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.

Known For

Jim's Grandmother

Rebel Without a Cause

Seamstress (uncredited)

Artists & Models

Mrs. Chapman

Hot Cargo

Mrs. Stoner

Lady Gangster

Carlotta Couvais

Monsieur Verdoux

Martha

Dark Victory

Maida McIntyre

Two of a Kind

Mrs. Emory

Remember the Night

Mrs. Ella Evans

The Mummy's Tomb

Lynne Evans

Dressed to Kill

Martha--Governor's Wife

Bewitched

Mrs. Dennis

Edge of Doom

Mother Zombie

The Ghost Breakers

Mrs. Hewitt

The Little Foxes

Dr. Helen Chase

Phantom Lady

Sophie Claggett

Destry Rides Again

Miss Seiffert

The Snake Pit

Martha, the Housekeeper

The Mysterious Mr. Valentine

Mrs. Marsh

The Scarlet Clue

Mrs. Booth

The Big Shot

Patricia Cornwall

The Crime Doctor’s Strangest Case

Mother of Harriet Craig (Uncredited)

Harriet Craig

Doña Maria De Vargas (uncredited)

Captain from Castile

Mrs. Poole

About Mrs. Leslie

Maria

The Bandits of Corsica

Cornelia Waldron

The Mysterious Mr. M

Cary Whipple

Three's a Crowd

Sarah (uncredited)

Secret Beyond the Door

Clarence's Wife

Lucky Jordan

Mrs. McLane

Three Godfathers

Aunt Julia

Down the Stretch

Camp Matron (uncredited)

Song of the Open Road

Mrs. Leslie

Why Girls Leave Home

Farmer's Wife (uncredited)

The Man in the Barn

Mrs. Brevoort

Little Old New York

Nora

Appointment for Love

Mrs. Herbert Ellis

Delinquent Parents

Landlady

Chad Hanna

Sister Anna

Operation Pacific

Adela Thatcher

Murder by an Aristocrat

Mrs. Curzon

Washington Melodrama

Mrs. Kimball

The Forgotten Woman

Townswoman (uncredited)

Together Again

Wedding Guest (uncredited)

Stolen Holiday

Lucy Bond

Always a Bride

Mrs. May Holden

Strike Up the Band

Bintang

Fair Wind to Java

Dressmaker

Stop, Look and Love

Mrs. Benson (uncredited)

Cheaper by the Dozen

Miss Holden

It's a Date

Boardinghouse Landlady (uncredited)

Young Dr. Kildare

Mrs. Trent

The Big Noise

Mrs. Andrews (uncredited)

Tension

Miss Collins (uncredited)

Hired Wife

Elsie Clark

Alias the Deacon

Mrs. Hughes

Mountain Justice

Mary

The Nurse's Secret

Boy's Mother

Jesse James

Nurse

Wings of the Navy

Peach Pie Baker (uncredited)

Young Mr. Lincoln

Mr. Norton's Mother (uncredited)

A Child Is Born

Willie's Mother (uncredited)

They Shall Have Music

Eleanor's Nurse (uncredited)

Invitation to Happiness

Commencement Speaker

First Love

Seamstress

The Cisco Kid and the Lady

Mrs. Thomas

The Mating of Millie

Dress Saleswoman (Uncredited)

The Hard Way

Miss Tilford (uncredited)

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Mrs. Margaret Kingsley

Black Friday

Cornelia Blake

Sing, Neighbor, Sing

Mrs. Johnson (uncredited)

Sister Kenny

Mrs. Phillips (uncredited)

Shadow of a Doubt

Helen Hammond (poses as "Aunt Jenny")

The Adventurous Blonde

Sadie

The Great Lie

Mrs. Jones

The Untamed Breed

Sarah Talcott

White Bondage

Mrs. Green

Little Orvie

Mrs. Martin

Parents on Trial

Lavinia Thorndyke

G.I. Honeymoon

Marion Sims

Two Against the World

Flo Clark

Captain Eddie

Miss Drake (uncredited)

Three Daring Daughters

Miss Hawley

Summer Holiday

Justice of the Peace's Wife (uncredited)

No Man of Her Own

Nun (uncredited)

All This, and Heaven Too

Friend of Mrs. McNutt

Gateway

Landlady

The House Across the Bay

Miss Humbert (uncredited)

Lady with Red Hair

Wicked Stepmother

Cinderella's Feller

Mrs. Russell

An Act of Murder

Mrs. Dowling - Landlady (uncredited)

Take a Letter, Darling

Miss Harvey, Juror

Faces in the Fog

Mrs. Clark

Tough as They Come

Mrs. Bell

Mug Town

Señora Del Rey

Old Los Angeles

Mrs. Hathaway

Bad Men of Missouri

Kate's Mother

The Last Bandit

Mrs. Dawson

Woman of the North Country

Woman (uncredited)

They Died with Their Boots On

Mrs. Van Twerp

Honeymoon Limited

Mrs. Hill

Remember the Day

Nurse (uncredited)

I Stole a Million

Mrs. Brown

Get Hep to Love

Mrs. Grant

The Bad Man of Brimstone

Mrs. Dale

Idol of the Crowds

Mrs. Blair (uncredited)

If I Had My Way

Mrs. Tiggett

This Is the Life

Mrs. Blodgett

Love Letters of a Star

Mrs. Courtland West

Marriage Is a Private Affair

Woman at the Wedding (uncredited)

Pursued

Mrs. Spooner

Meet Me at the Fair

Edith Alderson

Executive Suite

Mrs. Jellison (uncredited)

One Foot in Heaven

Aunt Bess

Moonlight in Vermont

Mrs. Burton (uncredited)

The Doolins of Oklahoma

Ms. McKenzie (uncredited)

Thrill of a Romance

Martha Maddocks

Ma and Pa Kettle at Home

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

117

Gender

Female

Birthday

1883-06-10

Place of Birth

San Jose, California, USA

Also Known As

Virginia Alice Brisac