Virginia Brissac
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 10, 1883, San Jose, California, USA
- Died
- July 26, 1979
- Movies
- 118
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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 1955 | Rebel Without a Cause | Jim's Grandmother |
| 1954 | About Mrs. Leslie | Mrs. Poole |
| 1954 | Executive Suite | Edith Alderson |
| 1954 | Phantom of the Rue Morgue | Well-Dressed Woman in Coach (uncredited) |
| 1954 | Ma and Pa Kettle at Home | Martha Maddocks |
| 1953 | The Bandits of Corsica | Maria |
| 1953 | Fair Wind to Java | Bintang |
| 1953 | Meet Me at the Fair | Mrs. Spooner |
| 1952 | Woman of the North Country | Mrs. Dawson |
| 1951 | Two of a Kind | Maida McIntyre |
| 1951 | Operation Pacific | Sister Anna |
| 1950 | Harriet Craig | Mother of Harriet Craig (Uncredited) |
| 1950 | Edge of Doom | Mrs. Dennis |
| 1950 | Cheaper by the Dozen | Mrs. Benson (uncredited) |
| 1950 | No Man of Her Own | Justice of the Peace's Wife (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Tension | Mrs. Andrews (uncredited) |
| 1949 | The Doolins of Oklahoma | Mrs. Burton (uncredited) |
| 1949 | The Last Bandit | Kate's Mother |
| 1948 | An Act of Murder | Mrs. Russell |
| 1948 | The Snake Pit | Miss Seiffert (uncredited) |
| 1948 | The Untamed Breed | Mrs. Jones |
| 1948 | Old Los Angeles | Señora Del Rey |
| 1948 | Summer Holiday | Miss Hawley |
| 1948 | The Mating of Millie | Mrs. Thomas |
| 1948 | Three Daring Daughters | Miss Drake (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Captain from Castile | Doña Maria De Vargas (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Secret Beyond the Door | Sarah (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Monsieur Verdoux | Carlotta Couvais |
| 1947 | Pursued | Woman at the Wedding (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Sister Kenny | Mrs. Johnson (uncredited) |
| 1946 | The Mysterious Mr. Valentine | Martha, the Housekeeper |
| 1946 | The Mysterious Mr. M | Cornelia Waldron |
| 1946 | Hot Cargo | Mrs. Chapman |
| 1945 | Why Girls Leave Home | Mrs. Leslie |
| 1945 | Bewitched | Martha--Governor's Wife |
| 1945 | Captain Eddie | Flo Clark |
| 1945 | Three's a Crowd | Cary Whipple |
| 1945 | Thrill of a Romance | Ms. McKenzie (uncredited) |
| 1945 | The Scarlet Clue | Mrs. Marsh |
| 1945 | G.I. Honeymoon | Lavinia Thorndyke |
| 1945 | A Tree Grows in Brooklyn | Miss Tilford (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Together Again | Townswoman (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Faces in the Fog | Miss Harvey, Juror |
| 1944 | Marriage Is a Private Affair | Mrs. Courtland West |
| 1944 | Sing, Neighbor, Sing | Cornelia Blake |
| 1944 | Song of the Open Road | Camp Matron (uncredited) |
| 1944 | This Is the Life | Mrs. Tiggett |
| 1944 | Phantom Lady | Dr. Helen Chase |
| 1943 | Moonlight in Vermont | Aunt Bess |
| 1943 | The Crime Doctor’s Strangest Case | Patricia Cornwall |
| 1943 | Shadow of a Doubt | Mrs. Phillips (uncredited) |
| 1943 | The Hard Way | Dress Saleswoman (Uncredited) |
| 1942 | Mug Town | Mrs. Bell |
| 1942 | Lucky Jordan | Clarence's Wife |
| 1942 | The Mummy's Tomb | Mrs. Ella Evans |
| 1942 | Get Hep to Love | Mrs. Brown |
| 1942 | The Big Shot | Mrs. Booth |
| 1942 | Tough as They Come | Mrs. Clark |
| 1942 | Take a Letter, Darling | Mrs. Dowling - Landlady (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Lady Gangster | Mrs. Stoner |
| 1941 | Remember the Day | Mrs. Hill |
| 1941 | They Died with Their Boots On | Woman (uncredited) |
| 1941 | One Foot in Heaven | Mrs. Jellison (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Appointment for Love | Nora |
| 1941 | The Little Foxes | Mrs. Hewitt |
| 1941 | Dressed to Kill | Lynne Evans |
| 1941 | Bad Men of Missouri | Mrs. Hathaway |
| 1941 | The Nurse's Secret | Mary |
| 1941 | Washington Melodrama | Mrs. Curzon |
| 1941 | The Great Lie | Sadie |
| 1940 | Chad Hanna | Landlady |
| 1940 | Lady with Red Hair | Miss Humbert (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Always a Bride | Lucy Bond |
| 1940 | Strike Up the Band | Mrs. May Holden |
| 1940 | Hired Wife | Miss Collins (uncredited) |
| 1940 | All This, and Heaven Too | Nun (uncredited) |
| 1940 | The Ghost Breakers | Mother Zombie |
| 1940 | Cinderella's Feller | Wicked Stepmother |
| 1940 | Alias the Deacon | Elsie Clark |
| 1940 | If I Had My Way | Mrs. Blair (uncredited) |
| 1940 | It's a Date | Miss Holden |
| 1940 | Little Orvie | Mrs. Green |
| 1940 | The House Across the Bay | Landlady |
| 1940 | Black Friday | Mrs. Margaret Kingsley |
| 1940 | Little Old New York | Mrs. Brevoort |
| 1940 | Remember the Night | Mrs. Emory |
| 1939 | The Cisco Kid and the Lady | Seamstress |
| 1939 | A Child is Born | Mr. Norton's Mother (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Destry Rides Again | Sophie Claggett |
| 1939 | First Love | Commencement Speaker |
| 1939 | Stop, Look and Love | Dressmaker |
| 1939 | Parents on Trial | Mrs. Martin |
| 1939 | They Shall Have Music | Willie's Mother (uncredited) |
| 1939 | I Stole a Million | Nurse (uncredited) |
| 1939 | The Forgotten Woman | Mrs. Kimball |
| 1939 | Young Mr. Lincoln | Peach Pie Baker (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Invitation to Happiness | Eleanor's Nurse (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Dark Victory | Martha |
| 1939 | Wings of the Navy | Nurse |
| 1939 | Jesse James | Boy's Mother |
| 1938 | Young Dr. Kildare | Boardinghouse Landlady (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Gateway | Friend of Mrs. McNutt |
| 1938 | Delinquent Parents | Mrs. Herbert Ellis |
| 1937 | The Bad Man of Brimstone | Mrs. Grant |
| 1937 | The Man in the Barn | Farmer's Wife (uncredited) |
| 1937 | The Adventurous Blonde | Helen Hammond (poses as "Aunt Jenny") |
| 1937 | Idol of the Crowds | Mrs. Dale |
| 1937 | White Bondage | Sarah Talcott |
| 1937 | Artists & Models | Seamstress (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Mountain Justice | Mrs. Hughes |
| 1937 | Stolen Holiday | Wedding Guest (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Love Letters of a Star | Mrs. Blodgett |
| 1936 | Down the Stretch | Aunt Julia |
| 1936 | Two Against the World | Marion Sims |
| 1936 | The Big Noise | Mrs. Trent |
| 1936 | Murder by an Aristocrat | Adela Thatcher |
| 1936 | Three Godfathers | Mrs. McLane |
| 1935 | Honeymoon Limited | Mrs. Van Twerp |
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