Eileen Brennan
Born in Los Angeles, California, USA — Sep 03 1932• Died Jul 28 2013
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Eileen Brennan (September 3, 1932 – July 28, 2013) was an American actress who was known for her versatile performances in film, television, and theater. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Captain Doreen Lewis in the 1980 comedy film Private Benjamin. She also won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her role as Mrs. Hughes in the television series Newhart. Brennan was born in Los Angeles, California, and began her acting career in the theater. She made her Broad…
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Eileen Brennan's Credits
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Betty
Murder, She Wrote
Loretta Lee
Strong Medicine
Evelyn Knightly
Magnum, P.I.
Brenda Babcock
Will & Grace
Zandra
Mad About You
Inspector #10
Home Improvement
Wanda
Taxi
Mrs. McKenzie
Newhart
Touched by an Angel
Dolores Freeman
Arli$$
Lenore
Walker, Texas Ranger
Joelle
Texasville
Genevieve Morgan
Dinah!
Self
Kojak
Julie Loring
Barnaby Jones
Anita Willson
Tales from the Crypt
Ruth Sanderson
7th Heaven
Mrs. Bink
All in the Family
Angelique McCarthy
The Wonderful World of Disney
Joe #1
thirtysomething
The Ray Bradbury Theater
Mrs. Annabelle Shrike
McMillan & Wife
Nora Dane
Lizzie McGuire
Marge
Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!
Writing
Veronica's Closet
Grammy Anderson
Jeepers Creepers
The Cat Lady
The Sting
Billie
Jack's Place
Off the Rack
Kate Halloran
Clue
Mrs. Peacock
American Dreamer
Gravedale High
Miss Dirge (voice)
Private Benjamin
Doreen Lewis
All That Glitters
Ma Packer
Doctors' Hospital
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
Carol Fields
White Palace
Judy
Black Beauty
Annie Gray
Murder by Death
Tess Skeffington
FM
Mother
The Last Picture Show
Genevieve
The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking
Miss Bannister
Toothless
Joe #1
The Blue Knight
Glenda
Reckless
Sister Margaret
A New Kind of Family
Scarecrow
Darlene
The Amateurs
Mrs. Cherkiss
If These Walls Could Talk
Tessie
Sticky Fingers
Stella
The Cheap Detective
Betty DeBoop
Freaky Friday
Principal Handel
Stella
Mrs. Wilkerson
Private Benjamin
Capt. Doreen Lewis
The Fourth Wise Man
Judith
Who Done It: The Clue Documentary
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hustle
Paula Hollinger
Comic Book Villains
Mrs. Cresswell
Divorce American Style
Eunice Tase
13 Queens Blvd.
Felicia Winters
Pandemonium
Candy's Mom
Working
Millworker
The Hollow
Joan Van Etten
Babes in Toyland
Mrs. Piper / Widow Hubbard
The Great Smokey Roadblock
Penelope
The Night That Panicked America
Ann Muldoon
Blood Vows: The Story of a Mafia Wife
Sylvia
At Long Last Love
Elizabeth
Changing Habits
Mother Superior
The History of White People in America
Knuckle
Delafield's Mistress
Nunzio's Second Cousin
Mrs. Randazzo
Come Die with Me
Mary Thatcher
My Old Man
Marie
Picture This
Self
The Star Wagon
Hallie
Rented Lips
Hotel Desk Clerk
Lily for President?
Maggie
The Blue Knight
Glenda
The Death of Richie
Carol Werner
Answers
Amanda Jackson (Segment "Twinkle, Twinkle")
Precious Victims
Minnie
The Art of 'The Sting'
Self
My Name Is Kate
Barbara Mannix
Dumb Luck
Minnie Hitchcock
Taking Back My Life: The Nancy Ziegenmeyer Story
Vicky Martin
The Funny Farm
Gail Corbin
When She Was Bad...
Mary Jensen
The Lies Boys Tell
Sada
Kraft Salutes Walt Disney World's 10th Anniversary
Aunt Angelique Lane
Recycle Rex
Rose (voice)
I Don't Buy Kisses Anymore
Frieda
Daisy Miller
Mrs. Walker
When the Circus Came to Town
Jessy
In Search of Dr. Seuss
The Who-Villain
Nourish the Beast
Baba Goya
Pants on Fire
Mom
Deadly Intentions... Again?
Charlotte
The History of White People in America: Volume II
My Father's House
Mrs. Lindholm Sr.
Miller's Tale
Crew
Naked Run
Gram Malone
Boys Life 2
Mrs. Randozza
Playmates
Amy
The Last Great Ride
Pamela 'Mimi' Applegate
Going to the Chapel
Maude
The Fartiste
Le petomane: Fin de siècle fartiste
It Had to Be You
Judith
Trail of Tears
Clara
Murder So Sweet
Martha Catlin
Incident at Crestridge
Sara Davis