Blanche O'Brien

born: 23 June 1871 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

died: 25 June 1953 Los Angeles, California, United States of America (glomerulosclerosis, age 82)

Australian actress, the mother of Jack O'Brien.

Real name: Blanche Grave

Films listed on this page: complete Hal Roach filmography.

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1930 Shivering Shakespeare [?] Acknowledgements: Blanche Grave, "Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922" (Ancestry.com) Blanche Grave and Thomas P O Brien, "Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950" (Ancestry.com) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCD4-V26 (1930 Census) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VP67-2S8 (CA Death Index) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPWW-KC28 (death certificate) https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/177296024 (Find a Grave) https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/O%27Brien-2489 (Jack at WikiTree) http://theluckycorner.com/rmt/095.html (Robert Demoss/The Lucky Corner) Jesse Brisson (bio notes and research) This page was last updated on: 30 June 2026