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Virginia Brissac

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1883-06-10

Day of Death

1979-07-26

Place of Birth

San Jose, California, USA

Virginia Brissac

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 (118)

⭐ 7.5 Role: Jim's Grandmother

Rebel Without a Cause

1955
⭐ 7.4 Role: Mrs. Poole

About Mrs. Leslie

1954
⭐ 7.1 Role: Edith Alderson

Executive Suite

1954
⭐ 6.3 Role: Well-Dressed Woman in Coach (uncredited)

Phantom of the Rue Morgue

1954
⭐ 6.5 Role: Martha Maddocks

Ma and Pa Kettle at Home

1954
⭐ 6.4 Role: Maria

The Bandits of Corsica

1953
⭐ 5.6 Role: Bintang

Fair Wind to Java

1953
⭐ 8.5 Role: Mrs. Spooner

Meet Me at the Fair

1953
⭐ 5.0 Role: Mrs. Dawson

Woman of the North Country

1952
⭐ 6.8 Role: Maida McIntyre

Two of a Kind

1951
⭐ 6.1 Role: Sister Anna

Operation Pacific

1951
⭐ 7.5 Role: Mother of Harriet Craig (Uncredited)

Harriet Craig

1950
⭐ 6.1 Role: Mrs. Dennis

Edge of Doom

1950
⭐ 6.4 Role: Mrs. Benson (uncredited)

Cheaper by the Dozen

1950
⭐ 6.9 Role: Justice of the Peace's Wife (uncredited)

No Man of Her Own

1950