Who is Joan O’Brien, and what are the details of her biography, including her net worth, age, weight, and height?

 

Joan O’Brien is a well-known American actress and singer. She made a name for herself in acting in television shows in the 1950s and 1960s. Joan has also starred as a movie co-star with famous actors like Cary Grant, Jerry Lewis, Elvis Presley, and John Wayne.

When was Joan O’Brien born?

Joan O’Brien was born in 1936, on February 14. She was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Joan is 85 years old as of 2021. She was born with a birth name Joan Marie O’Brien.

Joan O’Brien is the daughter of David O’Brien (Father) and Rita O’Brien (Mother).  Her family transferred to California when Joan was a child. And O’Brien enrolled in dance classes when she was eight years old.

The brown hair that has since turned gray belonged to Joan O’Brien. She is a brown-eyed woman who is 1.63 meters (5 feet 4 inches) tall. She is slim and measures 53 kg (117 lbs). With a chest-waist-hips ratio of 33-24-35, Joan has a voluptuous physique.

 
How was the Career of Joan O’Brien?

Joan O’Brien’s has singing abilities came to the attention of the entertainer when Joan performed on his television show Hometown Jamboree when the  Country Music Hall of Fame member Cliffie Stone hired her as a regular before her high school graduation. Then, in 1954, she became a regular on “The Bob Crosby Show.” Joan stayed until shortly before the show’s cancellation in the year 1958. O’Brien also co-starred with Cary Grant and Tony Curtis in the 1959 film Operation Petticoat.

In July 1959, Lawrence Welk hired her as a one-week replacement for his champagne lady Alice Lon. Joan had come to Welk’s awareness years earlier as a singer on Bob Crosby’s show. Welk had decided not to engage her since she was still a teenager. Joan performed in different episodes on the TV western Bat Masterson. The episode “Shakedown at St. Joe” (1959) had her singing as up-and-coming creation soprano Dora Miller.

Joan O’Brien has featured as survivor Susanna Dickinson in John Wayne’s 1960 epic feature film retelling of the battle of The Alamo. O’Brien also performed as a soloist for composer Buddy Bregman at the Moulin Rouge nightclub in Los Angeles. Joan again co-starred with John Wayne as his love interest in The Comancheros in 1961. In 1961, Actors Sheree North, Sabrina, and Sue Carson joined O’Brien in a tour of Playgirls featuring at the Riverside Hotel in Reno, Nevada.
Joan O’Brien has played Elvis Presley’s girlfriend in the 1963 film “It Happened at the World’s Fair.” And, her most frequent acting was on television during the 1960s. Joan has also made two guest appearances on Perry Mason: in 1960, she played Betty Roberts in “The Case of the Singing Skirt.”

In 1965, she played Jill Fenwick in “The Case of the Lover’s Gamble.” Joan guest-starred in an episode of The Man from UNCLE in 1964. Series star Robert Vaughn eventually cast her as Ophelia in Hamlet at the Pasadena Playhouse. In 1968, Joan O’Brien sang with the Harry James band.

Family: Spouse

There is quite a story to be told about Joan O’Brie and her relationships as she has not been so lucky in most of her relationships. She contracted five different marriages, of which 4 ended in divorce and the last ended because her spouse died. It is also known that his relationship instability impacted his career as more attention was given to his sour relationships than his performance.

The dynamic actress had her first marriage in 1954 at age 18, while she was still preparing the pieces for her career. This marriage was to Billy Strange who was an instrumentalist, although two years in the car in 1956 it was annulled. This marriage produced a child who was in the custody of Joan O’Brien.

Joan married the second time to John F. Meyer in 1957, just a year after the first ended. Well, the second marriage followed suit as it only lasted 3 years, ending in 1960 with a child too. The third marital trip which lasted only one year, from 1963 to 1964, was with Harvey Allen Godorov, and the fourth with Dino Kotopoulis also lasted one year from 1966 to 1967.

After a short-lived affair with Elvis Presley, a famous actor in Hollywood, she decides to marry for the fifth time but it is not to Elvis. She married Lieutenant Colonel Malcolm Bernard Campbell who was in the army. Joan O’Brien and Malcolm were married on August 4, 1979 and lived together in Auburn, California. The countdown started, one year, two years, until five years later and they were still together. It could have been her happily ever after, but the marriage ended when Malcolm lost his life on May 8, 2004.

What is Joan O’Brien’s net worth? Salary, Earnings

Joan O’Brien makes money acting, which is her profession. According to many online resources, Joan O’Brien’s net worth is estimated to be $2 million.