Virginia O'Brien
Born in Los Angeles, California, USA — Apr 18 1919• Died Jan 16 2001
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Biography
Known to classic film fans by various nicknames--including Miss Deadpan, Frozen Face, and Miss Ice Glacier--this statuesque, dark-haired singer/actress carved a unique niche for herself on stage and screen by the hilarious Sphinx-like way she delivered a song. The daughter of the captain of detectives of the Los Angeles Police Department, Virginia Lee O'Brien became interested in music and dance at an early age (it didn't hurt her career chances that her uncle was noted film director Lloyd Bacon). Her big show-business break came in 1939 after she secur…
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Virginia O'Brien's Credits
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Till the Clouds Roll By
Ellie May Shipley / Virginia O'Brien
The Harvey Girls
Alma from Ohio
Two Girls and a Sailor
Virginia O'Brien
Du Barry Was a Lady
Ginny
Gus
Reporter
The Big Store
Kitty
The Great Morgan
Film Character (archive footage)
Ship Ahoy
Fran Evans
Panama Hattie
Flo Foster
Thousands Cheer
Virginia O’Brien
Francis in the Navy
Nurse Kittredge
Lady Be Good
Lull
Ziegfeld Follies
Virginia O'Brien (segment "Here's to the Ladies")
Sky Murder
Lucille LaVonne
Meet the People
'Woodpecker' Peg
Ringside Maisie
Herself - Singer
Merton of the Movies
Phyllis Montague
The Show-Off
Hortense
Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1
Self
Hullabaloo
Virginia Ferris
Musical Merry-Go-Round #4
Self