Joycelyn O'Brien
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 and Gina in the movie The Mambo Kings. She has acted in over a dozen plays, including Biloxi Blues and Brighton Beach Memoirs.
Biography
O'Brien is from Chicago, Illinois. She attended Northwestern University for drama, and spent a year at Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.Theater
She has been in several plays, including a role on Broadway in Biloxi Blues by Neil Simon, and the prequel Brighton Beach Memoirs.Film and television
O'Brien appeared in The Nut House episode 21 Men and a Baby, the Star Trek episode Allegiance, the Quantum Leap episode Dreams, and the New Adam-12 episode Families.She has appeared in eight television movies, including 1990 TV film Rock Hudson, When Time Expires, Indictment: The McMartin Trial, and Roseanne: An Unauthorized Biography.
Her first movie role was as the housemaid of a Mafia don, played by Sylvester Stallone, in the movie Oscar. She also appeared in The Mambo Kings as Gina.