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 | Cheaper by the Dozen | Mrs. Benson (uncredited) | 1950-03-31 |
| Movie | No Man of Her Own | Justice of the Peace's Wife (uncredited) | 1950-02-21 |
| 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 | Tension | Mrs. Andrews (uncredited) | 1949-11-25 |
| Movie | Summer Holiday | Miss Hawley | 1948-04-15 |
| Movie | Three Daring Daughters | Miss Drake (uncredited) | 1948-02-12 |
| Movie | The Mating of Millie | Mrs. Thomas | 1948-03-08 |
| Movie | Old Los Angeles | Señora Del Rey | 1948-04-24 |
| Movie | The Untamed Breed | Mrs. Jones | 1948-10-20 |
| Movie | An Act of Murder | Mrs. Russell | 1948-12-05 |
| Movie | The Snake Pit | Miss Seiffert | 1948-11-04 |
| Movie | Pursued | Woman at the Wedding (uncredited) | 1947-03-02 |
| Movie | Monsieur Verdoux | Carlotta Couvais | 1947-09-26 |
| Movie | Captain from Castile | Doña Maria De Vargas (uncredited) | 1947-12-25 |
| Movie | Secret Beyond the Door... | Sarah (uncredited) | 1947-12-24 |
| 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 | Three's a Crowd | Cary Whipple | 1945-05-23 |
| Movie | A Tree Grows in Brooklyn | Miss Tilford (uncredited) | 1945-02-28 |
| Movie | Captain Eddie | Flo Clark | 1945-06-18 |
| Movie | Why Girls Leave Home | Mrs. Leslie | 1945-10-09 |
| Movie | Bewitched | Martha--Governor's Wife | 1945-07-04 |
| 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 | Marriage Is a Private Affair | Mrs. Courtland West | 1944-08-23 |
| Movie | Together Again | Townswoman (uncredited) | 1944-12-23 |
| Movie | Faces in the Fog | Miss Harvey, Juror | 1944-11-30 |
| Movie | Sing, Neighbor, Sing | Cornelia Blake | 1944-08-12 |
| Movie | The Hard Way | Dress Saleswoman (Uncredited) | 1943-01-13 |
| Movie | The Crime Doctor’s Strangest Case | Patricia Cornwall | 1943-12-09 |
| Movie | Shadow of a Doubt | Mrs. Phillips (uncredited) | 1943-01-15 |
| Movie | Take a Letter, Darling | Mrs. Dowling - Landlady (uncredited) | 1942-05-06 |
| Movie | Lady Gangster | Mrs. Stoner | 1942-04-01 |
| Movie | The Big Shot | Mrs. Booth | 1942-06-13 |
| Movie | Tough as They Come | Mrs. Clark | 1942-06-05 |
| Movie | Get Hep to Love | Mrs. Brown | 1942-10-02 |
| Movie | Mug Town | Mrs. Bell | 1942-12-18 |
| Movie | Lucky Jordan | Clarence's Wife | 1942-11-16 |
| Movie | The Mummy's Tomb | Mrs. Ella Evans | 1942-10-23 |
| Movie | Bad Men of Missouri | Mrs. Hathaway | 1941-07-26 |
| Movie | The Nurse's Secret | Mary | 1941-05-24 |
| Movie | Dressed to Kill | Lynne Evans | 1941-08-08 |
| Movie | The Great Lie | Sadie | 1941-04-05 |
| Movie | Washington Melodrama | Mrs. Curzon | 1941-04-17 |
| Movie | Remember the Day | Mrs. Hill | 1941-12-25 |
| Movie | The Little Foxes | Mrs. Hewitt | 1941-08-29 |
| Movie | One Foot in Heaven | Mrs. Jellison (uncredited) | 1941-11-01 |
| Movie | They Died with Their Boots On | Woman (uncredited) | 1941-11-20 |
| 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 | Remember the Night | Mrs. Emory | 1940-01-19 |
| Movie | If I Had My Way | Mrs. Blair (uncredited) | 1940-05-05 |
| Movie | Little Old New York | Mrs. Brevoort | 1940-02-09 |
| Movie | Black Friday | Mrs. Margaret Kingsley | 1940-02-29 |
| Movie | Alias the Deacon | Elsie Clark | 1940-05-13 |
| Movie | Strike Up the Band | Mrs. May Holden | 1940-09-27 |
| Movie | Lady with Red Hair | Miss Humbert (uncredited) | 1940-11-30 |
| Movie | Chad Hanna | Landlady | 1940-12-25 |
| Movie | Hired Wife | Miss Collins (uncredited) | 1940-09-13 |
| Movie | Always a Bride | Lucy Bond | 1940-11-02 |
| Movie | All This, and Heaven Too | Nun (uncredited) | 1940-07-05 |
| Movie | The Ghost Breakers | Mother Zombie | 1940-06-21 |
| Movie | Cinderella's Feller | Wicked Stepmother | 1940-06-08 |
| Movie | Young Mr. Lincoln | Peach Pie Baker (uncredited) | 1939-06-09 |
| Movie | Invitation to Happiness | Eleanor's Nurse (uncredited) | 1939-06-07 |
| Movie | Wings of the Navy | Nurse | 1939-02-11 |
| Movie | I Stole a Million | Nurse (uncredited) | 1939-08-01 |
| Movie | Jesse James | Boy's Mother | 1939-01-14 |
| Movie | Dark Victory | Martha | 1939-04-20 |
| Movie | Parents on Trial | Mrs. Martin | 1939-09-21 |
| Movie | The Cisco Kid and the Lady | Seamstress | 1939-12-29 |
| Movie | They Shall Have Music | Willie's Mother (uncredited) | 1939-08-18 |
| Movie | A Child Is Born | Mr. Norton's Mother (uncredited) | 1939-12-07 |
| Movie | Destry Rides Again | Sophie Claggett | 1939-11-30 |
| Movie | Stop, Look and Love | Dressmaker | 1939-09-22 |
| Movie | First Love | Commencement Speaker | 1939-11-10 |
| 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 | Artists & Models | Seamstress (uncredited) | 1937-08-04 |
| Movie | White Bondage | Sarah Talcott | 1937-08-05 |
| Movie | Mountain Justice | Mrs. Hughes | 1937-04-24 |
| Movie | Stolen Holiday | Wedding Guest (uncredited) | 1937-02-06 |
| Movie | The Adventurous Blonde | Helen Hammond (poses as "Aunt Jenny") | 1937-11-13 |
| Movie | Idol of the Crowds | Mrs. Dale | 1937-09-30 |
| 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 |