Cast
Virginia Brissac
Acting
Cast
Virginia Brissac
Known for
Acting
Born
1883-06-10
From
San Jose, California, USA
Died
1979-07-26
Also known as Virginia Alice Brisac
Biography
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.
★7.5
MOVIE1955
Rebel Without a Cause
as Jim's Grandmother
★6.4
MOVIE1950
Cheaper by the Dozen
as Mrs. Benson (uncredited)
★5.2
MOVIE1943
The Crime Doctor’s Strangest Case
as Patricia Cornwall
★7.7
MOVIE1947
Monsieur Verdoux
as Carlotta Couvais
★6.5
MOVIE1940
The Ghost Breakers
as Mother Zombie
★7.3
MOVIE1941
Remember the Day
as Mrs. Hill
★7.1
MOVIE1948
The Snake Pit
as Miss Seiffert (uncredited)
★6.7
MOVIE1941
They Died with Their Boots On
as Woman (uncredited)
★7.5
MOVIE1943
Shadow of a Doubt
as Mrs. Phillips (uncredited)
★5.4
MOVIE1940
Always a Bride
as Lucy Bond
★6.4
MOVIE1947
Secret Beyond the Door
as Sarah (uncredited)
★7.5
MOVIE1941
The Little Foxes
as Mrs. Hewitt
★6.1
MOVIE1951
Operation Pacific
as Sister Anna
★6.9
MOVIE1939
Dark Victory
as Martha
★8.0
MOVIE1944
Song of the Open Road
as Camp Matron (uncredited)
★6.5
MOVIE1947
Pursued
as Woman at the Wedding (uncredited)
★7.1
MOVIE1954
Executive Suite
as Edith Alderson
★7.2
MOVIE1939
Young Mr. Lincoln
as Peach Pie Baker (uncredited)
★6.5
MOVIE1939
Jesse James
as Boy's Mother
★7.2
MOVIE1940
All This, and Heaven Too
as Nun (uncredited)
★7.2
MOVIE1947
Captain from Castile
as Doña Maria De Vargas (uncredited)
★6.9
MOVIE1946
Sister Kenny
as Mrs. Johnson (uncredited)
★5.8
MOVIE1941
Appointment for Love
as Nora
★6.3
MOVIE1941
Dressed to Kill
as Lynne Evans
★8.0
MOVIE1945
Three's a Crowd
as Cary Whipple
★7.0
MOVIE1939
The Forgotten Woman
as Mrs. Kimball
★7.2
MOVIE1939
Destry Rides Again
as Sophie Claggett
★7.0
MOVIE1944
Phantom Lady
as Dr. Helen Chase
★6.0
MOVIE1948
Old Los Angeles
as Señora Del Rey
★7.0
MOVIE1939
Invitation to Happiness
as Eleanor's Nurse (uncredited)
★6.8
MOVIE1951
Two of a Kind
as Maida McIntyre
★7.3
MOVIE1940
Remember the Night
as Mrs. Emory
★5.5
MOVIE1942
The Mummy's Tomb
as Mrs. Ella Evans
★6.0
MOVIE1940
Black Friday
as Mrs. Margaret Kingsley
★7.5
MOVIE1945
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
as Miss Tilford (uncredited)
★6.4
MOVIE1953
The Bandits of Corsica
as Maria
★6.2
MOVIE1939
Wings of the Navy
as Nurse
★6.1
MOVIE1942
The Big Shot
as Mrs. Booth
★7.0
MOVIE1941
The Great Lie
as Sadie
★6.9
MOVIE1950
No Man of Her Own
as Justice of the Peace's Wife (uncredited)
★5.9
MOVIE1948
Three Daring Daughters
as Miss Drake (uncredited)
★6.6
MOVIE1945
Thrill of a Romance
as Ms. McKenzie (uncredited)
★6.2
MOVIE1936
Two Against the World
as Marion Sims
★7.4
MOVIE1954
About Mrs. Leslie
as Mrs. Poole
★6.9
MOVIE1940
Lady with Red Hair
as Miss Humbert (uncredited)
★6.9
MOVIE1948
The Mating of Millie
as Mrs. Thomas
★6.8
MOVIE1940
Hired Wife
as Miss Collins (uncredited)
★6.1
MOVIE1950
Edge of Doom
as Mrs. Dennis
★5.6
MOVIE1953
Fair Wind to Java
as Bintang
★6.6
MOVIE1940
Strike Up the Band
as Mrs. May Holden
★6.2
MOVIE1954
Phantom of the Rue Morgue
as Well-Dressed Woman in Coach (uncredited)
★6.5
MOVIE1954
Ma and Pa Kettle at Home
as Martha Maddocks
★5.3
MOVIE1940
Little Old New York
as Mrs. Brevoort
★6.3
MOVIE1937
Artists & Models
as Seamstress (uncredited)
★6.8
MOVIE1949
The Doolins of Oklahoma
as Mrs. Burton (uncredited)
★6.5
MOVIE1939
They Shall Have Music
as Willie's Mother (uncredited)
★6.9
MOVIE1948
An Act of Murder
as Mrs. Russell
★5.2
MOVIE1948
Summer Holiday
as Miss Hawley
★7.5
MOVIE1950
Harriet Craig
as Mother of Harriet Craig (Uncredited)
★6.3
MOVIE1937
Mountain Justice
as Mrs. Hughes
★6.4
MOVIE1944
Marriage Is a Private Affair
as Mrs. Courtland West
★7.0
MOVIE1940
Cinderella's Feller
as Wicked Stepmother
★6.9
MOVIE1941
One Foot in Heaven
as Mrs. Jellison (uncredited)
★5.7
MOVIE1942
Lady Gangster
as Mrs. Stoner
★5.4
MOVIE1945
Bewitched
as Martha--Governor's Wife
★6.6
MOVIE1942
Take a Letter, Darling
as Mrs. Dowling - Landlady (uncredited)
★6.4
MOVIE1940
It's a Date
as Miss Holden
★7.3
MOVIE1940
Chad Hanna
as Landlady
★6.4
MOVIE1943
The Hard Way
as Dress Saleswoman (Uncredited)
★7.6
MOVIE1939
First Love
as Commencement Speaker
★8.0
MOVIE1939
I Stole a Million
as Nurse (uncredited)
★8.0
MOVIE1940
Alias the Deacon
as Elsie Clark
★7.0
MOVIE1942
Get Hep to Love
as Mrs. Brown
★6.2
MOVIE1941
Bad Men of Missouri
as Mrs. Hathaway
★6.0
MOVIE1936
Down the Stretch
as Aunt Julia
★5.7
MOVIE1945
Why Girls Leave Home
as Mrs. Leslie
★7.0
MOVIE1940
If I Had My Way
as Mrs. Blair (uncredited)
★5.5
MOVIE1944
Together Again
as Townswoman (uncredited)
★6.8
MOVIE1949
Tension
as Mrs. Andrews (uncredited)
★6.0
MOVIE1944
This Is the Life
as Mrs. Tiggett
★6.9
MOVIE1936
Three Godfathers
as Mrs. McLane
★5.2
MOVIE1946
The Mysterious Mr. M
as Cornelia Waldron
★5.1
MOVIE1937
Idol of the Crowds
as Mrs. Dale
★7.2
MOVIE1945
Captain Eddie
as Flo Clark
★5.4
MOVIE1939
The Cisco Kid and the Lady
as Seamstress
★5.3
MOVIE1937
The Adventurous Blonde
as Helen Hammond (poses as "Aunt Jenny")
★7.4
MOVIE1938
Gateway
as Friend of Mrs. McNutt
★7.1
MOVIE1939
A Child is Born
as Mr. Norton's Mother (uncredited)
★6.7
MOVIE1938
Young Dr. Kildare
as Boardinghouse Landlady (uncredited)
★6.0
MOVIE1941
Washington Melodrama
as Mrs. Curzon
★7.0
MOVIE1949
The Last Bandit
as Kate's Mother
★7.4
MOVIE1942
Lucky Jordan
as Clarence's Wife
★9.0
MOVIE1942
Tough as They Come
as Mrs. Clark
★5.0
MOVIE1952
Woman of the North Country
as Mrs. Dawson
★6.7
MOVIE1937
The Bad Man of Brimstone
as Mrs. Grant
★4.4
MOVIE1946
The Mysterious Mr. Valentine
as Martha, the Housekeeper
★8.5
MOVIE1940
Little Orvie
as Mrs. Green
★8.5
MOVIE1942
Mug Town
as Mrs. Bell
★6.0
MOVIE1945
The Scarlet Clue
as Mrs. Marsh
★4.3
MOVIE1944
Faces in the Fog
as Miss Harvey, Juror
★6.4
MOVIE1937
Stolen Holiday
as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
★8.5
MOVIE1953
Meet Me at the Fair
as Mrs. Spooner
★5.0
MOVIE1936
Murder by an Aristocrat
as Adela Thatcher
★6.5
MOVIE1948
The Untamed Breed
as Mrs. Jones
★6.5
MOVIE1943
Moonlight in Vermont
as Aunt Bess
★5.6
MOVIE1941
The Nurse's Secret
as Mary
★8.0
MOVIE1945
G.I. Honeymoon
as Lavinia Thorndyke
★5.8
MOVIE1935
Honeymoon Limited
as Mrs. Van Twerp
★7.5
MOVIE1936
The Big Noise
as Mrs. Trent
★6.5
MOVIE1939
Stop, Look and Love
as Dressmaker
★5.6
MOVIE1940
The House Across the Bay
as Landlady
★9.0
MOVIE1936
Love Letters of a Star
as Mrs. Blodgett
★5.9
MOVIE1937
The Man in the Barn
as Farmer's Wife (uncredited)
★6.8
MOVIE1937
White Bondage
as Sarah Talcott
★8.0
MOVIE1939
Parents on Trial
as Mrs. Martin
★7.3
MOVIE1938
Delinquent Parents
as Mrs. Herbert Ellis
★8.0
MOVIE1944
Sing, Neighbor, Sing
as Cornelia Blake
★8.0
MOVIE1946
Hot Cargo
as Mrs. Chapman