Virginia Brissac

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1883-06-10 (96 years old)

Deathday

1979-07-26

Place of Birth

San Jose, California, USA

Virginia Brissac

Biography

​From Wikipedia Virginia Brissac 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.

Acting

1955

Rebel Without a Cause

as Jim's Grandmother

1937

Artists & Models

as Seamstress (uncredited)

1946

Hot Cargo

as Mrs. Chapman

1942

Lady Gangster

as Mrs. Stoner

1947

Monsieur Verdoux

as Carlotta Couvais

1939

Dark Victory

as Martha

1951

Two of a Kind

as Maida McIntyre

1940

Remember the Night

as Mrs. Emory

1942

The Mummy's Tomb

as Mrs. Ella Evans

1941

Dressed to Kill

as Lynne Evans

1945

Bewitched

as Martha--Governor's Wife

1950

Edge of Doom

as Mrs. Dennis

1940

The Ghost Breakers

as Mother Zombie

1941

The Little Foxes

as Mrs. Hewitt

1944

Phantom Lady

as Dr. Helen Chase

1939

Destry Rides Again

as Sophie Claggett

1948

The Snake Pit

as Miss Seiffert

1946

The Mysterious Mr. Valentine

as Martha, the Housekeeper

1945

The Scarlet Clue

as Mrs. Marsh

1942

The Big Shot

as Mrs. Booth

1943

1950

Harriet Craig

as Mother of Harriet Craig (Uncredited)

1947

Captain from Castile

as Doña Maria De Vargas (uncredited)

1954

About Mrs. Leslie

as Mrs. Poole

1945

Three's a Crowd

as Cary Whipple

1946

The Mysterious Mr. M

as Cornelia Waldron

1947

Secret Beyond the Door

as Sarah (uncredited)

1942

Lucky Jordan

as Clarence's Wife

1936

Three Godfathers

as Mrs. McLane

1936

Down the Stretch

as Aunt Julia

1944

Song of the Open Road

as Camp Matron (uncredited)

1945

Why Girls Leave Home

as Mrs. Leslie

1937

The Man in the Barn

as Farmer's Wife (uncredited)

1940

Little Old New York

as Mrs. Brevoort

1938

Delinquent Parents

as Mrs. Herbert Ellis

1940

Chad Hanna

as Landlady

1951

Operation Pacific

as Sister Anna

1936

Murder by an Aristocrat

as Adela Thatcher

1941

Washington Melodrama

as Mrs. Curzon

1939

The Forgotten Woman

as Mrs. Kimball

1944

Together Again

as Townswoman (uncredited)

1937

Stolen Holiday

as Wedding Guest (uncredited)

1940

Always a Bride

as Lucy Bond

1940

Strike Up the Band

as Mrs. May Holden

1953

1939

Stop, Look and Love

as Dressmaker

1950

Cheaper by the Dozen

as Mrs. Benson (uncredited)

1940

It's a Date

as Miss Holden

1938

Young Dr. Kildare

as Boardinghouse Landlady (uncredited)

1936

The Big Noise

as Mrs. Trent

1949

Tension

as Mrs. Andrews (uncredited)

1940

Hired Wife

as Miss Collins (uncredited)

1940

Alias the Deacon

as Elsie Clark

1937

Mountain Justice

as Mrs. Hughes

1939

Jesse James

as Boy's Mother

1939

1939

Young Mr. Lincoln

as Peach Pie Baker (uncredited)

1939

A Child Is Born

as Mr. Norton's Mother (uncredited)

1939

They Shall Have Music

as Willie's Mother (uncredited)

1939

Invitation to Happiness

as Eleanor's Nurse (uncredited)

1939

First Love

as Commencement Speaker

1948

The Mating of Millie

as Mrs. Thomas

1943

The Hard Way

as Dress Saleswoman (Uncredited)

1945

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

as Miss Tilford (uncredited)

1940

Black Friday

as Mrs. Margaret Kingsley

1944

Sing, Neighbor, Sing

as Cornelia Blake

1946

Sister Kenny

as Mrs. Johnson (uncredited)

1943

Shadow of a Doubt

as Mrs. Phillips (uncredited)

1937

The Adventurous Blonde

as Helen Hammond (poses as "Aunt Jenny")

1941

1948

The Untamed Breed

as Mrs. Jones

1937

White Bondage

as Sarah Talcott

1940

Little Orvie

as Mrs. Green

1939

Parents on Trial

as Mrs. Martin

1945

G.I. Honeymoon

as Lavinia Thorndyke

1936

Two Against the World

as Marion Sims

1945

Captain Eddie

as Flo Clark

1948

Three Daring Daughters

as Miss Drake (uncredited)

1948

Summer Holiday

as Miss Hawley

1950

No Man of Her Own

as Justice of the Peace's Wife (uncredited)

1940

All This, and Heaven Too

as Nun (uncredited)

1938

Gateway

as Friend of Mrs. McNutt

1940

Lady with Red Hair

as Miss Humbert (uncredited)

1940

Cinderella's Feller

as Wicked Stepmother

1948

An Act of Murder

as Mrs. Russell

1942

Take a Letter, Darling

as Mrs. Dowling - Landlady (uncredited)

1944

Faces in the Fog

as Miss Harvey, Juror

1942

Tough as They Come

as Mrs. Clark

1942

Mug Town

as Mrs. Bell

1948

Old Los Angeles

as Señora Del Rey

1941

Bad Men of Missouri

as Mrs. Hathaway

1949

The Last Bandit

as Kate's Mother

1952

1941

They Died with Their Boots On

as Woman (uncredited)

1935

Honeymoon Limited

as Mrs. Van Twerp

1941

Remember the Day

as Mrs. Hill

1939

I Stole a Million

as Nurse (uncredited)

1942

Get Hep to Love

as Mrs. Brown

1937

1937

Idol of the Crowds

as Mrs. Dale

1940

If I Had My Way

as Mrs. Blair (uncredited)

1944

This Is the Life

as Mrs. Tiggett

1936

Love Letters of a Star

as Mrs. Blodgett

1944

Marriage Is a Private Affair

as Mrs. Courtland West

1947

Pursued

as Woman at the Wedding (uncredited)

1953

Meet Me at the Fair

as Mrs. Spooner

1954

Executive Suite

as Edith Alderson

1941

One Foot in Heaven

as Mrs. Jellison (uncredited)

1943

1949

The Doolins of Oklahoma

as Mrs. Burton (uncredited)

1945

Thrill of a Romance

as Ms. McKenzie (uncredited)

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