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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]

Biography

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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

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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

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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.

References

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  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. ^ a b c d "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.
  5. ^ Rock Hudson at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
  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.