- Born
- Birth nameVana Gay Heflin
- Nickname
- Ace
- Height5′ 7″ (1.70 m)
- Vana was born in Los Angeles California. She lived in Lake Oswego Oregon with her family, Mike, her husband, Benjamin, her son, and daughters Eleanor and Maureen, from 1974 to 2007. She began her acting career during college ( Pomona, Class of 1964) and made her stage debut in Portland Oregon as Sister Mary Ignatius in Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You.
- IMDb mini biography by: Mike O'Brien
- SpouseMike O'Brien(August 22, 1964 - present) (3 children)
- Parents
- RelativesKate Heflin(Sibling)Tracy Heflin(Sibling)Frances Heflin(Aunt or Uncle)
- Vana is the daughter of actor Van Heflin and actress Frances E. Neal. She is the sister of actress Kate Heflin and Tracy Heflin. Her cousins are actress Marta Heflin, director Jonathan Kaplan and actress Mady Kaplan. Her daughter is actress Eleanor O'Brien.
- Vana is a well-known stage actress in Portland, Oregon.
- Cast twice by Gus Van Sant, first in My Own Private Idaho (1991) and again in Elephant (2003). Both films were shot in O'Brien's home of Portland, Oregon.
- Niece of Frances Heflin and Sol Kaplan.
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