Virginia Brissac

Known for Acting

Virginia Brissac's portrait

Details

Birthday: June 10, 1883

Deathday: July 26, 1979

Place of birth: 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.

Actress

1955

Rebel Without a Cause

1954

About Mrs. Leslie

1954

Executive Suite

1954

Ma and Pa Kettle at Home

1954

Phantom of the Rue Morgue

1953

The Bandits of Corsica

1953

Fair Wind to Java

1953

Meet Me at the Fair

1952

Woman of the North Country

1951

Two of a Kind

1951

Operation Pacific

1950

Edge of Doom

1950

Harriet Craig

1950

Cheaper by the Dozen

1950

No Man of Her Own

1949

Tension

1949

The Last Bandit

1949

The Doolins of Oklahoma

1948

The Snake Pit

1948

The Mating of Millie

1948

The Untamed Breed

1948

Three Daring Daughters

1948

Summer Holiday

1948

An Act of Murder

1948

Old Los Angeles

1947

Monsieur Verdoux

1947

Captain from Castile

1947

Secret Beyond the Door

1947

Pursued

1946

Hot Cargo

1946

The Mysterious Mr. Valentine

1946

The Mysterious Mr. M

1946

Sister Kenny

1945

Bewitched

1945

The Scarlet Clue

1945

Three's a Crowd

1945

Why Girls Leave Home

1945

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

1945

G.I. Honeymoon

1945

Captain Eddie

1945

Thrill of a Romance

1944

Phantom Lady

1944

Song of the Open Road

1944

Together Again

1944

Sing, Neighbor, Sing

1944

Faces in the Fog

1944

This Is the Life

1944

Marriage Is a Private Affair

1943

The Crime Doctor’s Strangest Case

1943

The Hard Way

1943

Shadow of a Doubt

1943

Moonlight in Vermont

1942

Lady Gangster

1942

The Mummy's Tomb

1942

The Big Shot

1942

Lucky Jordan

1942

Take a Letter, Darling

1942

Tough as They Come

1942

Mug Town

1942

Get Hep to Love

1941

Dressed to Kill

1941

The Little Foxes

1941

Appointment for Love

1941

Washington Melodrama

1941

The Nurse's Secret

1941

The Great Lie

1941

Bad Men of Missouri

1941

They Died with Their Boots On

1941

Remember the Day

1941

One Foot in Heaven

1940

Remember the Night

1940

The Ghost Breakers

1940

Little Old New York

1940

Chad Hanna

1940

Always a Bride

1940

Strike Up the Band

1940

It's a Date

1940

Hired Wife

1940

Alias the Deacon

1940

Black Friday

1940

Little Orvie

1940

All This, and Heaven Too

1940

The House Across the Bay

1940

Lady with Red Hair

1940

Cinderella's Feller

1940

If I Had My Way

1939

Dark Victory

1939

Destry Rides Again

1939

The Forgotten Woman

1939

Stop, Look and Love

1939

Jesse James

1939

Wings of the Navy

1939

Young Mr. Lincoln

1939

A Child is Born

1939

They Shall Have Music

1939

Invitation to Happiness

1939

First Love

1939

The Cisco Kid and the Lady

1939

Parents on Trial

1939

I Stole a Million

1938

Delinquent Parents

1938

Young Dr. Kildare

1938

Gateway

1937

Artists & Models

1937

The Man in the Barn

1937

Stolen Holiday

1937

Mountain Justice

1937

The Adventurous Blonde

1937

White Bondage

1937

The Bad Man of Brimstone

1937

Idol of the Crowds

1936

Three Godfathers

1936

Down the Stretch

1936

Murder by an Aristocrat

1936

The Big Noise

1936

Two Against the World

1936

Love Letters of a Star

1935

Honeymoon Limited