Virginia Brissac

Virginia Brissac (June 11, 1883, San Jose, California – July 26, 1979, Santa Fe, New Mexico) 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 a couple of short films and ended with Rebel Without a Cause (1955), playing grandmother to Jim Stark (James Dean). She appeared in one episode of I Love Lucy entitled "the sublease" (1954).

Partial filmography

• The Shark God (1913 short)
• Hawaiian Love (1913 short)
• Three Godfathers (1936)
• Two Against the World (1936)
• Idol of the Crowds (1937)
• Jesse James (1939)
• Dark Victory (1939)
• Destry Rides Again (1939)
• Remember the Night (1940)
• Little Old New York (1940)
• Black Friday (1940)
• The Ghost Breakers (1940)
• Strike Up the Band (1940)
• The Great Lie (1941)
• Dressed to Kill (1941)
• The Little Foxes (1941)
• Appointment for Love (1941)
• Lady Gangster (1942)
• The Big Shot (1942)
• The Mummy's Tomb (1942)
• Lucky Jordan (1942)
• Moonlight in Vermont (1943)
• Shadow of a Doubt (1943) (uncredited)
• Phantom Lady (1944)
• This Is the Life (1944)
• A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945) (uncredited)
• The Scarlet Clue (1945)
• Bewitched (1945)
• The Mysterious Mr. M (1946 serial)
• The Mysterious Mr. Valentine (1946)
• Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
• Summer Holiday (1948)
• The Mating of Millie (1948)
• The Snake Pit (1948)
• An Act of Murder (1948)
• Edge of Doom (1950)
• Operation Pacific (1951)
• Two of a Kind (1951)
• The Bandits of Corsica (1953)
• Fair Wind to Java (1953)
• Ma and Pa Kettle at Home (1954)
• Executive Suite (1954)
• About Mrs. Leslie (1954)
• Rebel Without a Cause (1955)

External links

• Virginia Brissac at the Internet Movie Database
• Virginia Brissac at AllRovi