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O'Brien was cast as survivor [[Susanna Dickinson]] in [[John Wayne|John Wayne's]] 1960 epic [[feature film]] retelling of battle of ''[[The Alamo (1960 film)|The Alamo]]''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Wayne's Alamo in Town on Nov 10|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xIwtAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HJ0FAAAAIBAJ&pg=6184,5723314&dq=joan-o-brien&hl=en|page=42|accessdate=30 June 2011|newspaper=The Montreal Gazette|date=29 October 1960}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=On the Set of The Alamo|url=http://www.texasarchive.org/library/index.php?title=On_the_Set_of_The_Alamo&gsearch=set%20of%20the%20alamo|publisher=Texas Archive of the Moving Image|accessdate=4 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190717232317/https://www.texasarchive.org/library/index.php?title=On_the_Set_of_The_Alamo&gsearch=set%20of%20the%20alamo|archive-date=17 July 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> That same year, O'Brien performed as a soloist for composer [[Buddy Bregman]] at the Moulin Rouge night club in [[Los Angeles]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Newcomer Joan O'Brien Wants Twin Success – Acting, Singing|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HiwxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6A8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=3944,5632492&dq=joan-o-brien&hl=en|accessdate=30 June 2011|newspaper=The Milwaukee Sentinel|date=30 October 1960|page=39}}</ref> In 1961 O'Brien again co-starred with John Wayne as his love interest in ''[[The Comancheros (film)|The Comancheros]]''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Paramount to Open The Comancheros Friday|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Oy1AAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_VgMAAAAIBAJ&pg=580,3134180&dq=joan-o-brien&hl=en|accessdate=30 June 2011|newspaper=Youngstown Vindicator|date=10 December 1961|page=24}}</ref>
 
ActorsActresses [[Sheree North]], [[Sabrina (actress)|Sabrina]], and Sue Carson joined O'Brien in a tour of ''Playgirls'' in 1961, appearing at the [[Riverside Hotel (Reno)|Riverside Hotel]] in [[Reno, Nevada]].<ref name="Femmes"/>
 
O'Brien played [[Elvis Presley]]'s girlfriend in the 1963 film ''[[It Happened at the World's Fair]]''.<ref>{{cite news|title=On the Esquire Screen|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vMgfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=k9gEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3282,2425760&dq=joan-o-brien&hl=en|accessdate=30 June 2011|newspaper=The Southeast Missourian|date=26 April 1963|page=7}}</ref>