
1941
Bad Men of Missouri
Mrs. Hathaway
1941
The Nurse's Secret
Mary
1941
Washington Melodrama
Mrs. Curzon
1941
The Great Lie
Sadie
1941
Chad Hanna
Landlady
1940
Lady with Red Hair
Miss Humbert (uncredited)
1940
Always a Bride
Lucy Bond
1940
Strike Up the Band
Mrs. May Holden
1940
Hired Wife
Miss Collins (uncredited)
1940
All This, and Heaven Too
Nun (uncredited)
1940
The Ghost Breakers
Mother Zombie
1940
Cinderella's Feller
Wicked Stepmother
1940
Alias the Deacon
Elsie Clark
1940
If I Had My Way
Mrs. Blair (uncredited)
1940
It's a Date
Miss Holden
1940
Little Orvie
Mrs. Green
1940
The House Across the Bay
Landlady
1940
Black Friday
Mrs. Margaret Kingsley
1940
Little Old New York
Mrs. Brevoort
1940
Remember the Night
Mrs. Emory
1940
The Cisco Kid and the Lady
Seamstress
1939
A Child is Born
Mr. Norton's Mother (uncredited)
1939
Destry Rides Again
Sophie Claggett
1939
First Love
Commencement Speaker
1939
Stop, Look and Love
Dressmaker
1939
Parents on Trial
Mrs. Martin
1939
They Shall Have Music
Willie's Mother (uncredited)
1939
I Stole a Million
Nurse (uncredited)
1939
The Forgotten Woman
Mrs. Kimball
1939
Young Mr. Lincoln
Peach Pie Baker (uncredited)
1939
Invitation to Happiness
Eleanor's Nurse (uncredited)
1939
Dark Victory
Martha
1939
Wings of the Navy
Nurse
1939
Jesse James
Boy's Mother
1939
Young Dr. Kildare
Boardinghouse Landlady (uncredited)
1938
Gateway
Friend of Mrs. McNutt
1938
Delinquent Parents
Mrs. Herbert Ellis
1938
The Bad Man of Brimstone
Mrs. Grant
1937
The Man in the Barn
Farmer's Wife (uncredited)
1937
The Adventurous Blonde
Helen Hammond (poses as "Aunt Jenny")
1937
Idol of the Crowds
Mrs. Dale
1937
White Bondage
Sarah Talcott
1937
Artists & Models
Seamstress (uncredited)
1937
Mountain Justice
Mrs. Hughes
1937
Stolen Holiday
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
1937
Love Letters of a Star
Mrs. Blodgett
1936
Down the Stretch
Aunt Julia
1936
Two Against the World
Marion Sims
1936
The Big Noise
Mrs. Trent
1936
Murder by an Aristocrat
Adela Thatcher
1936
Three Godfathers
Mrs. McLane
1936
Honeymoon Limited
Mrs. Van Twerp
1935