Maria O’Brien, acting coach and actress herself, died on February 24 at the age of 75, as reported by several American media at the beginning of March 2026.
If her name doesn’t mean anything, the series and films in which she starred say a lot. Maria O’Brien died at age 75 on February 24, as announced Variety. Loyal viewers of the small and big screen will certainly not forget her numerous appearances in various and varied programs broadcast during the 80s and 90s. During her career, Maria O’Brien was featured in The Shrinking Woman, Arabesque, Magnum or even Nash Bridges et Protocol.
Maria O’Brien, a pillar of the series Days of our livesbut not only…
In addition to her film incarnations, Maria O’Brien was also a significant shadowy figure in Joey’s beloved soap opera in Friendssince after his work on Sunset Beachshe was hired as a coach to guide the actors in their acting on set from the series Days of our livesuntil his retirement in 2022. This position allowed him to be as close as possible with the artists and to have an obvious influence on their presentation in the soap opera. Although Maria O’Brien only had small roles in Arabesque et Magnumalongside Angela Lansbury and Tom Selleck, she was a memorable, recurring face.
Her passion for this art form was born early, as Maria O’Brien was Edmund O’Brien‘s daughterOscar-winning director and actor for The Barefoot Countess in 1955, and Olga San Juanan American dancer and actress. Her life was marked by Alzheimer’s disease, which affected her father, against which she never stopped fighting.
Maria O’Brien leaves behind her three children, James, Danica and Sean Anderson.
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Journalist at Serieously since 2023, Drifa Maza is a great enthusiast of cinema from all eras, ranging from its silent beginnings in black and white to today. Always on the lookout for the latest news, she never misses any movie or series release, and is always on the lookout for something new and a show to binge. Her childhood was rocked by Pixar films and the Disney Channel era, her adolescence by the dystopia genre and Marvel (which she still loves) but it was especially watching La La Land in 2016 that her love for this industry was born. Today, Drifa loves sharing this passion and her knowledge through articles, quizzes and interviews and meetings with actresses, actors and filmmakers like Celine Song, Danny Boyle or even Tom Hardy and Timothée Chalamet, whom she admires.
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