Virginia O'Brien Autographs
Virginia Lee O'Brien (April 18, 1919 – January 16, 2001) was an American actress, singer, and radio personality known for her comedic singing roles in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer musicals of the 1940s.
O'Brien primarily performed in comedic roles during the height of her formal film career. This was in part due to her intentionally humorous singing style, which involved her singing in a deadpan manner, with no facial expressions and very little movement– reportedly she stumbled upon this "gimmick" by accident during a stage show when she became virtually paralyzed with stage fright before singing a number in the Los Angeles stage production Meet the People. The audience found the performance to be hilarious and she was soon hired to repeat this performance in a number of movies beginning in 1940, for which she gained the nicknames "Frozen Face" and "Miss Ice Glacier" amongst others. When she was not singing, her acting style was just as emotive as other actresses, and she did not always employ her gimmick when singing, as evidenced by her performance in the excerpt from Show Boat in the 1946 film Till the Clouds Roll By. She made her Broadway debut in the short-lived musical Keep Off The Grass with Jimmy Durante and recorded four of the songs for Columbia Records. She also recorded several sides for Decca Records, including two of her signature songs – "The Wild, Wild West" and "Say We're Sweethearts Again."
Among the films she appeared in at MGM were The Big Store (1941) with the Marx Brothers, Lady Be Good (1941), Ship Ahoy (1942) with Eleanor Powell and Red Skelton, Thousands Cheer (in which she endured ribbing from Mickey Rooney about her singing style), Du Barry Was a Lady (with Skelton and Lucille Ball), the film version of Meet the People with Dick Powell, The Harvey Girls (with Judy Garland), and Ziegfeld Follies. After appearing once again with Red Skelton in 1947's Merton of the Movies and after a guest appearance the following year in the short, Musical Merry-Go-Round, O'Brien was suddenly dropped from her MGM film contract, and she moved into television and back to live performances.
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Traded items with a signature of Virginia O'Brien
The most expensive item with a signature of Virginia O'Brien (Virginia O'Brien Signed 8x10 Promo Photo) was sold in May 2020 for $59.99 while the cheapest item (Virginia O’Brien Autograph, actress) found a new owner for $0.99 in December 2021. The month with the most items sold (3) was April 2021 with an average selling price of $34.00 for an autographed item of Virginia O'Brien. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in May 2020 with $54.50 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $2.25 was May 2013. In average, an autographed item from Virginia O'Brien is worth $22.49.
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| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | 1940s Actress-Vocalist Virginia O'Brien In-Person HAND-SIGNED Photo Autographed | $31.96 |  |
| 1940s MGM MUSICALS VIRGINIA O'BRIEN (1919-2001) AUTOGRAPH PAPER with DISPLAY~ | $7.50 | |
| 2009 Razor Cut Signature Virginia O'Brien Cut Masterpiece Auto #'d 1/1 Actress | $49.99 | |
| ACTORS KIRK ALYN & HIS WIFE VIRGINIA O'BRIEN, SIGNED VINTAGE STUDIO PHOTO. | $49.99 | |
| AMERICAN ACTRESS & SINGER VIRGINIA O'BRIEN ,AUTOGRAPHED VINTAGE STUDIO PHOTO | $49.99 | |
| LADY BE GOOD VIRGINIA O'BRIEN AUTOGRAPHED 3X5 INDEX CARD | $12.00 | |
| Original Vintage MGM Studio Signed Photo Virginia O'Brien | $14.99 | |
| VIRGINIA O'BRIEN (1919-2001) (1940s MGM MUSICALS) AUTOGRAPH INDEX CARD~ | $4.25 | |
| VIRGINIA O'BRIEN (1919-2001) (MGM 1940s MUSICALS) AUTOGRAPH PAPER~ | $3.27 | |
| VIRGINIA O'BRIEN ORIGINAL GLAMOUR HAND SIGNED AUTOGRAPHED PHOTO d. 2001 | $5.50 | |
| Virginia O'Brien Signed 8x10 Promo Photo | $59.99 | |
| Virginia O'Brien Signed in Person Inscribed Photo B/W 8x10 | $38.97 | |
| Virginia O'Brien SIGNED LP Sings the Great MGM Musicals Mint 1984 | $49.00 | |
| Virginia O'Brien SIGNED Photo 40s Movie Actress Singer Diva of Deadpan Musicals | $34.00 | |
| Virginia O'Brien was an American actress, singer Hand Signed 5 x 3 Album Page | $6.10 | |
