Virginia Brissac

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.

Cast

Rebel Without a Cause

Jim's Grandmother

Artists & Models

Seamstress (uncredited)

Hot Cargo

Mrs. Chapman

Lady Gangster

Mrs. Stoner

Monsieur Verdoux

Carlotta Couvais

Dark Victory

Martha

Two of a Kind

Maida McIntyre

Remember the Night

Mrs. Emory

The Mummy's Tomb

Mrs. Ella Evans

Dressed to Kill

Lynne Evans

Bewitched

Martha--Governor's Wife

Edge of Doom

Mrs. Dennis

The Ghost Breakers

Mother Zombie

The Little Foxes

Mrs. Hewitt

Phantom Lady

Dr. Helen Chase

Destry Rides Again

Sophie Claggett

The Snake Pit

Miss Seiffert

The Mysterious Mr. Valentine

Martha, the Housekeeper

The Scarlet Clue

Mrs. Marsh

The Big Shot

Mrs. Booth

The Crime Doctor’s Strangest Case

Patricia Cornwall

Harriet Craig

Mother of Harriet Craig (Uncredited)

Captain from Castile

Doña Maria De Vargas (uncredited)

About Mrs. Leslie

Mrs. Poole

The Bandits of Corsica

Maria

Three's a Crowd

Cary Whipple

The Mysterious Mr. M

Cornelia Waldron

Secret Beyond the Door

Sarah (uncredited)

Lucky Jordan

Clarence's Wife

Three Godfathers

Mrs. McLane

Down the Stretch

Aunt Julia

Song of the Open Road

Camp Matron (uncredited)

Why Girls Leave Home

Mrs. Leslie

The Man in the Barn

Farmer's Wife (uncredited)

Little Old New York

Mrs. Brevoort

Appointment for Love

Nora

Delinquent Parents

Mrs. Herbert Ellis

Chad Hanna

Landlady

Operation Pacific

Sister Anna

Murder by an Aristocrat

Adela Thatcher

Washington Melodrama

Mrs. Curzon

The Forgotten Woman

Mrs. Kimball

Together Again

Townswoman (uncredited)

Stolen Holiday

Wedding Guest (uncredited)

Always a Bride

Lucy Bond

Strike Up the Band

Mrs. May Holden

Fair Wind to Java

Bintang

Stop, Look and Love

Dressmaker

Cheaper by the Dozen

Mrs. Benson (uncredited)

It's a Date

Miss Holden

Young Dr. Kildare

Boardinghouse Landlady (uncredited)

The Big Noise

Mrs. Trent

Tension

Mrs. Andrews (uncredited)

Hired Wife

Miss Collins (uncredited)

Alias the Deacon

Elsie Clark

Mountain Justice

Mrs. Hughes

The Nurse's Secret

Mary

Jesse James

Boy's Mother

Wings of the Navy

Nurse

Young Mr. Lincoln

Peach Pie Baker (uncredited)

A Child Is Born

Mr. Norton's Mother (uncredited)

They Shall Have Music

Willie's Mother (uncredited)

Invitation to Happiness

Eleanor's Nurse (uncredited)

First Love

Commencement Speaker

The Cisco Kid and the Lady

Seamstress

The Mating of Millie

Mrs. Thomas

The Hard Way

Dress Saleswoman (Uncredited)

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Miss Tilford (uncredited)

Black Friday

Mrs. Margaret Kingsley

Sing, Neighbor, Sing

Cornelia Blake

Sister Kenny

Mrs. Johnson (uncredited)

Shadow of a Doubt

Mrs. Phillips (uncredited)

The Adventurous Blonde

Helen Hammond (poses as "Aunt Jenny")

The Great Lie

Sadie

The Untamed Breed

Mrs. Jones

White Bondage

Sarah Talcott

Little Orvie

Mrs. Green

Parents on Trial

Mrs. Martin

G.I. Honeymoon

Lavinia Thorndyke

Two Against the World

Marion Sims

Captain Eddie

Flo Clark

Three Daring Daughters

Miss Drake (uncredited)

Summer Holiday

Miss Hawley

No Man of Her Own

Justice of the Peace's Wife (uncredited)

All This, and Heaven Too

Nun (uncredited)

Gateway

Friend of Mrs. McNutt

The House Across the Bay

Landlady

Lady with Red Hair

Miss Humbert (uncredited)

Cinderella's Feller

Wicked Stepmother

An Act of Murder

Mrs. Russell

Take a Letter, Darling

Mrs. Dowling - Landlady (uncredited)

Faces in the Fog

Miss Harvey, Juror

Tough as They Come

Mrs. Clark

Mug Town

Mrs. Bell

Old Los Angeles

Señora Del Rey

Bad Men of Missouri

Mrs. Hathaway

The Last Bandit

Kate's Mother

Woman of the North Country

Mrs. Dawson

They Died with Their Boots On

Woman (uncredited)

Honeymoon Limited

Mrs. Van Twerp

Remember the Day

Mrs. Hill

I Stole a Million

Nurse (uncredited)

Get Hep to Love

Mrs. Brown

The Bad Man of Brimstone

Mrs. Grant

Idol of the Crowds

Mrs. Dale

If I Had My Way

Mrs. Blair (uncredited)

This Is the Life

Mrs. Tiggett

Love Letters of a Star

Mrs. Blodgett

Marriage Is a Private Affair

Mrs. Courtland West

Pursued

Woman at the Wedding (uncredited)

Meet Me at the Fair

Mrs. Spooner

Executive Suite

Edith Alderson

One Foot in Heaven

Mrs. Jellison (uncredited)

Moonlight in Vermont

Aunt Bess

The Doolins of Oklahoma

Mrs. Burton (uncredited)

Thrill of a Romance

Ms. McKenzie (uncredited)

Ma and Pa Kettle at Home

Martha Maddocks