
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
- 1955
- 1954
About Mrs. Leslie
Mrs. Poole
Phantom of the Rue Morgue
Well-Dressed Woman in Coach (uncredited)
Ma and Pa Kettle at Home
Martha Maddocks
- 1953
The Bandits of Corsica
Maria
Fair Wind to Java
Bintang
Meet Me at the Fair
Mrs. Spooner
- 1952
Woman of the North Country
Mrs. Dawson
- 1951
Two of a Kind
Maida McIntyre
- 1950
Harriet Craig
Mother of Harriet Craig (Uncredited)
No Man of Her Own
Justice of the Peace's Wife (uncredited)
1940s
- 1949
The Last Bandit
Kate's Mother
- 1948
An Act of Murder
Mrs. Russell
The Untamed Breed
Mrs. Jones
Old Los Angeles
Señora Del Rey
Summer Holiday
Miss Hawley
The Mating of Millie
Mrs. Thomas
Three Daring Daughters
Miss Drake (uncredited)
- 1947
Captain from Castile
Doña Maria De Vargas (uncredited)
- 1946
Sister Kenny
Mrs. Johnson (uncredited)
The Mysterious Mr. Valentine
Martha, the Housekeeper
The Mysterious Mr. M
Cornelia Waldron
Hot Cargo
Mrs. Chapman
- 1945
Why Girls Leave Home
Mrs. Leslie
Bewitched
Martha--Governor's Wife
Captain Eddie
Flo Clark
Thrill of a Romance
Ms. McKenzie (uncredited)
The Scarlet Clue
Mrs. Marsh
G.I. Honeymoon
Lavinia Thorndyke
- 1944
Together Again
Townswoman (uncredited)
Faces in the Fog
Miss Harvey, Juror
Marriage Is a Private Affair
Mrs. Courtland West
Sing, Neighbor, Sing
Cornelia Blake
Song of the Open Road
Camp Matron (uncredited)
This Is the Life
Mrs. Tiggett
Phantom Lady
Dr. Helen Chase
- 1943
Moonlight in Vermont
Aunt Bess
The Crime Doctor’s Strangest Case
Patricia Cornwall
The Hard Way
Dress Saleswoman (Uncredited)
- 1942
Mug Town
Mrs. Bell
Lucky Jordan
Clarence's Wife
The Mummy's Tomb
Mrs. Ella Evans
Get Hep to Love
Mrs. Brown
The Big Shot
Mrs. Booth
Take a Letter, Darling
Mrs. Dowling - Landlady (uncredited)
- 1941
Remember the Day
Mrs. Hill
One Foot in Heaven
Mrs. Jellison (uncredited)
Appointment for Love
Nora
Dressed to Kill
Lynne Evans
The Nurse's Secret
Mary
Washington Melodrama
Mrs. Curzon
The Great Lie
Sadie
- 1940
Chad Hanna
Landlady
Lady with Red Hair
Miss Humbert (uncredited)
Always a Bride
Lucy Bond
Hired Wife
Miss Collins (uncredited)
Cinderella's Feller
Wicked Stepmother
Alias the Deacon
Elsie Clark
If I Had My Way
Mrs. Blair (uncredited)
It's a Date
Miss Holden
Little Orvie
Mrs. Green
The House Across the Bay
Landlady
Little Old New York
Mrs. Brevoort
1930s
- 1939
The Cisco Kid and the Lady
Seamstress
A Child is Born
Mr. Norton's Mother (uncredited)
Destry Rides Again
Sophie Claggett
First Love
Commencement Speaker
Stop, Look and Love
Dressmaker
Parents on Trial
Mrs. Martin
They Shall Have Music
Willie's Mother (uncredited)
I Stole a Million
Nurse (uncredited)
The Forgotten Woman
Mrs. Kimball
Invitation to Happiness
Eleanor's Nurse (uncredited)
Wings of the Navy
Nurse
- 1938
Young Dr. Kildare
Boardinghouse Landlady (uncredited)
Gateway
Friend of Mrs. McNutt
Delinquent Parents
Mrs. Herbert Ellis
- 1937
The Bad Man of Brimstone
Mrs. Grant
The Man in the Barn
Farmer's Wife (uncredited)
The Adventurous Blonde
Helen Hammond (poses as "Aunt Jenny")
Idol of the Crowds
Mrs. Dale
White Bondage
Sarah Talcott
Artists & Models
Seamstress (uncredited)
Mountain Justice
Mrs. Hughes
Stolen Holiday
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
- 1936
Love Letters of a Star
Mrs. Blodgett
Down the Stretch
Aunt Julia
Two Against the World
Marion Sims
The Big Noise
Mrs. Trent
Murder by an Aristocrat
Adela Thatcher
Three Godfathers
Mrs. McLane
- 1935
Honeymoon Limited
Mrs. Van Twerp