Virginia Brissac
Acting
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.
Born: June 10, 1883
Place of Birth: San Jose, California, USA
Known For
I Love Lucy
Cuban Bandleader Ricky Ricardo would be happy if his wife Lucy would just be a housewife. Instead she tries constantly to perform at the Tropicana where he works, and make life comically frantic in the apartment building they share with landlords Fred and Ethel Mertz, who also happen to be their best friends.
Monsieur Verdoux
The film is about an unemployed banker, Henri Verdoux, and his sociopathic methods of attaining income. While being both loyal and competent in his work, Verdoux has been laid-off. To make money for his wife and child, he marries wealthy widows and then murders them. His crime spree eventually works against him when two particular widows break his normal routine.
The Little Foxes
In 1900, a clan attempts to strike a deal with a Chicago industrialist to get him to build cotton mills in their Deep South town.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
In Brooklyn circa 1900, the Nolans manage to enjoy life on pennies despite great poverty and Papa's alcoholism. We come to know these people well through big and little troubles: Aunt Sissy's scandalous succession of "husbands"; the removal of the one tree visible from their tenement; and young Francie's desire to transfer to a better school...if irresponsible Papa can get his act together.
Shadow of a Doubt
In sleepy Santa Rosa, restless young Charlie’s world brightens when her sophisticated Uncle Charlie arrives for a long visit. But as his behavior grows increasingly strange, she begins to suspect that her beloved uncle may be hiding a terrible secret—and that danger has quietly entered her home.
Rebel Without a Cause
After moving to a new town, troublemaking teen Jim Stark is supposed to have a clean slate, although being the new kid in town brings its own problems. While searching for some stability, Stark forms a bond with a disturbed classmate, Plato, and falls for local girl Judy. However, Judy is the girlfriend of neighborhood tough, Buzz. When Buzz violently confronts Jim and challenges him to a drag race, the new kid's real troubles begin.
Harriet Craig
A perfectionist woman's devotion to her home drives away friends and family.
First Love
In this reworking of Cinderella, orphaned Connie Harding is sent to live with her rich aunt and uncle after graduating from boarding school. She's hardly received with open arms, especially by her snobby cousin Barbara. When the entire family is invited to a major social ball, Barbara sees to it that Connie is forced to stay home. With the aid of her uncle, who acts as her fairy godfather, Connie makes it to the ball and meets her Prince Charming in Ted Drake, her cousin's boyfriend.
Remember the Night
Unexpected love blossoms when an assistant district attorney agrees to take a recidivist shoplifter home so she doesn't have to spend Christmas alone in jail.
All This, and Heaven Too
When lovely and virtuous governess Henriette Deluzy comes to educate the children of the debonair Duc de Praslin, a royal subject to King Louis-Philippe and the husband of the volatile and obsessive Duchesse de Praslin, she instantly incurs the wrath of her mistress, who is insanely jealous of anyone who comes near her estranged husband. Though she saves the duchess's little son from a near-death illness and warms herself to all the children, she is nevertheless dismissed by the vengeful duchess. Meanwhile, the attraction between the duke and Henriette continues to grow, eventually leading to tragedy.
Filmography
as Jim's Grandmother
as Mrs. Poole
as Edith Alderson
as Mrs. Kimbo
as Mrs. Bell
as Martha Maddocks
as Maria
as Bintang
as Mrs. Spooner
as Mrs. Dawson
as Mrs. Hammond
as Maida McIntyre
as Sister Anna
as Mother of Harriet Craig (Uncredited)
as Mrs. Dennis
as Mrs. Benson (uncredited)
as Justice of the Peace's Wife (uncredited)
as Mrs. Andrews (uncredited)
as Mrs. Burton (uncredited)
as Kate's Mother
as Mrs. Russell
as Miss Seiffert
as Mrs. Jones
as Señora Del Rey
as Miss Hawley
as Mrs. Thomas
as Miss Drake (uncredited)
as Doña Maria De Vargas (uncredited)
as Sarah (uncredited)
as Carlotta Couvais
as Woman at the Wedding (uncredited)
as Mrs. Johnson (uncredited)
as Martha, the Housekeeper
as Cornelia Waldron
as Mrs. Chapman
as Mrs. Leslie
as Martha--Governor's Wife
as Flo Clark
as Ms. McKenzie (uncredited)
as Mrs. Marsh
as Lavinia Thorndyke
as Miss Tilford (uncredited)
as Townswoman (uncredited)
as Miss Harvey, Juror
as Mrs. Courtland West
as Cornelia Blake
as Camp Matron (uncredited)
as Mrs. Tiggett
as Dr. Helen Chase
as Aunt Bess
as Patricia Cornwall
as Dress Saleswoman (Uncredited)
as Mrs. Phillips (uncredited)
as Mrs. Bell
as Clarence's Wife
as Mrs. Ella Evans
as Mrs. Brown
as Mrs. Booth
as Mrs. Clark
as Mrs. Dowling - Landlady (uncredited)
as Mrs. Stoner
as Mrs. Hill
as Woman (uncredited)
as Mrs. Jellison (uncredited)
as Nora
as Mrs. Hewitt
as Lynne Evans
as Mrs. Hathaway
as Mary
as Mrs. Curzon
as Sadie
as Landlady
as Miss Humbert (uncredited)
as Lucy Bond
as Mrs. May Holden
as Miss Collins (uncredited)
as Nun (uncredited)
as Mother Zombie
as Wicked Stepmother
as Elsie Clark
as Mrs. Blair (uncredited)
as Mrs. Margaret Kingsley
as Miss Holden
as Mrs. Green
as Landlady
as Mrs. Brevoort
as Mrs. Emory
as Seamstress
as Mr. Norton's Mother (uncredited)
as Sophie Claggett
as Commencement Speaker
as Dressmaker
as Mrs. Martin
as Willie's Mother (uncredited)
as Nurse (uncredited)
as Mrs. Kimball
as Peach Pie Baker (uncredited)
as Eleanor's Nurse (uncredited)
as Martha
as Nurse
as Boy's Mother
as Boardinghouse Landlady (uncredited)
as Friend of Mrs. McNutt
as Mrs. Herbert Ellis
as Mrs. Grant
as Farmer's Wife (uncredited)
as Helen Hammond (poses as "Aunt Jenny")
as Mrs. Dale
as Sarah Talcott
as Seamstress (uncredited)
as Mrs. Hughes
as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
as Mrs. Blodgett
as Aunt Julia
as Marion Sims
as Mrs. Trent
as Adela Thatcher
as Mrs. McLane
as Mrs. Van Twerp