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Virginia O'Brien

Acting

April 18, 1919

Los Angeles, California, USA

21 movies

5.8 avg

1

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 secured a singing role in the L.A....

Best Performances

Highest rated appearances

The Harvey Girls

The Harvey Girls

as Alma from Ohio

The Big Store

The Big Store

as Kitty

Ziegfeld Follies

Ziegfeld Follies

as Virginia O'Brien (segment "Here's to the Ladies")

Filmography

1970s

1 film

Gus

Gus

as Reporter

1950s

1 film

Francis in the Navy

Francis in the Navy

as Miss Kittredge

1940s

19 films

Martin Block's Musical Merry-Go-Round No. 4

Martin Block's Musical Merry-Go-Round No. 4

as Self

Merton of the Movies

Merton of the Movies

as Phyllis Montague

Till the Clouds Roll By

Till the Clouds Roll By

as Ellie May Shipley / Virginia O'Brien

The Show-Off

The Show-Off

as Hortense

The Harvey Girls

The Harvey Girls

as Alma from Ohio

Ziegfeld Follies

Ziegfeld Follies

as Virginia O'Brien (segment "Here's to the Ladies")

The Great Morgan

The Great Morgan

as Film Character (archive footage)

Two Girls and a Sailor

Two Girls and a Sailor

as Virginia O'Brien

Meet the People

Meet the People

as 'Woodpecker' Peg

Thousands Cheer

Thousands Cheer

as Virginia O’Brien

Du Barry Was a Lady

Du Barry Was a Lady

as Ginny

Panama Hattie

Panama Hattie

as Flo Foster

Ship Ahoy

Ship Ahoy

as Fran Evans

Lady Be Good

Lady Be Good

as Lull

Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1

Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1

as Self

Ringside Maisie

Ringside Maisie

as Herself - Singer

The Big Store

The Big Store

as Kitty

Hullabaloo

Hullabaloo

as Virginia Ferris

Sky Murder

Sky Murder

as Lucille LaVonne

Virginia O'Brien | PopcornPlay