- Erin Joanne O'Brien
Erin (Joanne) O'Brien (born
January 7 ,1935 ) is an American actress active during the mid-twentieth century and best known as the leading lady of the first made-for-TV movie, "Girl on the Run ", which also served as the pilot for the television series "77 Sunset Strip " (source: theInternet Movie Database ).O'Brien was also the female lead in episodes of "Maverick", "Colt .45", "Bat Masterson", "
Sugarfoot ", "Cheyenne" and others, as listed in theInternet Movie Database . TheWarner Bros. studio initially held her in such high regard that she was billed alongsideJames Garner at the beginning of her first "Maverick" episode in 1957, a gesture shared by very few actors during the 5-year run of the series (the episode is "Stage West," based upon aLouis Lamour story, and is permanently available for viewing at theMuseum of Television & Radio inNew York City andLos Angeles , along with many other episodes from the series). From 1956 to 1958, O'Brien was a featured solo singer on "The Steve Allen Show" (cited in theInternet Movie Database ).O'Brien's movies, as listed in her
New York Times filmography, were the notoriousAndy Griffith andWalter Matthau flop "Onionhead " (1958), "John Paul Jones" (1959) starringRobert Stack as the famed mariner, and a smaller but prominent role in the 1967James Coburn spy spoof "In Like Flint ". O'Brien was always billed as "Erin O'Brien," never with her middle name included.External links
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* [http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/filmography.html?p_id=329018 "New York Times"] filmography for Erin O'Brien
* [http://www.glamourgirlsofthesilverscreen.com/show/321/Erin+O%27Brien/index.html|An Erin O'Brien biography]
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