VIRGINIA O'BRIEN - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 277794

VIRGINIA O'BRIEN
Small b/w photo of O'Brien from the waist up, standing in a hallway and wearing a light-colored blouse, signed "Sincerely" in blue ink on verso
Photograph signed "Sincerely/Virginia/O'Brien" in blue ink on verso of image. Also stamped "186" in black ink on verso.B/w, 3 ½ x 2 ¼ overall, 3x2 image, one surface. Stage, screen and television actress and singer O'Brien (1919-2001, born in Los Angeles, California) got her big break in 1939, when she appeared in the Los Angeles stage production of Meet the People. Paralyzed with stage fright, she sang the words to her song with a zombie-like expression that delighted the crowd (who thought it was part of the show) and resulted in O'Brien being known to some fans as "Miss Deadpan". O'Brien, who reprised her role in the 1944 film version of the play, was signed by MGM in 1940, and appeared in a number of other MGM musicals, including Thousands Cheer (1943), DuBarry Was a Lady (1943), The Harvey Girls (1946) and Ziegfeld Follies (1946). After leaving MGM, she appeared in only two more films, Francis in the Navy (1955) and Walt Disney's Gus (1976), preferring to concentrate television and stage work. O'Brien was married to her second husband, actor Kirk Alyn, from 1942 until their divorce in 1955. The couple had two daughters and a son. Lightly toned, soiled and bowed. Light impressions on image from signature. Pinholes and tape remnants at top edge of photo. Otherwise in fine condition.