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.

Actor

1935

[ ] Honeymoon Limited (Mrs. Van Twerp)

1936

[ ] Three Godfathers (Mrs. McLane)
[ ] Down the Stretch (Aunt Julia)
[ ] Murder by an Aristocrat (Adela Thatcher)
[ ] The Big Noise (Mrs. Trent)
[ ] Two Against the World (Marion Sims)
[ ] Love Letters of a Star (Mrs. Blodgett)

1937

[ ] Artists & Models (Seamstress (uncredited))
[ ] The Man in the Barn (Farmer's Wife (uncredited))
[ ] Stolen Holiday (Wedding Guest (uncredited))
[ ] Mountain Justice (Mrs. Hughes)
[ ] The Adventurous Blonde (Helen Hammond (poses as "Aunt Jenny"))
[ ] White Bondage (Sarah Talcott)
[ ] The Bad Man of Brimstone (Mrs. Grant)
[ ] Idol of the Crowds (Mrs. Dale)

1938

[ ] Delinquent Parents (Mrs. Herbert Ellis)
[ ] Young Dr. Kildare (Boardinghouse Landlady (uncredited))
[ ] Gateway (Friend of Mrs. McNutt)

1939

[ ] Dark Victory (Martha)
[ ] Destry Rides Again (Sophie Claggett)
[ ] The Forgotten Woman (Mrs. Kimball)
[ ] Stop, Look and Love (Dressmaker)
[ ] Jesse James (Boy's Mother)
[ ] Wings of the Navy (Nurse)
[ ] Young Mr. Lincoln (Peach Pie Baker (uncredited))
[ ] A Child Is Born (Mr. Norton's Mother (uncredited))
[ ] They Shall Have Music (Willie's Mother (uncredited))
[ ] Invitation to Happiness (Eleanor's Nurse (uncredited))
[ ] First Love (Commencement Speaker)
[ ] The Cisco Kid and the Lady (Seamstress)
[ ] Parents on Trial (Mrs. Martin)
[ ] I Stole a Million (Nurse (uncredited))

1940

[ ] Remember the Night (Mrs. Emory)
[ ] The Ghost Breakers (Mother Zombie)
[ ] Little Old New York (Mrs. Brevoort)
[ ] Chad Hanna (Landlady)
[ ] Always a Bride (Lucy Bond)
[ ] Strike Up the Band (Mrs. May Holden)
[ ] It's a Date (Miss Holden)
[ ] Hired Wife (Miss Collins (uncredited))
[ ] Alias the Deacon (Elsie Clark)
[ ] Black Friday (Mrs. Margaret Kingsley)
[ ] Little Orvie (Mrs. Green)
[ ] All This, and Heaven Too (Nun (uncredited))
[ ] The House Across the Bay (Landlady)
[ ] Lady with Red Hair (Miss Humbert (uncredited))
[ ] Cinderella's Feller (Wicked Stepmother)
[ ] If I Had My Way (Mrs. Blair (uncredited))

1941

[ ] Dressed to Kill (Lynne Evans)
[ ] The Little Foxes (Mrs. Hewitt)
[ ] Appointment for Love (Nora)
[ ] Washington Melodrama (Mrs. Curzon)
[ ] The Nurse's Secret (Mary)
[ ] The Great Lie (Sadie)
[ ] Bad Men of Missouri (Mrs. Hathaway)
[ ] They Died with Their Boots On (Woman (uncredited))
[ ] Remember the Day (Mrs. Hill)
[ ] One Foot in Heaven (Mrs. Jellison (uncredited))

1942

[ ] Lady Gangster (Mrs. Stoner)
[ ] The Mummy's Tomb (Mrs. Ella Evans)
[ ] The Big Shot (Mrs. Booth)
[ ] Lucky Jordan (Clarence's Wife)
[ ] Take a Letter, Darling (Mrs. Dowling - Landlady (uncredited))
[ ] Tough as They Come (Mrs. Clark)
[ ] Mug Town (Mrs. Bell)
[ ] Get Hep to Love (Mrs. Brown)

1943

[ ] The Crime Doctor’s Strangest Case (Patricia Cornwall)
[ ] The Hard Way (Dress Saleswoman (Uncredited))
[ ] Shadow of a Doubt (Mrs. Phillips (uncredited))
[ ] Moonlight in Vermont (Aunt Bess)

1944

[ ] Phantom Lady (Dr. Helen Chase)
[ ] Song of the Open Road (Camp Matron (uncredited))
[ ] Together Again (Townswoman (uncredited))
[ ] Sing, Neighbor, Sing (Cornelia Blake)
[ ] Faces in the Fog (Miss Harvey, Juror)
[ ] This Is the Life (Mrs. Tiggett)
[ ] Marriage Is a Private Affair (Mrs. Courtland West)

1945

[ ] Bewitched (Martha--Governor's Wife)
[ ] The Scarlet Clue (Mrs. Marsh)
[ ] Three's a Crowd (Cary Whipple)
[ ] Why Girls Leave Home (Mrs. Leslie)
[ ] A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Miss Tilford (uncredited))
[ ] G.I. Honeymoon (Lavinia Thorndyke)
[ ] Captain Eddie (Flo Clark)
[ ] Thrill of a Romance (Ms. McKenzie (uncredited))

1946

[ ] Hot Cargo (Mrs. Chapman)
[ ] The Mysterious Mr. Valentine (Martha, the Housekeeper)
[ ] The Mysterious Mr. M (Cornelia Waldron)
[ ] Sister Kenny (Mrs. Johnson (uncredited))

1947

[ ] Monsieur Verdoux (Carlotta Couvais)
[ ] Captain from Castile (Doña Maria De Vargas (uncredited))
[ ] Secret Beyond the Door (Sarah (uncredited))
[ ] Pursued (Woman at the Wedding (uncredited))

1948

[ ] The Snake Pit (Miss Seiffert)
[ ] The Mating of Millie (Mrs. Thomas)
[ ] The Untamed Breed (Mrs. Jones)
[ ] Three Daring Daughters (Miss Drake (uncredited))
[ ] Summer Holiday (Miss Hawley)
[ ] An Act of Murder (Mrs. Russell)
[ ] Old Los Angeles (Señora Del Rey)

1949

[ ] Tension (Mrs. Andrews (uncredited))
[ ] The Last Bandit (Kate's Mother)
[ ] The Doolins of Oklahoma (Mrs. Burton (uncredited))

1950

[ ] Edge of Doom (Mrs. Dennis)
[ ] Harriet Craig (Mother of Harriet Craig (Uncredited))
[ ] Cheaper by the Dozen (Mrs. Benson (uncredited))
[ ] No Man of Her Own (Justice of the Peace's Wife (uncredited))

1951

[ ] Two of a Kind (Maida McIntyre)
[ ] Operation Pacific (Sister Anna)

1952

[ ] Woman of the North Country (Mrs. Dawson)

1953

[ ] The Bandits of Corsica (Maria)
[ ] Fair Wind to Java (Bintang)
[ ] Meet Me at the Fair (Mrs. Spooner)

1954

[ ] About Mrs. Leslie (Mrs. Poole)
[ ] Executive Suite (Edith Alderson)
[ ] Ma and Pa Kettle at Home (Martha Maddocks)

1955

[ 6/10 ] Rebel Without a Cause (Jim's Grandmother)