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Known For
Acting
Birthday
June 10, 1883
Died
July 26, 1979
Place of Birth
San Jose, California, USA
Also Known As
- Virginia Alice Brisac
Virginia Brissac
0.3 Popularity
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
7.5
Jim's Grandmother
Rebel Without a Cause
1955
0.0
Studio 57
1954
7.0
Mrs. Poole
About Mrs. Leslie
1954
7.0
Edith Alderson
Executive Suite
1954
7.0
Mrs. Kimbo
The Lone Wolf
1954
7.0
Mrs. Bell
The Lone Wolf
1954
5.8
Martha Maddocks
Ma and Pa Kettle at Home
1954
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7.0
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
1953
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7.0
Mrs. Adams
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
1953
5.8
Maria
The Bandits of Corsica
1953
Credits
Rebel Without a Cause
as Jim's Grandmother
1955
7.5
Studio 57
1954
0.0
About Mrs. Leslie
as Mrs. Poole
1954
7.0
Executive Suite
as Edith Alderson
1954
7.0
The Lone Wolf
as Mrs. Kimbo
1954
7.0
The Lone Wolf
as Mrs. Bell
1954
7.0
Ma and Pa Kettle at Home
as Martha Maddocks
1954
5.8
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The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
1953
7.0
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The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
as Mrs. Adams
1953
7.0
The Bandits of Corsica
as Maria
1953
5.8
Fair Wind to Java
as Bintang
1953
5.1
Meet Me at the Fair
as Mrs. Spooner
1953
7.0
Woman of the North Country
as Mrs. Dawson
1952
4.0
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Chevron Theatre
1952
10.0
Dragnet
1951
6.4
I Love Lucy
as Mrs. Hammond
1951
7.9
Two of a Kind
as Maida McIntyre
1951
6.7
Operation Pacific
as Sister Anna
1951
6.0
Harriet Craig
as Mother of Harriet Craig (Uncredited)
1950
7.5
Edge of Doom
as Mrs. Dennis
1950
5.9
Cheaper by the Dozen
as Mrs. Benson (uncredited)
1950
6.3
No Man of Her Own
as Justice of the Peace's Wife (uncredited)
1950
6.8
Tension
as Mrs. Andrews (uncredited)
1949
6.8
The Doolins of Oklahoma
as Mrs. Burton (uncredited)
1949
6.8
The Last Bandit
as Kate's Mother
1949
6.0
An Act of Murder
as Mrs. Russell
1948
6.7
The Snake Pit
as Miss Seiffert
1948
7.1
The Untamed Breed
as Mrs. Jones
1948
5.0
Old Los Angeles
as Señora Del Rey
1948
5.5
Summer Holiday
as Miss Hawley
1948
4.9
The Mating of Millie
as Mrs. Thomas
1948
6.8
Three Daring Daughters
as Miss Drake (uncredited)
1948
5.7
Captain from Castile
as Doña Maria De Vargas (uncredited)
1947
7.2
Secret Beyond the Door
as Sarah (uncredited)
1947
6.5
Monsieur Verdoux
as Carlotta Couvais
1947
7.7
Pursued
as Woman at the Wedding (uncredited)
1947
6.6
Sister Kenny
as Mrs. Johnson (uncredited)
1946
6.8
The Mysterious Mr. Valentine
as Martha, the Housekeeper
1946
4.1
The Mysterious Mr. M
as Cornelia Waldron
1946
3.8
Hot Cargo
as Mrs. Chapman
1946
0.0
Why Girls Leave Home
as Mrs. Leslie
1945
5.0
Bewitched
as Martha--Governor's Wife
1945
5.3
Captain Eddie
as Flo Clark
1945
6.0
Thrill of a Romance
as Ms. McKenzie (uncredited)
1945
6.2
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Three's a Crowd
as Cary Whipple
1945
0.0
The Scarlet Clue
as Mrs. Marsh
1945
5.9
G.I. Honeymoon
as Lavinia Thorndyke
1945
0.0
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
as Miss Tilford (uncredited)
1945
7.5
Together Again
as Townswoman (uncredited)
1944
5.3
Faces in the Fog
as Miss Harvey, Juror
1944
3.0
Marriage Is a Private Affair
as Mrs. Courtland West
1944
5.2
Sing, Neighbor, Sing
as Cornelia Blake
1944
0.0
Song of the Open Road
as Camp Matron (uncredited)
1944
0.0
This Is the Life
as Mrs. Tiggett
1944
5.0
Phantom Lady
as Dr. Helen Chase
1944
7.0
Moonlight in Vermont
as Aunt Bess
1943
6.0
The Crime Doctor’s Strangest Case
as Patricia Cornwall
1943
4.8
Shadow of a Doubt
as Mrs. Phillips (uncredited)
1943
7.5
The Hard Way
as Dress Saleswoman (Uncredited)
1943
6.3
Mug Town
as Mrs. Bell
1942
7.0
Lucky Jordan
as Clarence's Wife
1942
6.0
The Mummy's Tomb
as Mrs. Ella Evans
1942
5.5
Get Hep to Love
as Mrs. Brown
1942
4.0
The Big Shot
as Mrs. Booth
1942
6.3
Tough as They Come
as Mrs. Clark
1942
0.0
Take a Letter, Darling
as Mrs. Dowling - Landlady (uncredited)
1942
6.5
Lady Gangster
as Mrs. Stoner
1942
5.5
Remember the Day
as Mrs. Hill
1941
6.6
They Died with Their Boots On
as Woman (uncredited)
1941
6.6
One Foot in Heaven
as Mrs. Jellison (uncredited)
1941
6.6
Appointment for Love
as Nora
1941
5.4
The Little Foxes
as Mrs. Hewitt
1941
7.5
Dressed to Kill
as Lynne Evans
1941
6.3
Bad Men of Missouri
as Mrs. Hathaway
1941
5.6
The Nurse's Secret
as Mary
1941
5.0
Washington Melodrama
as Mrs. Curzon
1941
5.0
The Great Lie
as Sadie
1941
6.9
Chad Hanna
as Landlady
1940
6.0
Lady with Red Hair
as Miss Humbert (uncredited)
1940
6.5
Always a Bride
as Lucy Bond
1940
4.5
Strike Up the Band
as Mrs. May Holden
1940
6.4
Hired Wife
as Miss Collins (uncredited)
1940
6.8
All This, and Heaven Too
as Nun (uncredited)
1940
7.2
The Ghost Breakers
as Mother Zombie
1940
6.5
Cinderella's Feller
as Wicked Stepmother
1940
0.0
Alias the Deacon
as Elsie Clark
1940
0.0
If I Had My Way
as Mrs. Blair (uncredited)
1940
6.4
It's a Date
as Miss Holden
1940
5.9
Little Orvie
as Mrs. Green
1940
7.0
The House Across the Bay
as Landlady
1940
5.5
Black Friday
as Mrs. Margaret Kingsley
1940
6.0
Little Old New York
as Mrs. Brevoort
1940
4.3
Remember the Night
as Mrs. Emory
1940
7.3
The Cisco Kid and the Lady
as Seamstress
1939
4.9
A Child Is Born
as Mr. Norton's Mother (uncredited)
1939
6.5
Destry Rides Again
as Sophie Claggett
1939
7.2
First Love
as Commencement Speaker
1939
7.5
Stop, Look and Love
as Dressmaker
1939
5.0
Parents on Trial
as Mrs. Martin
1939
0.0
They Shall Have Music
as Willie's Mother (uncredited)
1939
6.2
I Stole a Million
as Nurse (uncredited)
1939
6.0
The Forgotten Woman
as Mrs. Kimball
1939
0.0
Young Mr. Lincoln
as Peach Pie Baker (uncredited)
1939
7.2
Invitation to Happiness
as Eleanor's Nurse (uncredited)
1939
6.0
Dark Victory
as Martha
1939
7.0
Wings of the Navy
as Nurse
1939
6.0
Jesse James
as Boy's Mother
1939
6.5
Young Dr. Kildare
as Boardinghouse Landlady (uncredited)
1938
6.5
Gateway
as Friend of Mrs. McNutt
1938
6.5
Delinquent Parents
as Mrs. Herbert Ellis
1938
8.0
The Bad Man of Brimstone
as Mrs. Grant
1937
6.0
The Man in the Barn
as Farmer's Wife (uncredited)
1937
5.3
The Adventurous Blonde
as Helen Hammond (poses as "Aunt Jenny")
1937
5.0
Idol of the Crowds
as Mrs. Dale
1937
4.1
White Bondage
as Sarah Talcott
1937
6.0
Artists & Models
as Seamstress (uncredited)
1937
6.0
Mountain Justice
as Mrs. Hughes
1937
5.5
Stolen Holiday
as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
1937
6.1
Love Letters of a Star
as Mrs. Blodgett
1936
0.0
Down the Stretch
as Aunt Julia
1936
5.5
Two Against the World
as Marion Sims
1936
5.8
The Big Noise
as Mrs. Trent
1936
5.0
Murder by an Aristocrat
as Adela Thatcher
1936
3.0
Three Godfathers
as Mrs. McLane
1936
6.9
Honeymoon Limited
as Mrs. Van Twerp
1935
5.3