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