Virginia Brissac

from San Jose, California, USA

Artwork for Rebel Without a CauseImage of Virginia Brissac

Biography

​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.

Timeline

1955Aged 72

  • Poster for Rebel Without a Cause

    Jim's Grandmother

1954Aged 71

  • Poster for Ma and Pa Kettle at Home

    Martha Maddocks

  • Poster for Phantom of the Rue Morgue

    Well-Dressed Woman in Coach (uncredited)

  • Poster for Executive Suite

    Edith Alderson

  • Poster for About Mrs. Leslie

    Mrs. Poole

1953Aged 70

  • Poster for Meet Me at the Fair

    Mrs. Spooner

  • Poster for Fair Wind to Java

    Bintang

  • Poster for The Bandits of Corsica

    Maria

1952Aged 69

  • Poster for Woman of the North Country

    Mrs. Dawson

1951Aged 68

  • Poster for Operation Pacific

    Sister Anna

  • Poster for Two of a Kind

    Maida McIntyre

1950Aged 67

  • Poster for No Man of Her Own

    Justice of the Peace's Wife (uncredited)

  • Poster for Cheaper by the Dozen

    Mrs. Benson (uncredited)

  • Poster for Edge of Doom

    Mrs. Dennis

  • Poster for Harriet Craig

    Mother of Harriet Craig (Uncredited)

1949Aged 66

  • Poster for The Last Bandit

    Kate's Mother

  • Poster for The Doolins of Oklahoma

    Mrs. Burton (uncredited)

  • Poster for Tension

    Mrs. Andrews (uncredited)

1948Aged 65

  • Poster for Three Daring Daughters

    Miss Drake (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Mating of Millie

    Mrs. Thomas

  • Poster for Summer Holiday

    Miss Hawley

  • Poster for Old Los Angeles

    Señora Del Rey

  • Poster for The Untamed Breed

    Mrs. Jones

  • Poster for The Snake Pit

    Miss Seiffert (uncredited)

  • Poster for An Act of Murder

    Mrs. Russell

1947Aged 64

  • Poster for Pursued

    Woman at the Wedding (uncredited)

  • Poster for Monsieur Verdoux

    Carlotta Couvais

  • Poster for Secret Beyond the Door

    Sarah (uncredited)

  • Poster for Captain from Castile

    Doña Maria De Vargas (uncredited)

1946Aged 63

  • Poster for Hot Cargo

    Mrs. Chapman

  • Poster for The Mysterious Mr. M

    Cornelia Waldron

  • Poster for The Mysterious Mr. Valentine

    Martha, the Housekeeper

  • Poster for Sister Kenny

    Mrs. Johnson (uncredited)

1945Aged 62

  • Poster for A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

    Miss Tilford (uncredited)

  • Poster for G.I. Honeymoon

    Lavinia Thorndyke

  • Poster for The Scarlet Clue

    Mrs. Marsh

  • Three's a Crowd

    Cary Whipple

  • Poster for Thrill of a Romance

    Ms. McKenzie (uncredited)

  • Poster for Captain Eddie

    Flo Clark

  • Poster for Bewitched

    Martha--Governor's Wife

  • Poster for Why Girls Leave Home

    Mrs. Leslie

1944Aged 61

  • Poster for Phantom Lady

    Dr. Helen Chase

  • Poster for This Is the Life

    Mrs. Tiggett

  • Poster for Song of the Open Road

    Camp Matron (uncredited)

  • Poster for Sing, Neighbor, Sing

    Cornelia Blake

  • Poster for Marriage Is a Private Affair

    Mrs. Courtland West

  • Poster for Faces in the Fog

    Miss Harvey, Juror

  • Poster for Together Again

    Townswoman (uncredited)

1943Aged 60

  • Poster for Shadow of a Doubt

    Mrs. Phillips (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Hard Way

    Dress Saleswoman (Uncredited)

  • Poster for The Crime Doctor’s Strangest Case

    Patricia Cornwall

  • Poster for Moonlight in Vermont

    Aunt Bess

1942Aged 59

  • Poster for Lady Gangster

    Mrs. Stoner

  • Poster for Take a Letter, Darling

    Mrs. Dowling - Landlady (uncredited)

  • Poster for Tough as They Come

    Mrs. Clark

  • Poster for The Big Shot

    Mrs. Booth

  • Poster for Get Hep to Love

    Mrs. Brown

  • Poster for The Mummy's Tomb

    Mrs. Ella Evans

  • Poster for Lucky Jordan

    Clarence's Wife

  • Poster for Mug Town

    Mrs. Bell

1941Aged 58

  • Poster for The Great Lie

    Sadie

  • Poster for Washington Melodrama

    Mrs. Curzon

  • Poster for The Nurse's Secret

    Mary

  • Poster for Bad Men of Missouri

    Mrs. Hathaway

  • Poster for Dressed to Kill

    Lynne Evans

  • Poster for The Little Foxes

    Mrs. Hewitt

  • Poster for Appointment for Love

    Nora

  • Poster for One Foot in Heaven

    Mrs. Jellison (uncredited)

  • Poster for They Died with Their Boots On

    Woman (uncredited)

  • Poster for Remember the Day

    Mrs. Hill

1940Aged 57

  • Poster for Remember the Night

    Mrs. Emory

  • Poster for Little Old New York

    Mrs. Brevoort

  • Poster for Black Friday

    Mrs. Margaret Kingsley

  • Poster for The House Across the Bay

    Landlady

  • Poster for Little Orvie

    Mrs. Green

  • Poster for It's a Date

    Miss Holden

  • Poster for If I Had My Way

    Mrs. Blair (uncredited)

  • Poster for Alias the Deacon

    Elsie Clark

  • Poster for Cinderella's Feller

    Wicked Stepmother

  • Poster for The Ghost Breakers

    Mother Zombie

  • Poster for All This, and Heaven Too

    Nun (uncredited)

  • Poster for Hired Wife

    Miss Collins (uncredited)

  • Poster for Strike Up the Band

    Mrs. May Holden

  • Poster for Always a Bride

    Lucy Bond

  • Poster for Lady with Red Hair

    Miss Humbert (uncredited)

  • Poster for Chad Hanna

    Landlady

1939Aged 56

  • Poster for Jesse James

    Boy's Mother

  • Poster for Wings of the Navy

    Nurse

  • Poster for Dark Victory

    Martha

  • Poster for Invitation to Happiness

    Eleanor's Nurse (uncredited)

  • Poster for Young Mr. Lincoln

    Peach Pie Baker (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Forgotten Woman

    Mrs. Kimball

  • Poster for I Stole a Million

    Nurse (uncredited)

  • Poster for They Shall Have Music

    Willie's Mother (uncredited)

  • Poster for Parents on Trial

    Mrs. Martin

  • Poster for Stop, Look and Love

    Dressmaker

  • Poster for First Love

    Commencement Speaker

  • Poster for Destry Rides Again

    Sophie Claggett

  • Poster for A Child is Born

    Mr. Norton's Mother (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Cisco Kid and the Lady

    Seamstress

1938Aged 55

  • Poster for Delinquent Parents

    Mrs. Herbert Ellis

  • Poster for Gateway

    Friend of Mrs. McNutt

  • Poster for Young Dr. Kildare

    Boardinghouse Landlady (uncredited)

1937Aged 54

  • Poster for Stolen Holiday

    Wedding Guest (uncredited)

  • Poster for Mountain Justice

    Mrs. Hughes

  • Poster for Artists & Models

    Seamstress (uncredited)

  • Poster for White Bondage

    Sarah Talcott

  • Poster for Idol of the Crowds

    Mrs. Dale

  • Poster for The Adventurous Blonde

    Helen Hammond (poses as "Aunt Jenny")

  • Poster for The Man in the Barn

    Farmer's Wife (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Bad Man of Brimstone

    Mrs. Grant

1936Aged 53

  • Poster for Three Godfathers

    Mrs. McLane

  • Poster for Murder by an Aristocrat

    Adela Thatcher

  • Poster for The Big Noise

    Mrs. Trent

  • Poster for Two Against the World

    Marion Sims

  • Poster for Down the Stretch

    Aunt Julia

  • Poster for Love Letters of a Star

    Mrs. Blodgett

1935Aged 52

  • Poster for Honeymoon Limited

    Mrs. Van Twerp