Virginia O'Brien

Actor, Singer

About

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Also Known As

Virginia Lee O'Brien

Birth Place

Los Angeles, California, USA

Born

April 08, 1919

Died

January 16, 2001

Filmography

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Francis in the Navy (1955)

Merton of the Movies (1947)

Phyllis Montague

Till the Clouds Roll By (1947)

The Harvey Girls (1946)

The Show-Off (1946)

Ziegfeld Follies (1946)

Singer in "Bring on the Wonderful Men"

Photos & Videos

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Ship Ahoy (1942) -- (Movie Clip) Poor You

Panama Hattie (1942) -- (Movie Clip) I'll Dip Her In The Canal!

Family & Companions

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Kirk Alyn

Husband

Actor. First husband, married 1942-55; best known for playing Superman in some 1940s serials.

Biography

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

Francis in the Navy (1955)

Merton of the Movies (1947)

Phyllis Montague

Till the Clouds Roll By (1947)

The Harvey Girls (1946)

The Show-Off (1946)

Ziegfeld Follies (1946)

Singer in "Bring on the Wonderful Men"

The Great Morgan (1945)

Meet the People (1944)

"Woodpecker" Peg

Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)

Thousands Cheer (1944)

Du Barry Was a Lady (1943)

Panama Hattie (1942)

Ship Ahoy (1942)

The Big Store (1941)

Lady Be Good (1941)

Ringside Maisie (1941)

Virginia O'Brien

Hullabaloo (1940)

Virginia Ferris

Sky Murder (1940)

Lucille La Vonne

Life Events

Photo Collections

Meet the People - Lobby Card Set

Here is a set of Lobby Cards from MGM's Meet the People (1944), starring Lucille Ball and Dick Powell. Lobby Cards were 11" x 14" posters that came in sets of 8. As the name implies, they were most often displayed in movie theater lobbies, to advertise current or coming attractions.

Du Barry Was a Lady - Behind-the-Scenes Photos

Here are a few photos taken behind-the-scenes during production of MGM's Du Barry Was a Lady (1943), starring Red Skelton, Lucille Ball, and Zero Mostel.

Videos

Ship Ahoy (1942) -- (Movie Clip) Poor You Frank Sinatra is the dandied-up singer performing Burton Lane and E.Y. Harburg's "Poor You," with Tommy Dorsey's band in the Eleanor Powell and Red Skelton vehicle Ship Ahoy, 1942.

Panama Hattie (1942) -- (Movie Clip) I'll Dip Her In The Canal! Title character Ann Sothern with pal Flo (Virginia O’Brien) plans to impress “Gerry” (Jackie Horner), the snooty young visiting daughter of her Canal Zone-based soldier fiancè Dick (Dan Dailey), who’s brought butler Jerkins (Alan Mowbray) from Philadelphia, in MGM’s Panama Hattie, 1942.

Harvey Girls, The (1946) -- (Movie Clip) The Wild, Wild West Fans of Virginia O'Brien will know that no specialty number ever fit her better, as willful Alma, to whom blacksmith Chris (Ray Bolger) has just confessed his fear of horses, George Sidney directing, tune by Harry Warren and Johnny Mercer, in MGM's The Harvey Girls, 1946.

Harvey Girls, The (1946) -- (Movie Clip) On The Atchison, Topeka And The Santa Fe Harvey Girls, The (1946) -- (Movie Clip) On The Atchison, Topeka And The Santa Fe

Meet The People (1944) -- (Movie Clip) I Like To Recognize The Tune June Allyson is the fan-clubber meekly complaining to Vaughn Monroe that his band is drowning out the melody, so she joins him, Ziggie Talent and Virginia O'Brien in this Rodgers and Hart tune first introduced on Broadway in 1939, at a shipboard fund-raiser in MGM's Meet The People, 1944.

Meet the People - (Original Trailer) A fading stage star tries to revive her career by taking a job in a shipyard in Meet the People (1944) starring Lucille Ball.

Family

Tom O'Brien

Father

Policeman. Was captain of detectives in L.A.

Edna O'Brien

Mother

Reportedly a descendant of Confederate General Robert E Lee.

Patrick Peter O'Brien

Uncle

Postal employee. Was postmaster of Los Angeles.

Lloyd Bacon

Uncle

Director. Married to Ruby Lee.

John Feggo

Son

Terri O'Brien

Daughter

Liz Watkins

Daughter

Gale Evans

Daughter

Companions

Kirk Alyn

Husband

Actor. First husband, married 1942-55; best known for playing Superman in some 1940s serials.

Bibliography

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