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Virginia Brissac

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