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.
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
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