Virginia Brissac

Known For: Acting
Born: June 10, 1883
Place of Birth: San Jose, California, USA
Died: July 26, 1979

Virginia Brissac

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.

Filmography

Rebel Without a Cause

1955 · Jim's Grandmother

Studio 57

1954

About Mrs. Leslie

1954 · Mrs. Poole

Executive Suite

1954 · Edith Alderson

The Lone Wolf

1954 · Mrs. Kimbo, Mrs. Bell

Phantom of the Rue Morgue

1954 · Well-Dressed Woman in Coach (uncredited)

Ma and Pa Kettle at Home

1954 · Martha Maddocks

The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse

The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse

1953 · , Mrs. Adams

The Bandits of Corsica

1953 · Maria

Fair Wind to Java

1953 · Bintang

Meet Me at the Fair

1953 · Mrs. Spooner

Woman of the North Country

1952 · Mrs. Dawson

Chevron Theatre

Chevron Theatre

1952

Dragnet

1951

I Love Lucy

1951 · Mrs. Hammond

Two of a Kind

1951 · Maida McIntyre

Operation Pacific

1951 · Sister Anna

Harriet Craig

1950 · Mother of Harriet Craig (Uncredited)

Edge of Doom

1950 · Mrs. Dennis

Cheaper by the Dozen

1950 · Mrs. Benson (uncredited)

No Man of Her Own

1950 · Justice of the Peace's Wife (uncredited)

Tension

1949 · Mrs. Andrews (uncredited)

The Doolins of Oklahoma

1949 · Mrs. Burton (uncredited)

The Last Bandit

1949 · Kate's Mother

An Act of Murder

1948 · Mrs. Russell

The Snake Pit

1948 · Miss Seiffert (uncredited)

The Untamed Breed

1948 · Mrs. Jones

Old Los Angeles

1948 · Señora Del Rey

Summer Holiday

1948 · Miss Hawley

The Mating of Millie

1948 · Mrs. Thomas

Three Daring Daughters

1948 · Miss Drake (uncredited)

Captain from Castile

1947 · Doña Maria De Vargas (uncredited)

Secret Beyond the Door

1947 · Sarah (uncredited)

Monsieur Verdoux

1947 · Carlotta Couvais

Pursued

1947 · Woman at the Wedding (uncredited)

Sister Kenny

1946 · Mrs. Johnson (uncredited)

The Mysterious Mr. Valentine

1946 · Martha, the Housekeeper

The Mysterious Mr. M

1946 · Cornelia Waldron

Hot Cargo

1946 · Mrs. Chapman

Why Girls Leave Home

1945 · Mrs. Leslie

Bewitched

1945 · Martha--Governor's Wife

Captain Eddie

1945 · Flo Clark

Three's a Crowd

Three's a Crowd

1945 · Cary Whipple

Thrill of a Romance

1945 · Ms. McKenzie (uncredited)

The Scarlet Clue

1945 · Mrs. Marsh

G.I. Honeymoon

1945 · Lavinia Thorndyke

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

1945 · Miss Tilford (uncredited)

Together Again

1944 · Townswoman (uncredited)

Faces in the Fog

1944 · Miss Harvey, Juror

Marriage Is a Private Affair

1944 · Mrs. Courtland West

Sing, Neighbor, Sing

1944 · Cornelia Blake

Song of the Open Road

1944 · Camp Matron (uncredited)

This Is the Life

1944 · Mrs. Tiggett

Phantom Lady

1944 · Dr. Helen Chase

Moonlight in Vermont

1943 · Aunt Bess

The Crime Doctor’s Strangest Case

1943 · Patricia Cornwall

The Hard Way

1943 · Dress Saleswoman (Uncredited)

Shadow of a Doubt

1943 · Mrs. Phillips (uncredited)

Mug Town

1942 · Mrs. Bell

Lucky Jordan

1942 · Clarence's Wife

The Mummy's Tomb

1942 · Mrs. Ella Evans

Get Hep to Love

1942 · Mrs. Brown

The Big Shot

1942 · Mrs. Booth

Tough as They Come

1942 · Mrs. Clark

Take a Letter, Darling

1942 · Mrs. Dowling - Landlady (uncredited)

Lady Gangster

1942 · Mrs. Stoner

Remember the Day

1941 · Mrs. Hill

They Died with Their Boots On

1941 · Woman (uncredited)

One Foot in Heaven

1941 · Mrs. Jellison (uncredited)

Appointment for Love

1941 · Nora

The Little Foxes

1941 · Mrs. Hewitt

Dressed to Kill

1941 · Lynne Evans

Bad Men of Missouri

1941 · Mrs. Hathaway

The Nurse's Secret

1941 · Mary

Washington Melodrama

1941 · Mrs. Curzon

The Great Lie

1941 · Sadie

Chad Hanna

1940 · Landlady

Lady with Red Hair

1940 · Miss Humbert (uncredited)

Always a Bride

1940 · Lucy Bond

Strike Up the Band

1940 · Mrs. May Holden

Hired Wife

1940 · Miss Collins (uncredited)

All This, and Heaven Too

1940 · Nun (uncredited)

The Ghost Breakers

1940 · Mother Zombie

Cinderella's Feller

1940 · Wicked Stepmother

Alias the Deacon

1940 · Elsie Clark

If I Had My Way

1940 · Mrs. Blair (uncredited)

It's a Date

1940 · Miss Holden

Little Orvie

1940 · Mrs. Green

The House Across the Bay

1940 · Landlady

Black Friday

1940 · Mrs. Margaret Kingsley

Little Old New York

1940 · Mrs. Brevoort

Remember the Night

1940 · Mrs. Emory

The Cisco Kid and the Lady

1939 · Seamstress

A Child is Born

1939 · Mr. Norton's Mother (uncredited)

Destry Rides Again

1939 · Sophie Claggett

First Love

1939 · Commencement Speaker

Stop, Look and Love

1939 · Dressmaker

Parents on Trial

1939 · Mrs. Martin

They Shall Have Music

1939 · Willie's Mother (uncredited)

I Stole a Million

1939 · Nurse (uncredited)

The Forgotten Woman

1939 · Mrs. Kimball

Young Mr. Lincoln

1939 · Peach Pie Baker (uncredited)

Invitation to Happiness

1939 · Eleanor's Nurse (uncredited)

Dark Victory

1939 · Martha

Wings of the Navy

1939 · Nurse

Jesse James

1939 · Boy's Mother

Young Dr. Kildare

1938 · Boardinghouse Landlady (uncredited)

Gateway

1938 · Friend of Mrs. McNutt

Delinquent Parents

1938 · Mrs. Herbert Ellis

The Bad Man of Brimstone

1937 · Mrs. Grant

The Man in the Barn

1937 · Farmer's Wife (uncredited)

The Adventurous Blonde

1937 · Helen Hammond (poses as "Aunt Jenny")

Idol of the Crowds

1937 · Mrs. Dale

White Bondage

1937 · Sarah Talcott

Artists & Models

1937 · Seamstress (uncredited)

Mountain Justice

1937 · Mrs. Hughes

Stolen Holiday

1937 · Wedding Guest (uncredited)

Love Letters of a Star

1936 · Mrs. Blodgett

Down the Stretch

1936 · Aunt Julia

Two Against the World

1936 · Marion Sims

The Big Noise

1936 · Mrs. Trent

Murder by an Aristocrat

1936 · Adela Thatcher

Three Godfathers

1936 · Mrs. McLane

Honeymoon Limited

1935 · Mrs. Van Twerp

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