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Joan O'Brien

ジョーン・オブライエン　/　じょーん・おぶらいえん

American actor

February 14, 1936 (age 90)　・　Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Massachusetts
actor
singer
screenwriter

My Take

Joan O'Brien is one of those names that deserves more remembering than she gets. To have shared the screen with Cary Grant, Elvis Presley, John Wayne, George Montgomery and Jerry Lewis is to have stood in the very center of Hollywood's golden age, and she did it as both actress and singer. What strikes me is the breadth — television, film, even screenwriting — at a time when versatility wasn't always rewarded for women. She passed in 2025, and my honest take is that careers like hers are the connective tissue of that era; I want her logged not as a footnote, but as a genuine working star.

Overview

Joan Marie O'Brien (February 14, 1936 – May 5, 2025) was an American actress and singer. She made a name for herself acting in television shows in the 1950s and 1960s and as a film co-star with Cary Grant, Elvis Presley, John Wayne, George Montgomery and Jerry Lewis.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Joan O'Brien
Name (Japanese): ジョーン・オブライエン
Reading: じょーん・おぶらいえん
Born: February 14, 1936 (age 90)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Aquarius / Rat
Origin: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: actor / singer / screenwriter / film actor / television actor

2. Background

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Junior high: Private
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3. Relationships

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4. Personality

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6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AA%E3%83%96%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%82%A8%E3%83%B3

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