Erin Joanne O'Brien

Erin O'Brien
Erin O'Brien in 1959
Born	(1934-01-17) January 17, 1934 (age 83) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Years active	1957-1967
Spouse(s)	Jimmy Fitzgerald (1951-1963) (divorced) (3 sons) Kanan A. Awni (1963-present) (2 daughters)

Erin O'Brien (January 17, 1934 - ) is an American actress, active during the mid-twentieth century and best known as the leading lady of arguably the first made-for-TV movie,Girl on the Run, which also served as the pilot for the television series 77 Sunset Strip written by Roy Huggins and starring Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.

The oldest of 14 siblings, O'Brien has six sisters and seven brothers. The daughter of a milk delivery man, Vincent O'Brien, and his wife, Betty, she grew up in Long Beach, California, after being born in Hollywood. She is a graduate of St. Anthony High School.

Shortly after finishing high school, O'Brien sang with a choir directed by Walter Schumann.

For three years, O'Brien appeared on a five-day-a-week television show hosted by Al Jarvis in Los Angeles. After that, she toured as a singer and eventually became a winner on Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts on television.

O'Brien was the leading lady in episodes of such television shows as Bat Masterson with Gene Barry, Sugarfoot, Cheyenne with Clint Walker, Maverick with James Garner, Colt .45, The Asphalt Jungle, Laramie, and Death Valley Days.

O'Brien was a singer on The Frank Sinatra Show on CBS-TV (1950-1952), The Eddie Fisher Show on NBC-TV (1957-1959), and the syndicated The Liberace Show (1958-1959).