I have a new idol. And, in fact, a huge girl crush. On the stunningly beautiful and downright awesome Virginia O’Brien, whose nicknames included “Miss Deadpan” and “Frozen Face” due to her unique and unusual singing style. Now I won’t regale you with any more facts, because everything I know about her has been gleaned off that Wikipedia page – I literally discovered her this afternoon. But I plan on doing some more research! All I will say is that she is really not as famous as she should be. She was just so gorgeous and oh, her outfits!
Check out this terrible screen-grab I did earlier.
Now, I fully intend to copy her exact hairdo tonight! It’s very Vivien Leigh, and I have tried it before, but not hard enough!
I spent some time this evening watching videos on Youtube. This one is particularly awesome!
I found a nice screengrab showing her top and hair:
The sleeves! The shoulder pads! Fabulous. (The same photostream also contains a treasure trove of other screenshots! Check out Lucille Ball here!)
Anyway, here are a few more fab videos. T
This one is where the first shot is from:
This one is funny, plus more great hair!
Finally, embedding is disabled on this one, but it shows that she wasn’t always Miss Deadpan!
A couple more before I retire!
Wow, she’s gorgeous. And bears more than a passing resemblance to yourself, Miss Fleur de Guerre! 🙂
That green blouse is amazing! It looks like I have some watching to do.
oh she’s lovley!
i agree with a cat… you remind me of her
What a beautifully poised and effortlessly elegant lady!
Oh, this is so so so unfair…. “P
i’ve been thinking during the day, i might have seen one of her movies once. she looks so familiar
I’m glad you all approve! And cat, a few people have said that…I should be so lucky! That waist! That perfect face!
Ahhhhhhhh that is who you remind me of…you're practically a double for Miss Virginia O'Brien!
Peace 🙂