Erin O'Brien
Erin O'Brien was born in Los Angeles, California, United States on January 17th, 1934 and is the TV Actress. At the age of 90, Erin O'Brien biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Erin O'Brien (born January 17, 1934) is an American actress, active during the mid-twentieth century and best known as the leading lady of arguably the first made-for-TV movie, Girl on the Run, which also served as the pilot for the television series 77 Sunset Strip written by Roy Huggins and starring Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
Early years
The daughter of a milk delivery man, Vincent O'Brien, and his wife, Betty, she was the oldest of 14 siblings, with seven sisters and six brothers. She was born in Hollywood, grew up in Long Beach, California, and was a graduate of St. Anthony High School.
At the age of 15, O'Brien had a notable encounter singing to Helen Keller, who was staying temporarily at a nunnery in Pasadena, California. One account of that encounter states, "The sister surrounding Keller's bed encouraged a frightened O'Brien to continue [singing]. Finally Keller reached up and held her hand to O'Brien's throat to feel the vibrato. Keller began crying. 'Afterward she kept kissing my hand again and again and again.'"
Personal life and death
On June 16, 1951, O'Brien married public relations practitioner James Fitzgerald. They had three sons and divorced on January 17, 1963. She had two children by her second husband, Kanan Awni, whom she married twice. She died on May 20, 2021.
Career
O'Brien joined a chorus directed by Walter Schumann shortly after graduating from high school. Betty White appeared on a three-year television show hosted by Al Jarvis and starring Betty White. Following that success, O'Brien performed as a singer and then became a winner of Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts on television, resulting in a one-year deal on The Tonight Show.
O'Brien appeared as both a supporting character and leading lady in episodes of a variety of television shows, including several famous Western series in the late 1950s and 1960s. Bat Masterson, Sugarfoot, Cheyenne, Maverick, Maverick, Colt.45, Laramie, Tombstone Territory, and Death Valley Days are among the many shows that have been collected. On The Asphalt Jungle television series and on Perry Mason, she did a good job. Her performance was not limited to the "small screen." In the 1967 film In Like Flint, she was cast, for example. In Marjorie Morningstar (1958), casting directors considered her as a potential costar for Gene Kelly, but the role was handed over to Natalie Wood.
On CBS-TV (1950-1952), O'Brien appeared on The Frank Sinatra Show (363), and The Liberace Show (1958-1959). 598 She entertained troops with Bob Hope, Jayne Mansfield, and Frances Langford in 1957, and was the face of advertising campaigns for Schlitz and later, Smirnoff.
According to the Internet Movie Database, O'Brien appeared on The Steve Allen Show from 1956 to 1958. Onionhead (1958) and John Paul Jones (1959) were among Andy Griffith's (1959) films.
On Coral Records, O'Brien released Songs From the Heart of Erin O'Brien in 1958.