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Virginia Brissac was a popular American stage actress who headlined theatre companies from Vancouver to San Diego during the heyday of West Coast Stock in the early 1900s. An ingénue and leading lady known for her natural style and charm on stage, Brissac played with equal success in both comedies and dramas and went on to have a long second career as a character actress in film and television.
Born
Monday, 11 June 1883
Died
Thursday, 26 July 1979
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Disaster Artist | Mrs. Stark | 2017 |
| These Amazing Shadows | Mrs. Stark - Jim's Grandmother (clip from Rebel Without a Cause (1955)) | 2011 |
| Rebel Without a Cause | Mrs. Stark - Jim's Grandmother / Jim's Grandmother | 1955 |
| About Mrs. Leslie | Mrs. Poole | 1954 |
| Executive Suite | Edith Alderson | 1954 |
| The Lone Wolf | Mrs. Kimbo / Mrs. Bell | 1954 |
| Phantom of the Rue Morgue | Well-Dressed Woman in Coach | 1954 |
| Ma and Pa Kettle at Home | Martha Maddocks | 1954 |
| Mayor of the Town | Mrs. Gordon | 1954 |
| The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse | Mrs. Adams | 1953 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Disaster Artist | Mrs. Stark | 2017 |
| These Amazing Shadows | Mrs. Stark - Jim's Grandmother (clip from Rebel Without a Cause (1955)) | 2011 |
| Rebel Without a Cause | Mrs. Stark - Jim's Grandmother / Jim's Grandmother | 1955 |
| About Mrs. Leslie | Mrs. Poole | 1954 |
| Executive Suite | Edith Alderson | 1954 |
| The Lone Wolf | Mrs. Kimbo / Mrs. Bell | 1954 |
| Phantom of the Rue Morgue | Well-Dressed Woman in Coach | 1954 |
| Ma and Pa Kettle at Home | Martha Maddocks | 1954 |
| Mayor of the Town | Mrs. Gordon | 1954 |
| The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse | Mrs. Adams | 1953 |
| All I Desire | Mrs. Tomlin | 1953 |
| Fair Wind to Java | Bintang | 1953 |
| Bandits of Corsica | Maria | 1953 |
| Meet Me at the Fair | Mrs. Spooner | 1953 |
| Woman of the North Country | Mrs. Dawson | 1952 |
| Bugles in the Afternoon | Mrs. Carson | 1952 |
| Flame of Araby | Alhena | 1951 |
| I Love Lucy | Mrs. Hammond | 1951 |
| Two of a Kind | Maida McIntyre | 1951 |
| Racket Squad | Letty Newton | 1951 |
| Three Guys Named Mike | Mrs. Lewis | 1951 |
| Operation Pacific | Sister Anna | 1951 |
| Harriet Craig | Harriet's Mother / Mother of Harriet Craig (Uncredited) | 1950 |
| Edge of Doom | Mrs. Dennis, the Rectory Housekeeper / Mrs. Dennis | 1950 |
| Cheaper by the Dozen | Mrs. Benson | 1950 |
| No Man of Her Own | Justice of the Peace's Wife | 1950 |
| Tension | Mrs. Andrews | 1949 |
| The Doolins of Oklahoma | Mrs. Burton | 1949 |
| Mother Is a Freshman | Miss Grimes | 1949 |
| The Last Bandit | Kate's Mother | 1949 |
| An Act of Murder | Mrs. Russell | 1948 |
| The Snake Pit | Miss Seiffert | 1948 |
| The Untamed Breed | Mrs. Jones | 1948 |
| Old Los Angeles | Señora Del Rey | 1948 |
| The Mating of Millie | Mrs. Thomas | 1948 |
| Summer Holiday | Miss Hawley | 1948 |
| Three Daring Daughters | Miss Drake | 1948 |
| Captain from Castile | Doña Maria De Vargas | 1947 |
| Secret Beyond the Door... | Sarah | 1947 |
| Monsieur Verdoux | Carlotta Couvais | 1947 |
| Pursued | Woman at the wedding | 1947 |
| Sister Kenny | Mrs. Johnson | 1946 |
| The Mysterious Mr. Valentine | Martha / Martha, the Housekeeper | 1946 |
| The Mysterious Mr. M | Cornelia Waldron | 1946 |
| Hot Cargo | Mrs. Chapman | 1946 |
| Renegades | Sarah Dembrow | 1946 |
| The Daltons Ride Again | Mrs. Kate Bohannan Walters | 1945 |
| The Dolly Sisters | Nun | 1945 |
| Why Girls Leave Home | Mrs. Leslie | 1945 |
| That Night with You | Mrs. Hawthorne | 1945 |
| State Fair | Farmer's Wife | 1945 |
| Bewitched | Martha - the Governor's Wife / Martha--Governor's Wife | 1945 |
| Captain Eddie | Flo Clark | 1945 |
| That's the Spirit | Miss Preble | 1945 |
| Three's a Crowd | Cary Whipple | 1945 |
| Thrill of a Romance | Ms. McKenzie | 1945 |
| The Scarlet Clue - Sidney Toler As Charlie Chan | Mrs. Marsh | 1945 |
| G.I. Honeymoon | Lavinia Thorndyke | 1945 |
| A Tree Grows in Brooklyn | Miss Tilford | 1945 |
| Night Club Girl | Ma Kendall | 1945 |
| Together Again | Townswoman | 1944 |
| Faces in the Fog | Miss Harvey, Juror / Miss Harvey - Juror | 1944 |
| Bowery to Broadway | Sophia | 1944 |
| Marriage Is a Private Affair | Mrs. Courtland West | 1944 |
| Sing, Neighbor, Sing | Cornelia Blake | 1944 |
| Song of the Open Road | Camp Matron | 1944 |
| This Is the Life | Mrs. Tiggett | 1944 |
| Phantom Lady | Dr. Chase / Dr. Helen Chase | 1944 |
| Moonlight in Vermont | Aunt Bess | 1943 |
| The Crime Doctor's Strangest Case | Patricia Cornwall | 1943 |
| The Iron Major | Mrs. Ayres | 1943 |
| My Kingdom for a Cook | Mrs. Harris | 1943 |
| Someone to Remember | Mrs. Parson | 1943 |
| Shadow of a Doubt | Mrs. Phillips | 1943 |
| The Hard Way | The Dress Saleswoman / Dress Saleswoman (Uncredited) | 1943 |
| Mug Town | Mrs. Bell | 1942 |
| Lucky Jordan | Clarence's Wife | 1942 |
| The Mummy's Tomb | Mrs. Ella Evans / Mrs. Evans | 1942 |
| Get Hep to Love | Mrs. Brown | 1942 |
| The Big Shot | Mrs. Booth | 1942 |
| Tough As They Come | Mrs. Clark | 1942 |
| Take a Letter, Darling | Mrs. Dowling - Landlady | 1942 |
| Lady Gangster | Mrs. Stoner | 1942 |
| Star Spangled Rhythm | Lady from Iowa - 'Old Glory' Number | 1942 |
| Remember the Day | Mrs. Hill | 1941 |
| They Died with Their Boots On | Woman | 1941 |
| One Foot in Heaven | Mrs. Jellison | 1941 |
| Appointment for Love | Nora | 1941 |
| The Little Foxes | Mrs. Hewitt | 1941 |
| Unfinished Business | Aunt | 1941 |
| Dressed to Kill | Lynne Evans, alias Emily the Maid / Lynne Evans | 1941 |
| Bad Men of Missouri | Mrs. Hathaway | 1941 |
| The Nurse's Secret | Mary | 1941 |
| Washington Melodrama | Mrs. Curzon | 1941 |
| The Great Lie | Sadie | 1941 |
| Chad Hanna | Landlady | 1940 |
| Lady with Red Hair | Miss Humbert | 1940 |
| Always a Bride | Lucy Bond | 1940 |
| Strike Up the Band | Mrs. May Holden | 1940 |
| Hired Wife | Miss Collins | 1940 |
| All This, and Heaven Too | Nun | 1940 |
| The Ghost Breakers | Mother Zombie | 1940 |
| Wagons Westward | Angela Cook | 1940 |
| Cinderella's Feller | Wicked Stepmother | 1940 |
| Alias the Deacon | Elsie Clark | 1940 |
| If I Had My Way | Mrs. Blair | 1940 |
| It's a Date | Miss Holden | 1940 |
| Little Orvie | Mrs. Green | 1940 |
| The House Across the Bay | Landlady | 1940 |
| Black Friday | Mrs. Margaret Kingsley | 1940 |
| Little Old New York | Mrs. Brevoort | 1940 |
| A Child Is Born | Mr. Norton's Mother | 1940 |
| Remember the Night | Mrs. Emory | 1940 |
| The Cisco Kid and the Lady | Seamstress | 1939 |
| Destry Rides Again | Sophie Claggett / Ma Sophie Claggett | 1939 |
| First Love | Commencement Speaker | 1939 |
| Parents on Trial | Mrs. Martin | 1939 |
| Think First | Store Detective | 1939 |
| Stop, Look and Love | Dressmaker | 1939 |
| I Stole a Million | Nurse | 1939 |
| They Shall Have Music | Willie's Mother | 1939 |
| The Forgotten Woman | Mrs. Kimball | 1939 |
| Invitation to Happiness | Eleanor's Nurse | 1939 |
| Young Mr. Lincoln | Peach Pie Baker | 1939 |
| Dark Victory | Martha | 1939 |
| Woman Doctor | Miss Crenshaw | 1939 |
| Wings of the Navy | Nurse | 1939 |
| Jesse James | Boy's Mother | 1939 |
| Up the River | Ship Passenger | 1938 |
| Secrets of a Nurse | Farlinger | 1938 |
| Young Dr. Kildare | Boardinghouse Landlady | 1938 |
| Gateway | Friend of Mrs. McNutt | 1938 |
| The Magician's Daughter | Mrs. Murdock | 1938 |
| Delinquent Parents | Mrs. Herbert Ellis | 1938 |
| The Bad Man of Brimstone | Mrs. Grant | 1937 |
| The Man in the Barn | Farmer's Wife | 1937 |
| The Adventurous Blonde | Mrs. Jenny Hammond / Helen Hammond (poses as "Aunt Jenny") | 1937 |
| Idol of the Crowds | Mrs. Dale | 1937 |
| Give Till It Hurts | First Nurse | 1937 |
| White Bondage | Sarah Talcott | 1937 |
| Artist and Models | Seamstress | 1937 |
| Mountain Justice | Mrs. Hughes | 1937 |
| Stolen Holiday | Wedding Guest | 1937 |
| Love Letters of a Star | Mrs. Blodgett | 1936 |
| Down the Stretch | Aunt Julia | 1936 |
| The Texas Rangers | David's Mother | 1936 |
| The Song of a Nation | Mrs. Callan | 1936 |
| The Big Noise | Mrs. Trent | 1936 |
| We Went to College | Wife at Faculty Club | 1936 |
| Murder by an Aristocrat | Adela Thatcher | 1936 |
| Counterfeit | 1936 | |
| Three Godfathers | Mrs. McLane | 1936 |
| Two Against the World | Marion Sims | 1936 |
| Honeymoon Limited | Mrs. Van Twerp | 1935 |
