Known For
Acting
Born
Jun 10, 1883
Died
Jul 26, 1979
Place of Birth
San Jose, California, USA
Credits
124 titles
Virginia Brissac
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.
Known For
Filmography
Rebel Without a Cause
Jim's Grandmother
Studio 57
About Mrs. Leslie
Mrs. Poole
Executive Suite
Edith Alderson
The Lone Wolf
Mrs. Kimbo
Phantom of the Rue Morgue
Well-Dressed Woman in Coach (uncredited)
Ma and Pa Kettle at Home
Martha Maddocks
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
The Bandits of Corsica
Maria
Fair Wind to Java
Bintang
Meet Me at the Fair
Mrs. Spooner
Woman of the North Country
Mrs. Dawson
Chevron Theatre
Dragnet
I Love Lucy
Mrs. Hammond
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 (uncredited)
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
Thrill of a Romance
Ms. McKenzie (uncredited)
Three's a Crowd
Cary Whipple
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