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