Acting

Virginia Brissac

Born 1883-06-10 · San Jose, California, USA

Died 1979-07-26

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.

Credits

Newest first

Rebel Without a Cause
as Jim's Grandmother
1955
Studio 57
1954
About Mrs. Leslie
as Mrs. Poole
1954
Executive Suite
as Edith Alderson
1954
The Lone Wolf
as Mrs. Kimbo
1954
The Lone Wolf
as Mrs. Bell
1954
Phantom of the Rue Morgue
as Well-Dressed Woman in Coach (uncredited)
1954
Ma and Pa Kettle at Home
as Martha Maddocks
1954
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
1953
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
as Mrs. Adams
1953
The Bandits of Corsica
as Maria
1953
Fair Wind to Java
as Bintang
1953
Meet Me at the Fair
as Mrs. Spooner
1953
Woman of the North Country
as Mrs. Dawson
1952
Chevron Theatre
1952
Dragnet
1951
I Love Lucy
as Mrs. Hammond
1951
Two of a Kind
as Maida McIntyre
1951
Operation Pacific
as Sister Anna
1951
Harriet Craig
as Mother of Harriet Craig (Uncredited)
1950
Edge of Doom
as Mrs. Dennis
1950
Cheaper by the Dozen
as Mrs. Benson (uncredited)
1950
No Man of Her Own
as Justice of the Peace's Wife (uncredited)
1950
Tension
as Mrs. Andrews (uncredited)
1949
The Doolins of Oklahoma
as Mrs. Burton (uncredited)
1949
The Last Bandit
as Kate's Mother
1949
An Act of Murder
as Mrs. Russell
1948
The Snake Pit
as Miss Seiffert (uncredited)
1948
The Untamed Breed
as Mrs. Jones
1948
Old Los Angeles
as Señora Del Rey
1948
Summer Holiday
as Miss Hawley
1948
The Mating of Millie
as Mrs. Thomas
1948
Three Daring Daughters
as Miss Drake (uncredited)
1948
Captain from Castile
as Doña Maria De Vargas (uncredited)
1947
Secret Beyond the Door
as Sarah (uncredited)
1947
Monsieur Verdoux
as Carlotta Couvais
1947
Pursued
as Woman at the Wedding (uncredited)
1947
Sister Kenny
as Mrs. Johnson (uncredited)
1946
The Mysterious Mr. Valentine
as Martha, the Housekeeper
1946
The Mysterious Mr. M
as Cornelia Waldron
1946
Hot Cargo
as Mrs. Chapman
1946
Why Girls Leave Home
as Mrs. Leslie
1945
Bewitched
as Martha--Governor's Wife
1945
Captain Eddie
as Flo Clark
1945
Three's a Crowd
as Cary Whipple
1945
Thrill of a Romance
as Ms. McKenzie (uncredited)
1945
The Scarlet Clue
as Mrs. Marsh
1945
G.I. Honeymoon
as Lavinia Thorndyke
1945
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
as Miss Tilford (uncredited)
1945
Together Again
as Townswoman (uncredited)
1944
Faces in the Fog
as Miss Harvey, Juror
1944
Marriage Is a Private Affair
as Mrs. Courtland West
1944
Sing, Neighbor, Sing
as Cornelia Blake
1944
Song of the Open Road
as Camp Matron (uncredited)
1944
This Is the Life
as Mrs. Tiggett
1944
Phantom Lady
as Dr. Helen Chase
1944
Moonlight in Vermont
as Aunt Bess
1943
The Crime Doctor’s Strangest Case
as Patricia Cornwall
1943
Shadow of a Doubt
as Mrs. Phillips (uncredited)
1943
The Hard Way
as Dress Saleswoman (Uncredited)
1943
Mug Town
as Mrs. Bell
1942
Lucky Jordan
as Clarence's Wife
1942
The Mummy's Tomb
as Mrs. Ella Evans
1942
Get Hep to Love
as Mrs. Brown
1942
The Big Shot
as Mrs. Booth
1942
Tough as They Come
as Mrs. Clark
1942
Take a Letter, Darling
as Mrs. Dowling - Landlady (uncredited)
1942
Lady Gangster
as Mrs. Stoner
1942
Remember the Day
as Mrs. Hill
1941
They Died with Their Boots On
as Woman (uncredited)
1941
One Foot in Heaven
as Mrs. Jellison (uncredited)
1941
Appointment for Love
as Nora
1941
The Little Foxes
as Mrs. Hewitt
1941
Dressed to Kill
as Lynne Evans
1941
Bad Men of Missouri
as Mrs. Hathaway
1941
The Nurse's Secret
as Mary
1941
Washington Melodrama
as Mrs. Curzon
1941
The Great Lie
as Sadie
1941
Chad Hanna
as Landlady
1940
Lady with Red Hair
as Miss Humbert (uncredited)
1940