Virginia O'Brien

Personal Info

Birthday

April 18, 1919

Day of Death

2001-01-16

(81 years old)

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

Also Known As

Virginia Lee O'Brien

Miss Red Hot Frozen Face

Вирджиния О'Брайен

Virginia O'Brien

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 Bacon).

Her big show-business break came in 1939 after she secured a singing role in the L.A. production of the musical/comedy "Meet the People".