Virginia Brissac
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Virginia Brissac (June 11, 1883, San Jose, California – July 26, 1979, Santa Fe, New Mexico) 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 a couple of short films and ended with Rebel Without a Cause (1955), playing grandmother to Jim Stark (James Dean). Description above from the Wikipedia article Virginia Brissac, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- Born:
- Jun 11, 1883 In San Jose, California
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 112
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Honeymoon Limited 1935-07-01
- Latest Project:
- Movie Rebel Without a Cause 1955-10-27
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Rebel Without a Cause | Jim's Grandmother | 1955-10-27 |
| Movie | Executive Suite | Edith Alderson | 1954-04-30 |
| Movie | About Mrs. Leslie | Mrs. Poole | 1954-08-03 |
| Movie | Meet Me at the Fair | Mrs. Spooner | 1953-01-01 |
| Movie | Fair Wind to Java | Bintang | 1953-01-28 |
| Movie | The Bandits of Corsica | Maria | 1953-02-27 |
| Movie | All I Desire | 1953-07-03 | |
| Movie | Woman of the North Country | Mrs. Dawson | 1952-07-23 |
| Movie | Two of a Kind | Maida McIntyre | 1951-07-01 |
| Movie | Operation Pacific | Sister Anna | 1951-01-27 |
| Movie | No Man of Her Own | Justice of the Peace's Wife (uncredited) | 1950-02-21 |
| Movie | Cheaper by the Dozen | Mrs. Benson (uncredited) | 1950-03-31 |
| Movie | Harriet Craig | Mother of Harriet Craig (Uncredited) | 1950-11-02 |
| Movie | Edge of Doom | Mrs. Dennis | 1950-08-03 |
| Movie | The Last Bandit | Kate's Mother | 1949-02-25 |
| Movie | The Doolins of Oklahoma | Mrs. Burton (uncredited) | 1949-05-27 |
| Movie | Tension | Mrs. Andrews (uncredited) | 1949-11-25 |
| Movie | The Mating of Millie | Mrs. Thomas | 1948-03-08 |
| Movie | Three Daring Daughters | Miss Drake (uncredited) | 1948-02-12 |
| Movie | Summer Holiday | Miss Hawley | 1948-04-15 |
| Movie | The Snake Pit | Miss Seiffert | 1948-11-04 |
| Movie | An Act of Murder | Mrs. Russell | 1948-12-05 |
| Movie | Old Los Angeles | Señora Del Rey | 1948-04-24 |
| Movie | The Untamed Breed | Mrs. Jones | 1948-10-20 |
| Movie | Pursued | Woman at the Wedding (uncredited) | 1947-03-02 |
| Movie | Monsieur Verdoux | Carlotta Couvais | 1947-09-26 |
| Movie | Secret Beyond the Door | Sarah (uncredited) | 1947-12-24 |
| Movie | Captain from Castile | Doña Maria De Vargas (uncredited) | 1947-12-25 |
| Movie | The Mysterious Mr. Valentine | Martha, the Housekeeper | 1946-09-03 |
| Movie | The Mysterious Mr. M | Cornelia Waldron | 1946-07-23 |
| Movie | Sister Kenny | Mrs. Johnson (uncredited) | 1946-10-10 |
| Movie | The Scarlet Clue | Mrs. Marsh | 1945-05-11 |
| Movie | G.I. Honeymoon | Lavinia Thorndyke | 1945-04-06 |
| Movie | A Tree Grows in Brooklyn | Miss Tilford (uncredited) | 1945-02-28 |
| Movie | Thrill of a Romance | Ms. McKenzie (uncredited) | 1945-05-23 |
| Movie | Three's a Crowd | Cary Whipple | 1945-05-23 |
| Movie | Why Girls Leave Home | Mrs. Leslie | 1945-10-09 |
| Movie | Bewitched | Martha--Governor's Wife | 1945-07-04 |
| Movie | Captain Eddie | Flo Clark | 1945-06-18 |
| Movie | This Is the Life | Mrs. Tiggett | 1944-06-01 |
| Movie | Phantom Lady | Dr. Helen Chase | 1944-01-28 |
| Movie | Song of the Open Road | Camp Matron (uncredited) | 1944-06-21 |
| Movie | Together Again | Townswoman | 1944-12-23 |
| Movie | Faces in the Fog | Miss Harvey, Juror | 1944-11-30 |
| Movie | Marriage Is a Private Affair | Mrs. Courtland West | 1944-08-23 |
| Movie | Sing, Neighbor, Sing | Cornelia Blake | 1944-08-12 |
| Movie | The Hard Way | Dress Saleswoman (Uncredited) | 1943-01-13 |
| Movie | Shadow of a Doubt | Mrs. Phillips (uncredited) | 1943-01-15 |
| Movie | The Crime Doctor’s Strangest Case | Patricia Cornwall | 1943-12-09 |
| Movie | Tough as They Come | Mrs. Clark | 1942-06-05 |
| Movie | Lady Gangster | Mrs. Stoner | 1942-04-01 |
| Movie | The Big Shot | Mrs. Booth | 1942-06-13 |
| Movie | Take a Letter, Darling | Mrs. Dowling - Landlady (uncredited) | 1942-05-06 |
| Movie | Get Hep to Love | Mrs. Brown | 1942-10-02 |
| Movie | Lucky Jordan | Clarence's Wife | 1942-11-16 |
| Movie | Mug Town | Mrs. Bell | 1942-12-18 |
| Movie | The Mummy's Tomb | Mrs. Ella Evans | 1942-10-23 |
| Movie | The Nurse's Secret | Mary | 1941-05-24 |
| Movie | Washington Melodrama | Mrs. Curzon | 1941-04-17 |
| Movie | The Great Lie | Sadie | 1941-04-05 |
| Movie | Dressed to Kill | Lynne Evans | 1941-08-08 |
| Movie | Bad Men of Missouri | Mrs. Hathaway | 1941-07-26 |
| Movie | They Died with Their Boots On | Woman (uncredited) | 1941-11-20 |
| Movie | The Little Foxes | Mrs. Hewitt | 1941-08-29 |
| Movie | One Foot in Heaven | Mrs. Jellison (uncredited) | 1941-11-01 |
| Movie | Remember the Day | Mrs. Hill | 1941-12-25 |
| Movie | Appointment for Love | Nora | 1941-10-31 |
| Movie | Little Orvie | Mrs. Green | 1940-03-11 |
| Movie | It's a Date | Miss Holden | 1940-03-22 |
| Movie | The House Across the Bay | Landlady | 1940-03-01 |
| Movie | Little Old New York | Mrs. Brevoort | 1940-02-09 |
| Movie | If I Had My Way | Mrs. Blair (uncredited) | 1940-05-05 |
| Movie | Remember the Night | Mrs. Emory | 1940-01-19 |
| Movie | Black Friday | Mrs. Margaret Kingsley | 1940-02-29 |
| Movie | Strike Up the Band | Mrs. May Holden | 1940-09-27 |
| Movie | Alias the Deacon | Elsie Clark | 1940-05-13 |
| Movie | Chad Hanna | Landlady | 1940-12-25 |
| Movie | Always a Bride | Lucy Bond | 1940-11-02 |
| Movie | Lady with Red Hair | Miss Humbert (uncredited) | 1940-11-30 |
| Movie | The Ghost Breakers | Mother Zombie | 1940-06-21 |
| Movie | All This, and Heaven Too | Nun (uncredited) | 1940-07-05 |
| Movie | Hired Wife | Miss Collins (uncredited) | 1940-09-13 |
| Movie | Invitation to Happiness | Eleanor's Nurse (uncredited) | 1939-06-07 |
| Movie | Young Mr. Lincoln | Peach Pie Baker (uncredited) | 1939-06-09 |
| Movie | Dark Victory | Martha | 1939-04-20 |
| Movie | Jesse James | Boy's Mother | 1939-01-14 |
| Movie | I Stole a Million | Nurse (uncredited) | 1939-08-01 |
| Movie | Wings of the Navy | Nurse | 1939-02-11 |
| Movie | The Cisco Kid and the Lady | Seamstress | 1939-12-29 |
| Movie | A Child Is Born | Mr. Norton's Mother (uncredited) | 1939-12-07 |
| Movie | They Shall Have Music | Willie's Mother (uncredited) | 1939-08-18 |
| Movie | Destry Rides Again | Sophie Claggett | 1939-11-30 |
| Movie | First Love | Commencement Speaker | 1939-11-10 |
| Movie | Parents on Trial | Mrs. Martin | 1939-09-21 |
| Movie | Delinquent Parents | Mrs. Herbert Ellis | 1938-07-15 |
| Movie | Young Dr. Kildare | Boardinghouse Landlady (uncredited) | 1938-10-14 |
| Movie | Gateway | Friend of Mrs. McNutt | 1938-08-05 |
| Movie | White Bondage | Sarah Talcott | 1937-08-05 |
| Movie | Artists & Models | Seamstress (uncredited) | 1937-08-04 |
| Movie | Mountain Justice | Mrs. Hughes | 1937-04-24 |
| Movie | Stolen Holiday | Wedding Guest (uncredited) | 1937-02-06 |
| Movie | Idol of the Crowds | Mrs. Dale | 1937-09-30 |
| Movie | The Adventurous Blonde | Helen Hammond (poses as "Aunt Jenny") | 1937-11-13 |
| Movie | The Bad Man of Brimstone | Mrs. Grant | 1937-12-31 |
| Movie | The Man in the Barn | Farmer's Wife (uncredited) | 1937-11-20 |
| Movie | Murder by an Aristocrat | Adela Thatcher | 1936-06-13 |
| Movie | Three Godfathers | Mrs. McLane | 1936-03-06 |
| Movie | The Big Noise | Mrs. Trent | 1936-06-22 |
| Movie | Down the Stretch | Aunt Julia | 1936-09-18 |
| Movie | Two Against the World | Marion Sims | 1936-07-11 |
| Movie | Love Letters of a Star | Mrs. Blodgett | 1936-11-08 |
| Movie | Honeymoon Limited | Mrs. Van Twerp | 1935-07-01 |