Virginia Brissac
Acting

Virginia Brissac

Born 10 June 1883 · San Jose, California, USA · Died 26 July 1979

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

Rebel Without a Cause
Monsieur Verdoux
Destry Rides Again
The Little Foxes
Dark Victory
Phantom Lady
Remember the Night
Jesse James
The Mummy's Tomb
The Ghost Breakers
Executive Suite
Black Friday
Rebel Without a Cause
About Mrs. Leslie
Executive Suite
Ma and Pa Kettle at Home
The Bandits of Corsica
Fair Wind to Java
Meet Me at the Fair
Woman of the North Country
Two of a Kind
Operation Pacific
Edge of Doom
The Last Bandit
The Mating of Millie
The Untamed Breed
Summer Holiday
An Act of Murder
Old Los Angeles
Monsieur Verdoux
Hot Cargo
The Mysterious Mr. Valentine
The Mysterious Mr. M
Bewitched
The Scarlet Clue
Why Girls Leave Home
G.I. Honeymoon
Captain Eddie
Phantom Lady
Sing, Neighbor, Sing
Faces in the Fog
This Is the Life
Marriage Is a Private Affair
The Crime Doctor’s Strangest Case
Moonlight in Vermont
Lady Gangster
The Mummy's Tomb
The Big Shot
Lucky Jordan
Tough as They Come
Mug Town
Get Hep to Love
Dressed to Kill
The Little Foxes
Appointment for Love
Washington Melodrama
The Nurse's Secret
The Great Lie
Bad Men of Missouri
Remember the Day
Remember the Night
The Ghost Breakers
Little Old New York
Chad Hanna
Always a Bride
Strike Up the Band
It's a Date
Alias the Deacon
Black Friday
Little Orvie
The House Across the Bay
Cinderella's Feller
Dark Victory
Destry Rides Again
The Forgotten Woman
Stop, Look and Love
Jesse James
Wings of the Navy
First Love
The Cisco Kid and the Lady
Parents on Trial
Delinquent Parents
Gateway
Mountain Justice
The Adventurous Blonde
White Bondage
The Bad Man of Brimstone
Idol of the Crowds
Three Godfathers
Down the Stretch
Murder by an Aristocrat
The Big Noise
Two Against the World
Love Letters of a Star
Honeymoon Limited
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