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