Joycelyn O'Brien

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Joycelyn O'Brien is an American actress who has appeared in American theater, film and television. She has appeared in several made-for-television movies, as well as episodes of television series such as Star Trek, Quantum Leap , The Nut House, and New Adam-12 . She also played a maid in the movie Oscar (1991) [1] [2] [3] [4] and Gina in the movie The Mambo Kings (1992). She has acted in over a dozen plays, including Biloxi Blues and Brighton Beach Memoirs .[ citation needed ]

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Biography

O'Brien is from Chicago, Illinois.[ citation needed ] She attended Northwestern University for drama, and spent a year at Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. [3]

Theater

She has been in several plays, including a role on Broadway in Biloxi Blues by Neil Simon, and the prequel Brighton Beach Memoirs . [3]

Film and television

O'Brien appeared in The Nut House episode 21 Men and a Baby (1989), the Star Trek episode Allegiance (1990), the Quantum Leap episode Dreams (1991), and the New Adam-12 episode Families (1991).

She has appeared in eight television movies, including 1990 TV film Rock Hudson , [5] When Time Expires (1997), Indictment: The McMartin Trial (1995), and Roseanne: An Unauthorized Biography (1994).

Her first movie role was as the housemaid of a Mafia don, played by Sylvester Stallone, in the movie Oscar (1991). [3] [6] She also appeared in The Mambo Kings (1992) as Gina.

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References

  1. "Review: "Oscar" (1991)". The Viewer's Commentary. 2013-07-02. Retrieved 2021-08-20.
  2. "Joycelyn O'Brien's First Movie Is With Sly Stallone, Thank You". Los Angeles Times. 1991-04-20. Retrieved 2021-08-20.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Irish-American beauty Joycelyn O'Brien makes her movie debut in..." UPI. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
  4. "JOYCELYN O'BRIEN LIKED YELLING AT STALLONE". Deseret News. 1991-03-05. Retrieved 2021-08-20.
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  6. KING, SUSAN (1991-04-20). "Joycelyn O'Brien's First Movie Is With Sly Stallone, Thank You". Los Angeles Times. ISSN   0458-3035 . Retrieved 2018-03-27.