Virginia O'Brien

Virginia O'Brien

Acting

Birthday

1919/04/18

Day of death

2001/01/16 (81 years old)

Gender

Female

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

Also know as

Virginia Lee O'Brien, Miss Red Hot Frozen Face, Вирджиния О'Брайен

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...Read more

Acting
Du Barry was a Lady
6.1

(1943) Du Barry was a Lady

as Ginny

Thousands Cheer
6.4

(1943) Thousands Cheer

as Virginia O’Brien

Ship Ahoy
5.9

(1942) Ship Ahoy

as Fran Evans

Francis in the Navy
5.5

(1955) Francis in the Navy

as Nurse Kittredge

Till the Clouds Roll By
5.6

(1946) Till the Clouds Roll By

as Ellie May Shipley / Virginia O'Brien

Meet the People
5.0

(1944) Meet the People

as 'Woodpecker' Peg

Panama Hattie
4.0

(1942) Panama Hattie

as Flo Foster

Merton of the Movies
6.8

(1947) Merton of the Movies

as Phyllis Montague

Ringside Maisie
7.0

(1941) Ringside Maisie

as Herself - Singer

0.0

(1941) Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1

as Self

Two Girls and a Sailor
5.7

(1944) Two Girls and a Sailor

as Virginia O'Brien

The Harvey Girls
6.5

(1946) The Harvey Girls

as Alma from Ohio

The Big Store
6.2

(1941) The Big Store

as Kitty

Gus
6.0

(1976) Gus

as Reporter

Lady Be Good
5.4

(1941) Lady Be Good

as Lull

The Show-Off
7.0

(1946) The Show-Off

as Hortense

Hullabaloo
4.0

(1940) Hullabaloo

as Virginia Ferris

Sky Murder
6.3

(1940) Sky Murder

as Lucille LaVonne

The Great Morgan
5.5

(1945) The Great Morgan

as Film Character (archive footage)

Ziegfeld Follies
6.1

(1945) Ziegfeld Follies

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

1.0

(1948) Musical Merry-Go-Round #4

as Self