The actress had a profession spanning greater than 50 years.
Maria O’Brien has died (Picture: Getty Pictures)
Actress and appearing coach, Maria O’Brien, has died aged 75 on February 24. Her reason behind demise has not been revealed.
Followers have been sharing tributes to Maria on-line. One wrote: “That is so unhappy to listen to. I beloved working with Maria over time she was actually a gem. Prayers for all her mates & household.” One other added: “She made TV higher and taught us to behave like execs.” Whereas a 3rd mentioned: “Maria O’Brien is gone too quickly.” The late star was finest recognized for her 15-year tenure on Days of Our Lives and appearances in movies together with Protocol and Smile. Her dad and mom have been additionally very well-known within the showbiz world. Her father, Edmond O’Brien, received the Academy Award for Finest Supporting Actor for his function in 1954’s The Barefoot Contessa.
In the meantime her mom, Olga San Juan, was a musical comedy star who appeared in a string of movies together with Are You with It? and One Contact of Venus. Maria adopted of their footsteps after touchdown her first onscreen credit score in 1963 on the TV collection Sam Benedict.
Her later display credit included The Unbelievable Shrinking Girl, Desk for 5, and the 1984 Goldie Hawn comedy Protocol.
She additionally made visitor appearances on among the hottest collection of the Nineteen Eighties and 90s, amongst them Magnum P.I., Homicide She Wrote, L.A. Regulation, Matlock, CHiPs, and The Love Boat.
O’Brien’s father was one of many first celebrities to be recognized with Alzheimer’s Illness. In 1983, she testified earlier than Congress concerning the illness’s devastation and performed a key function in securing authorities funding for Alzheimer’s analysis.
She is survived by her three kids, Thomas, Danica, and Sean Anderson, and her sister Bridget O’Brien Adelman.
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