Virginia Brissac
Acting
Born: 1883-06-10 in San Jose, California, USA
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
Dragnet
I Love Lucy
Mrs. Hammond
Studio 57
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
Rebel Without a Cause
Jim's Grandmother
Chevron Theatre
Shadow of a Doubt
Mrs. Phillips (uncredited)
The Lone Wolf
Mrs. Kimbo
The Lone Wolf
Mrs. Bell
Jesse James
Boy's Mother
Monsieur Verdoux
Carlotta Couvais
Cheaper by the Dozen
Mrs. Benson (uncredited)
Dark Victory
Martha
The Little Foxes
Mrs. Hewitt
They Died with Their Boots On
Woman (uncredited)
The Ghost Breakers
Mother Zombie
Operation Pacific
Sister Anna
All This, and Heaven Too
Nun (uncredited)
Black Friday
Mrs. Margaret Kingsley
Three Godfathers
Mrs. McLane
Young Mr. Lincoln
Peach Pie Baker (uncredited)
The Snake Pit
Miss Seiffert (uncredited)
Executive Suite
Edith Alderson
Captain from Castile
Doña Maria De Vargas (uncredited)
Remember the Night
Mrs. Emory
Phantom Lady
Dr. Helen Chase
Destry Rides Again
Sophie Claggett
Pursued
Woman at the Wedding (uncredited)
The Great Lie
Sadie
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Miss Tilford (uncredited)
Hired Wife
Miss Collins (uncredited)
The Mating of Millie
Mrs. Thomas
Appointment for Love
Nora
Sister Kenny
Mrs. Johnson (uncredited)
No Man of Her Own
Justice of the Peace's Wife (uncredited)
Edge of Doom
Mrs. Dennis
Two of a Kind
Maida McIntyre
Take a Letter, Darling
Mrs. Dowling - Landlady (uncredited)
Tough as They Come
Mrs. Clark