Virginia Brissac

Jun 10, 1883 - Jul 26, 1979 (96 years old) in San Jose, California, USA

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

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I Love Lucy

Mrs. Hammond

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Dragnet

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The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse

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First Love

Commencement Speaker

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Little Orvie

Mrs. Green

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Captain Eddie

Flo Clark

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Studio 57

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Hired Wife

Miss Collins (uncredited)

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White Bondage

Sarah Talcott

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Together Again

Townswoman (uncredited)

Credits

Rebel Without a Cause 1955

Jim's Grandmother

★ 7.5
Studio 57 1954

★ NR
About Mrs. Leslie 1954

Mrs. Poole

★ 7
Executive Suite 1954

Edith Alderson

★ 7
The Lone Wolf 1954

Mrs. Kimbo

★ 7
Ma and Pa Kettle at Home 1954

Martha Maddocks

★ 5.8
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse 1953

★ 7
The Bandits of Corsica 1953

Maria

★ 5.8
Fair Wind to Java 1953

Bintang

★ 5.1
Meet Me at the Fair 1953

Mrs. Spooner

★ 7
Woman of the North Country 1952

Mrs. Dawson

★ 4
Chevron Theatre 1952

★ 10
Dragnet 1951

★ 6.4
I Love Lucy 1951

Mrs. Hammond

★ 7.9
Two of a Kind 1951

Maida McIntyre

★ 6.7
Operation Pacific 1951

Sister Anna

★ 6
Harriet Craig 1950

Mother of Harriet Craig (Uncredited)

★ 7.5
Edge of Doom 1950

Mrs. Dennis

★ 5.9
Cheaper by the Dozen 1950

Mrs. Benson (uncredited)

★ 6.3
No Man of Her Own 1950

Justice of the Peace's Wife (uncredited)

★ 6.8
Tension 1949

Mrs. Andrews (uncredited)

★ 6.8
The Doolins of Oklahoma 1949

Mrs. Burton (uncredited)

★ 6.8
The Last Bandit 1949

Kate's Mother

★ 6
An Act of Murder 1948

Mrs. Russell

★ 6.7
The Snake Pit 1948

Miss Seiffert

★ 7.1
The Untamed Breed 1948

Mrs. Jones

★ 5
Old Los Angeles 1948

Señora Del Rey

★ 5.5
Summer Holiday 1948

Miss Hawley

★ 4.9
The Mating of Millie 1948

Mrs. Thomas

★ 6.8
Three Daring Daughters 1948

Miss Drake (uncredited)

★ 5.7
Captain from Castile 1947

Doña Maria De Vargas (uncredited)

★ 7.2
Secret Beyond the Door 1947

Sarah (uncredited)

★ 6.5
Monsieur Verdoux 1947

Carlotta Couvais

★ 7.7
Pursued 1947

Woman at the Wedding (uncredited)

★ 6.6
Sister Kenny 1946

Mrs. Johnson (uncredited)

★ 6.8
The Mysterious Mr. Valentine 1946

Martha, the Housekeeper

★ 4.1
The Mysterious Mr. M 1946

Cornelia Waldron

★ 3.8
Hot Cargo 1946

Mrs. Chapman

★ NR
Why Girls Leave Home 1945

Mrs. Leslie

★ 5
Bewitched 1945

Martha--Governor's Wife

★ 5.3
Captain Eddie 1945

Flo Clark

★ 6
Three's a Crowd 1945

Cary Whipple

★ NR
Thrill of a Romance 1945

Ms. McKenzie (uncredited)

★ 6.2
The Scarlet Clue 1945

Mrs. Marsh

★ 5.9
G.I. Honeymoon 1945

Lavinia Thorndyke

★ NR
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1945

Miss Tilford (uncredited)

★ 7.5
Together Again 1944

Townswoman (uncredited)

★ 5.3
Faces in the Fog 1944

Miss Harvey, Juror

★ 3
Marriage Is a Private Affair 1944

Mrs. Courtland West

★ 5.2
Sing, Neighbor, Sing 1944

Cornelia Blake

★ NR
Song of the Open Road 1944

Camp Matron (uncredited)

★ NR
This Is the Life 1944

Mrs. Tiggett

★ 5
Phantom Lady 1944

Dr. Helen Chase

★ 7
Moonlight in Vermont 1943

Aunt Bess

★ 6
The Crime Doctor’s Strangest Case 1943

Patricia Cornwall

★ 4.8
The Hard Way 1943

Dress Saleswoman (Uncredited)

★ 6.3
Shadow of a Doubt 1943

Mrs. Phillips (uncredited)

★ 7.5
Mug Town 1942

Mrs. Bell

★ 7
Lucky Jordan 1942

Clarence's Wife

★ 6
The Mummy's Tomb 1942

Mrs. Ella Evans

★ 5.5
Get Hep to Love 1942

Mrs. Brown

★ 4
The Big Shot 1942

Mrs. Booth

★ 6.3
Tough as They Come 1942

Mrs. Clark

★ NR
Take a Letter, Darling 1942

Mrs. Dowling - Landlady (uncredited)

★ 6.5
Lady Gangster 1942

Mrs. Stoner

★ 5.5
Remember the Day 1941

Mrs. Hill

★ 6.6
They Died with Their Boots On 1941

Woman (uncredited)

★ 6.6
One Foot in Heaven 1941

Mrs. Jellison (uncredited)

★ 6.6
Appointment for Love 1941

Nora

★ 5.4
The Little Foxes 1941

Mrs. Hewitt

★ 7.5
Dressed to Kill 1941

Lynne Evans

★ 6.3
Bad Men of Missouri 1941

Mrs. Hathaway

★ 5.6
The Nurse's Secret 1941

Mary

★ 5
Washington Melodrama 1941

Mrs. Curzon

★ 5
The Great Lie 1941

Sadie

★ 6.9
Chad Hanna 1940

Landlady

★ 6
Lady with Red Hair 1940

Miss Humbert (uncredited)

★ 6.5
Always a Bride 1940

Lucy Bond

★ 4.5
Strike Up the Band 1940

Mrs. May Holden

★ 6.4
Hired Wife 1940

Miss Collins (uncredited)

★ 6.8
All This, and Heaven Too 1940

Nun (uncredited)

★ 7.2
The Ghost Breakers 1940

Mother Zombie

★ 6.5
Cinderella's Feller 1940

Wicked Stepmother

★ NR
Alias the Deacon 1940

Elsie Clark

★ NR
If I Had My Way 1940

Mrs. Blair (uncredited)

★ 6.4
Black Friday 1940

Mrs. Margaret Kingsley

★ 6
It's a Date 1940

Miss Holden

★ 5.9
Little Orvie 1940

Mrs. Green

★ 7
The House Across the Bay 1940

Landlady

★ 5.5
Little Old New York 1940

Mrs. Brevoort

★ 4.3
Remember the Night 1940

Mrs. Emory

★ 7.3
The Cisco Kid and the Lady 1939

Seamstress

★ 4.9
A Child Is Born 1939

Mr. Norton's Mother (uncredited)

★ 6.5
Destry Rides Again 1939

Sophie Claggett

★ 7.2
First Love 1939

Commencement Speaker

★ 7.5
Stop, Look and Love 1939

Dressmaker

★ 5
Parents on Trial 1939

Mrs. Martin

★ NR
They Shall Have Music 1939

Willie's Mother (uncredited)

★ 6.2
I Stole a Million 1939

Nurse (uncredited)

★ 6
The Forgotten Woman 1939

Mrs. Kimball

★ NR
Young Mr. Lincoln 1939

Peach Pie Baker (uncredited)

★ 7.2
Invitation to Happiness 1939

Eleanor's Nurse (uncredited)

★ 6
Dark Victory 1939

Martha

★ 7
Wings of the Navy 1939

Nurse

★ 6
Jesse James 1939

Boy's Mother

★ 6.5
Young Dr. Kildare 1938

Boardinghouse Landlady (uncredited)

★ 6.5
Gateway 1938

Friend of Mrs. McNutt

★ 6.5
Delinquent Parents 1938

Mrs. Herbert Ellis

★ 8
The Bad Man of Brimstone 1937

Mrs. Grant

★ 6
The Man in the Barn 1937

Farmer's Wife (uncredited)

★ 5.3
The Adventurous Blonde 1937

Helen Hammond (poses as "Aunt Jenny")

★ 5
Idol of the Crowds 1937

Mrs. Dale

★ 4.1
White Bondage 1937

Sarah Talcott

★ 6
Artists & Models 1937

Seamstress (uncredited)

★ 6
Mountain Justice 1937

Mrs. Hughes

★ 5.5
Stolen Holiday 1937

Wedding Guest (uncredited)

★ 6.1
Love Letters of a Star 1936

Mrs. Blodgett

★ NR
Down the Stretch 1936

Aunt Julia

★ 5.5
Two Against the World 1936

Marion Sims

★ 5.8
The Big Noise 1936

Mrs. Trent

★ 5
Murder by an Aristocrat 1936

Adela Thatcher

★ 3
Three Godfathers 1936

Mrs. McLane

★ 6.9
Honeymoon Limited 1935

Mrs. Van Twerp

★ 5.3