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Virginia Brissac

Virginia Brissac

Actor · 1883–1979 · San Jose, California, USA

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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.

Acted in 121

1950s

  1. 1955
  2. 1954
  3. About Mrs. Leslie

    Mrs. Poole

  4. Phantom of the Rue Morgue

    Well-Dressed Woman in Coach (uncredited)

  5. Ma and Pa Kettle at Home

    Martha Maddocks

  6. 1953

    The Bandits of Corsica

    Maria

  7. Fair Wind to Java

    Bintang

  8. Meet Me at the Fair

    Mrs. Spooner

  9. 1952

    Woman of the North Country

    Mrs. Dawson

  10. 1951
  11. Two of a Kind

    Maida McIntyre

  12. 1950

    Harriet Craig

    Mother of Harriet Craig (Uncredited)

  13. No Man of Her Own

    Justice of the Peace's Wife (uncredited)

1940s

  1. 1949
  2. The Last Bandit

    Kate's Mother

  3. 1948

    An Act of Murder

    Mrs. Russell

  4. The Untamed Breed

    Mrs. Jones

  5. Old Los Angeles

    Señora Del Rey

  6. Summer Holiday

    Miss Hawley

  7. The Mating of Millie

    Mrs. Thomas

  8. Three Daring Daughters

    Miss Drake (uncredited)

  9. 1947

    Captain from Castile

    Doña Maria De Vargas (uncredited)

  10. 1946

    Sister Kenny

    Mrs. Johnson (uncredited)

  11. The Mysterious Mr. Valentine

    Martha, the Housekeeper

  12. The Mysterious Mr. M

    Cornelia Waldron

  13. Hot Cargo

    Mrs. Chapman

  14. 1945

    Why Girls Leave Home

    Mrs. Leslie

  15. Bewitched

    Martha--Governor's Wife

  16. Captain Eddie

    Flo Clark

  17. Thrill of a Romance

    Ms. McKenzie (uncredited)

  18. The Scarlet Clue

    Mrs. Marsh

  19. G.I. Honeymoon

    Lavinia Thorndyke

  20. 1944

    Together Again

    Townswoman (uncredited)

  21. Faces in the Fog

    Miss Harvey, Juror

  22. Marriage Is a Private Affair

    Mrs. Courtland West

  23. Sing, Neighbor, Sing

    Cornelia Blake

  24. Song of the Open Road

    Camp Matron (uncredited)

  25. This Is the Life

    Mrs. Tiggett

  26. Phantom Lady

    Dr. Helen Chase

  27. 1943

    Moonlight in Vermont

    Aunt Bess

  28. The Crime Doctor’s Strangest Case

    Patricia Cornwall

  29. The Hard Way

    Dress Saleswoman (Uncredited)

  30. 1942

    Mug Town

    Mrs. Bell

  31. Lucky Jordan

    Clarence's Wife

  32. The Mummy's Tomb

    Mrs. Ella Evans

  33. Get Hep to Love

    Mrs. Brown

  34. The Big Shot

    Mrs. Booth

  35. Take a Letter, Darling

    Mrs. Dowling - Landlady (uncredited)

  36. 1941

    Remember the Day

    Mrs. Hill

  37. One Foot in Heaven

    Mrs. Jellison (uncredited)

  38. Appointment for Love

    Nora

  39. Dressed to Kill

    Lynne Evans

  40. The Nurse's Secret

    Mary

  41. Washington Melodrama

    Mrs. Curzon

  42. The Great Lie

    Sadie

  43. 1940

    Chad Hanna

    Landlady

  44. Lady with Red Hair

    Miss Humbert (uncredited)

  45. Always a Bride

    Lucy Bond

  46. Hired Wife

    Miss Collins (uncredited)

  47. Cinderella's Feller

    Wicked Stepmother

  48. Alias the Deacon

    Elsie Clark

  49. If I Had My Way

    Mrs. Blair (uncredited)

  50. It's a Date

    Miss Holden

  51. Little Orvie

    Mrs. Green

  52. The House Across the Bay

    Landlady

  53. Little Old New York

    Mrs. Brevoort

1930s

  1. 1939

    The Cisco Kid and the Lady

    Seamstress

  2. A Child is Born

    Mr. Norton's Mother (uncredited)

  3. Destry Rides Again

    Sophie Claggett

  4. First Love

    Commencement Speaker

  5. Stop, Look and Love

    Dressmaker

  6. Parents on Trial

    Mrs. Martin

  7. They Shall Have Music

    Willie's Mother (uncredited)

  8. I Stole a Million

    Nurse (uncredited)

  9. The Forgotten Woman

    Mrs. Kimball

  10. Invitation to Happiness

    Eleanor's Nurse (uncredited)

  11. Wings of the Navy

    Nurse

  12. 1938

    Young Dr. Kildare

    Boardinghouse Landlady (uncredited)

  13. Gateway

    Friend of Mrs. McNutt

  14. Delinquent Parents

    Mrs. Herbert Ellis

  15. 1937

    The Bad Man of Brimstone

    Mrs. Grant

  16. The Man in the Barn

    Farmer's Wife (uncredited)

  17. The Adventurous Blonde

    Helen Hammond (poses as "Aunt Jenny")

  18. Idol of the Crowds

    Mrs. Dale

  19. White Bondage

    Sarah Talcott

  20. Artists & Models

    Seamstress (uncredited)

  21. Mountain Justice

    Mrs. Hughes

  22. Stolen Holiday

    Wedding Guest (uncredited)

  23. 1936

    Love Letters of a Star

    Mrs. Blodgett

  24. Down the Stretch

    Aunt Julia

  25. Two Against the World

    Marion Sims

  26. The Big Noise

    Mrs. Trent

  27. Murder by an Aristocrat

    Adela Thatcher

  28. Three Godfathers

    Mrs. McLane

  29. 1935

    Honeymoon Limited

    Mrs. Van Twerp