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Joan O'Brien

Joan O'Brien

Actor

Born February 14, 1936 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Died May 14, 2025

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Joan O'Brien began her show-biz career while she was in high school, on a local TV music show in California with Tennessee Ernie Ford. Soon, she was a successful singer, and made the jump to acting. In about half the films she ever made, it appeared that Joan played a nurse. Perhaps her most memorable appearance was in Blake Edwards' Operation Petticoat (1959), as the nurse who gets in everyone's way because her, umm, "proportions" cause uncomfortable crowding in a small submarine. Because of her, Cary Grant becomes the first officer in the history of the U.S. Navy to sink an enemy truck! She again played a nurse in the Jerry Lewis film, It's Only Money (1962), and yet one more time with Elvis Presley in It Happened at the World's Fair (1963)--and, according to legend, fired up a hot off-screen romance with Elvis. Also in 1963, in a strange sort of "Columbo" connection, she was voted "most likely to wed Robert Vaughn". Joan's final movie was Get Yourself a College Girl (1964), a "Swinging Sixties" teenfest also featuring Nancy Sinatra, with music by The Animals and The Dave Clark Five. After that, she went back to singing for a while, touring with the Harry James Orchestra. She left show business for good to concentrate on raising her kids, and later became a successful executive with the Hilton Hotel chain.

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GET YOURSELF A COLLEGE GIRL (Original Theatrical Trailer)

It Happened at the World's Fair (1963) Original Trailer [FHD]

Operation Petticoat (1959) Teaser Trailer

Operation Petticoat (1959) Trailer

Filmography

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The Definitive Elvis: The Hollywood Years - Part II: 1962-1969 Documentary2002Self

Get Yourself a College Girl Poster

Get Yourself a College Girl Feature Film1964Marge Endicott

That Regis Philbin Show Poster

That Regis Philbin Show TV Series1964Self

The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Poster

The Man from U.N.C.L.E. TV Series1964Chris Brinel

Valentine's Day Poster

Valentine's Day TV Series19641 episode, 1965

It Happened at the World's Fair Poster

It Happened at the World's Fair Feature Film1963Diane Warren

The Lieutenant Poster

The Lieutenant TV Series1963Lt. Ruth Riley

It's Only Money Poster

It's Only Money Feature Film1962Wanda Paxton

Samar Feature Film1962Cecile Salazar

Six Black Horses Poster

Six Black Horses Feature Film1962Kelly

The Virginian Poster

The Virginian TV Series1962Joan

We Joined the Navy Poster

We Joined the Navy Feature Film1962Carol

Bus Stop Poster

Bus Stop TV Series1961Julie

Follow the Sun Poster

Follow the Sun TV Series1961Nita Parker

The Comancheros Poster

The Comancheros Feature Film1961Melinda Marshall

The Dick Van Dyke Show Poster

The Dick Van Dyke Show TV Series1961Jane Leighton

Whispering Smith Poster

Whispering Smith TV Series1961Marilyn Manning

Bringing Up Buddy Poster

Bringing Up Buddy TV Series1960Ruth Grayson

Outlaws TV Series1960Laurie Danvers

Spirit of the Alamo Poster

Spirit of the Alamo Documentary1960Self

Surfside 6 Poster

Surfside 6 TV Series1960Linda Faris

The Alamo Poster

The Alamo Feature Film1960Mrs. Sue Dickinson

The Chevy Mystery Show Poster

The Chevy Mystery Show TV Series1960Susan Hudson

The Islanders Poster

The Islanders TV Series1960Ann Brenner

The Roaring 20's Poster

The Roaring 20's TV Series1960Mona Fenton

The Tall Man Poster

The Tall Man TV Series1960Marilee

The Westerner Poster

The Westerner TV Series1960Libby

About Faces Poster

About Faces TV Series1959Self

Adventures in Paradise Poster

Adventures in Paradise TV Series1959Lila Simmons

Lock Up TV Series1959Claudia Scott

Markham TV Series1959Julia Conrad

Operation Petticoat Poster

Operation Petticoat Feature Film1959Lt. Dolores Crandall RN

Rawhide TV Series1959Melinda Stimson

Riverboat Poster

Riverboat TV Series1959Sonja Torgin

The Alaskans Poster

The Alaskans TV Series1959Fay Campbell

The Deputy Poster

The Deputy TV Series1959Emily Price

Bat Masterson Poster

Bat Masterson TV Series1958Dolores Clark

Bronco TV Series1958Judith Castle

Handle with Care Poster

Handle with Care Feature Film1958Mary Judson

Bachelor Father Poster

Bachelor Father TV Series1957Janice McCleery

M Squad TV Series1957Marla Ross

Man Without a Gun Poster

Man Without a Gun TV Series1957Ellen Duncan

Perry Mason Poster

Perry Mason TV Series1957Betty Roberts

Wagon Train Poster

Wagon Train TV Series1957Candy O'Hara

The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show Poster

The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show TV Series1956Self - singer

Cheyenne Poster

Cheyenne TV Series1955Selma Dawson

The Easter Seal Teleparade of Stars TV Special1955Self - singer

Shower of Stars Poster

Shower of Stars TV Series1954Self

General Electric Theater Poster

General Electric Theater TV Series1953Meryle

The Bob Crosby Show Poster

The Bob Crosby Show TV Series1953Self

The Liberace Show Poster

The Liberace Show TV Series1952Self

Hometown Jamboree TV Series1949Self

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