Virginia Brissac

Born: 1883-06-10, San Jose, California, USA

Died: 1979-07-26

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.

Filmography

• I Love Lucy (1951)
• Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
• Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
• Dark Victory (1939)
• Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
• They Died with Their Boots On (1941)
• Jesse James (1939)
• Destry Rides Again (1939)
• The Little Foxes (1941)
• The Ghost Breakers (1940)
• All This, and Heaven Too (1940)
• The Great Lie (1941)
• Captain from Castile (1947)
• Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)
• Pursued (1947)
• Operation Pacific (1951)
• The Mummy's Tomb (1942)
• A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
• Remember the Night (1940)
• Sister Kenny (1946)
• No Man of Her Own (1950)
• Executive Suite (1954)
• Three Godfathers (1936)
• Phantom Lady (1944)
• Secret Beyond the Door (1947)
• Appointment for Love (1941)
• The Big Shot (1942)
• An Act of Murder (1948)
• Edge of Doom (1950)
• Old Los Angeles (1948)