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name: "Joan O'Brien"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "14 February 1936"
died: "14 May 2025"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-20T03:46:08.043004+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Joan O'Brien

Actor. Born 14 February 1936 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Died 14 May 2025.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 14 February 1936, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
- **Died:** 14 May 2025
- **Also known as:** Joan Marie O'Brien, Joanie O'Brien
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_O%27Brien, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3179611, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0639613/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/55890

## Streaming the US now

- **Pluto TV:** [*The Alamo*](https://film.one/film/the-alamo.md) (50)

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## Biography

Joan Marie O'Brien (14 February 1936 – 5 May 2025) was an American actress and singer. She began her career as a singer on television programmes including Hometown Jamboree and The Bob Crosby Show before moving into acting in the late 1950s.

Her film roles include Second Lieutenant Dolores Crandall in Operation Petticoat (1959), Susanna Dickinson in The Alamo (1960), Melinda Marshall in The Comancheros (1961) and Diane Warren in It Happened at the World's Fair (1963). She also appeared in guest roles on television series such as Perry Mason, The Dick Van Dyke Show and The Man from U.N.C.L.E.. O'Brien retired from acting in the mid-1960s.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, hollywoodreporter.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Alamo* (1960), Fi1m 50, as Mrs. Sue Dickinson — [page](https://film.one/film/the-alamo.md)

## Complete filmography (29)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Get Yourself a College Girl* (1964), as Marge Endicott
- *The Man from U.N.C.L.E.* (1964), series, as Chris Brinel
- *Valentine's Day* (1964), series, Actor
- *The Lieutenant* (1963), series, as Lt. Ruth Riley
- *We Joined the Navy* (1963), as Lt. Carol Blair
- *It Happened at the World's Fair* (1963), as Diane Warren
- *It's Only Money* (1962), as Wanda Paxton
- *The Virginian* (1962), series, as Joan
- *Six Black Horses* (1962), as Kelly
- *Samar* (1962), as Cecile Salazar
- *The Comancheros* (1961), as Melinda Marshall
- *The Dick Van Dyke Show* (1961), series, as Jane Leighton
- *Bus Stop* (1961), series, as Julie
- *The Alamo* (1960), as Mrs. Sue Dickinson — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/the-alamo.md)
- *Surfside 6* (1960), series, as Linda Faris
- *The Westerner* (1960), series, as Libby
- *The Tall Man* (1960), series, as Marilee
- *The Chevy Mystery Show* (1960), series, as Susan Hudson
- *Operation Petticoat* (1959), as 2nd Lieutenant Dolores Crandall
- *Adventures in Paradise* (1959), series, as Lila Simmons
- *Lock-Up* (1959), series, as Claudia Scott
- *The Deputy* (1959), series, as Emily Price
- *Rawhide* (1959), series, as Melinda Stimson
- *Bat Masterson* (1958), series, as Dora Miller, Eileen McDermott
- *Bronco* (1958), series, as Judith Castle
- *Handle with Care* (1958), as Mary Judson
- *Perry Mason* (1957), series, as Jill Fenwick, Betty Roberts
- *Wagon Train* (1957), series, as Victoria, Candy O'Hara
- *Cheyenne* (1955), series, as Selma Dawson

## Gallery

- ![Joan O'Brien](https://film.one/media/person/1240059/gallery-388428bb22bd.jpg) Joan O'Brien — Earl Wingard, for MGM, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0f/Joan_O%27Brien_in_It_Happened_at_the_World%27s_Fair.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Joan O'Brien in Six Black Horses (1962) - publicity still (original image cropped : see source)](https://film.one/media/person/1240059/gallery-0a64b22042b5.jpg) Joan O'Brien in Six Black Horses (1962) - publicity still (original image cropped : see source) — unknown (Universal Pictures), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4b/Joan_O%27Brien_in_Six_Black_Horses.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![A color photo of Joan O'Brien holding her son, Rusty. Published in TV Radio Mirror, July 1956.](https://film.one/media/person/1240059/gallery-6391ab086723.jpg) A color photo of Joan O'Brien holding her son, Rusty. Published in TV Radio Mirror, July 1956. — TV Radio Mirror, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Joan_O%27Brien_and_her_son%2C_Rusty_%281956%29.jpg/1280px-Joan_O%27Brien_and_her_son%2C_Rusty_%281956%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Joan O'Brien](https://film.one/media/person/1240059/gallery-bd4005a8a4e8.jpg) Joan O'Brien — Image via TMDB
- ![Joan O'Brien](https://film.one/media/person/1240059/gallery-d841fad9e651.jpg) Joan O'Brien — Image via TMDB
- ![Joan O'Brien](https://film.one/media/person/1240059/gallery-5f908616ec8e.jpg) Joan O'Brien — Image via TMDB
- ![Joan O'Brien](https://film.one/media/person/1240059/gallery-32779df73faa.jpg) Joan O'Brien — Image via TMDB
- ![Joan O'Brien](https://film.one/media/person/1240059/gallery-e1e37cb69eb2.jpg) Joan O'Brien — Image via TMDB

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