Virginia Brissac
ActingVirginia 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.
Known For
Rebel Without a Cause
Jim's Grandmother
Gateway
Friend of Mrs. McNutt
Shadow of a Doubt
Mrs. Phillips (uncredited)
Cheaper by the Dozen
Mrs. Benson (uncredited)
Monsieur Verdoux
Carlotta Couvais
Jesse James
Boy's Mother
Pursued
Woman at the Wedding (uncredited)
The Hard Way
Dress Saleswoman (Uncredited)
The Little Foxes
Mrs. Hewitt
Secret Beyond the Door
Sarah (uncredited)
Filmography — Acting
Rebel Without a Cause
Jim's Grandmother
Gateway
Friend of Mrs. McNutt
Shadow of a Doubt
Mrs. Phillips (uncredited)
Cheaper by the Dozen
Mrs. Benson (uncredited)
Monsieur Verdoux
Carlotta Couvais
Jesse James
Boy's Mother
Pursued
Woman at the Wedding (uncredited)
The Hard Way
Dress Saleswoman (Uncredited)
The Little Foxes
Mrs. Hewitt
Secret Beyond the Door
Sarah (uncredited)
Operation Pacific
Sister Anna
Young Mr. Lincoln
Peach Pie Baker (uncredited)
Tension
Mrs. Andrews (uncredited)
Phantom Lady
Dr. Helen Chase
Remember the Night
Mrs. Emory
Black Friday
Mrs. Margaret Kingsley
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Miss Tilford (uncredited)
All This, and Heaven Too
Nun (uncredited)
They Died with Their Boots On
Woman (uncredited)
Dark Victory
Martha
The Ghost Breakers
Mother Zombie
They Shall Have Music
Willie's Mother (uncredited)
No Man of Her Own
Justice of the Peace's Wife (uncredited)
The Snake Pit
Miss Seiffert (uncredited)
Edge of Doom
Mrs. Dennis
The Mummy's Tomb
Mrs. Ella Evans
Executive Suite
Edith Alderson
Captain from Castile
Doña Maria De Vargas (uncredited)
Remember the Day
Mrs. Hill
Destry Rides Again
Sophie Claggett
Idol of the Crowds
Mrs. Dale
Sister Kenny
Mrs. Johnson (uncredited)
Phantom of the Rue Morgue
Well-Dressed Woman in Coach (uncredited)
Bad Men of Missouri
Mrs. Hathaway
Lucky Jordan
Clarence's Wife
The House Across the Bay
Landlady
Chad Hanna
Landlady
The Great Lie
Sadie
Thrill of a Romance
Ms. McKenzie (uncredited)
Summer Holiday
Miss Hawley
First Love
Commencement Speaker
Ma and Pa Kettle at Home
Martha Maddocks
Appointment for Love
Nora
Captain Eddie
Flo Clark
Bewitched
Martha--Governor's Wife
The Mating of Millie
Mrs. Thomas
Strike Up the Band
Mrs. May Holden
One Foot in Heaven
Mrs. Jellison (uncredited)
Take a Letter, Darling
Mrs. Dowling - Landlady (uncredited)
Artists & Models
Seamstress (uncredited)
Washington Melodrama
Mrs. Curzon
Three Godfathers
Mrs. McLane
Three Daring Daughters
Miss Drake (uncredited)
I Stole a Million
Nurse (uncredited)
The Big Shot
Mrs. Booth
Harriet Craig
Mother of Harriet Craig (Uncredited)
Stolen Holiday
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
The Scarlet Clue
Mrs. Marsh
Marriage Is a Private Affair
Mrs. Courtland West
Song of the Open Road
Camp Matron (uncredited)
The Mysterious Mr. Valentine
Martha, the Housekeeper
Meet Me at the Fair
Mrs. Spooner
The Untamed Breed
Mrs. Jones
The Big Noise
Mrs. Trent
An Act of Murder
Mrs. Russell
Little Old New York
Mrs. Brevoort
About Mrs. Leslie
Mrs. Poole
Woman of the North Country
Mrs. Dawson
Wings of the Navy
Nurse
Dressed to Kill
Lynne Evans
The Doolins of Oklahoma
Mrs. Burton (uncredited)
The Cisco Kid and the Lady
Seamstress
Faces in the Fog
Miss Harvey, Juror
Hired Wife
Miss Collins (uncredited)
Murder by an Aristocrat
Adela Thatcher
Fair Wind to Java
Bintang
The Mysterious Mr. M
Cornelia Waldron
A Child is Born
Mr. Norton's Mother (uncredited)
Together Again
Townswoman (uncredited)
It's a Date
Miss Holden
This Is the Life
Mrs. Tiggett
Mug Town
Mrs. Bell
Why Girls Leave Home
Mrs. Leslie
If I Had My Way
Mrs. Blair (uncredited)
Mountain Justice
Mrs. Hughes
Lady Gangster
Mrs. Stoner
Lady with Red Hair
Miss Humbert (uncredited)
The Bandits of Corsica
Maria
The Bad Man of Brimstone
Mrs. Grant
Always a Bride
Lucy Bond
Tough as They Come
Mrs. Clark
The Crime Doctor’s Strangest Case
Patricia Cornwall
Old Los Angeles
Señora Del Rey
The Last Bandit
Kate's Mother
Two of a Kind
Maida McIntyre
Down the Stretch
Aunt Julia
Young Dr. Kildare
Boardinghouse Landlady (uncredited)
The Nurse's Secret
Mary
Alias the Deacon
Elsie Clark
The Man in the Barn
Farmer's Wife (uncredited)
The Adventurous Blonde
Helen Hammond (poses as "Aunt Jenny")
Two Against the World
Marion Sims
Get Hep to Love
Mrs. Brown
Parents on Trial
Mrs. Martin
White Bondage
Sarah Talcott
Delinquent Parents
Mrs. Herbert Ellis
Love Letters of a Star
Mrs. Blodgett
Honeymoon Limited
Mrs. Van Twerp
Stop, Look and Love
Dressmaker
Hot Cargo
Mrs. Chapman
Sing, Neighbor, Sing
Cornelia Blake
Invitation to Happiness
Eleanor's Nurse (uncredited)
Moonlight in Vermont
Aunt Bess
The Forgotten Woman
Mrs. Kimball
G.I. Honeymoon
Lavinia Thorndyke
Little Orvie
Mrs. Green
Cinderella's Feller
Wicked Stepmother
Three's a Crowd
Cary Whipple