Virginia O'Brien
Acting
Born: 1919-04-18 · Los Angeles, California, USA
Died: 2001-01-16
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 Baco
🎬 Movies (21)
Gus
1976
Reporter
Francis in the Navy
1955
Nurse Kittredge
Martin Block's Musical Merry-Go-Round No. 4
1948
Self
Merton of the Movies
1947
Phyllis Montague
Till the Clouds Roll By
1946
Ellie May Shipley / Virginia O'Brien
The Harvey Girls
1946
Alma from Ohio
The Show-Off
1946
Hortense
The Great Morgan
1945
Film Character (archive footage)
Ziegfeld Follies
1945
Virginia O'Brien (segment "Here's to the Ladies")
Meet the People
1944
'Woodpecker' Peg
Two Girls and a Sailor
1944
Virginia O'Brien
Du Barry Was a Lady
1943
Ginny
Thousands Cheer
1943
Virginia O’Brien
Ship Ahoy
1942
Fran Evans
Panama Hattie
1942
Flo Foster
Ringside Maisie
1941
Herself - Singer
Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1
1941
Self
The Big Store
1941
Kitty
Lady Be Good
1941
Lull
Hullabaloo
1940
Virginia Ferris
Sky Murder
1940
Lucille LaVonne