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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
September 3, 1932
Died
July 28, 2013
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Also Known As
- 艾琳·布伦南
- Verla Eileen Regina Brennan
- Verla Eileen Regina Brennen
- آیلین برنان
Eileen Brennan
1.3 Popularity
Biography
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 Broadway debut in 1963 in the musical Little Mary Sunshine. She went on to appear in several other Broadway musicals, including Hello, Dolly! and Annie. Brennan made her film debut in the 1967 satire Divorce American Style. She followed this with supporting roles in the films The Last Picture Show (1971), The Cheap Detective (1978), and The First Wives Club (1996). She also starred in the films Clue (1985) and Sister Act (1992). In addition to her film and theater work, Brennan also had a successful television career. She appeared in numerous television shows, including The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Bob Newhart Show, Cheers, and Will & Grace. She died on July 28, 2013, at the age of 80, from complications of multiple myeloma. Multiple myeloma is a type of cancer that affects plasma cells, a type of white blood cell that helps the body fight infection. Brennan was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in 2001. She underwent treatment, including chemotherapy and radiation therapy. She continued to work and act throughout her treatment, and she even appeared in the 2011 film The Big Year. In 2013, Brennan's health began to decline. She died on July 28, 2013, at her home in Los Angeles. She was survived by her husband, David John Lampson, and her daughter, Emily.
Known For
5.0
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Who Done It: The Clue Documentary
2022
2.3
Gram Malone
Naked Run
2011
5.6
Mrs. Cherkiss
The Amateurs
2006
6.0
Self
The Art of 'The Sting'
2005
5.7
Carol Fields
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
2005
4.9
Joan Van Etten
The Hollow
2004
5.0
Minnie Hitchcock
Dumb Luck
2003
5.2
Mrs. Cresswell
Comic Book Villains
2002
6.5
The Cat Lady
Jeepers Creepers
2001
7.2
Marge
Lizzie McGuire
2001
Credits
Who Done It: The Clue Documentary
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2022
5.0
Naked Run
as Gram Malone
2011
2.3
The Amateurs
as Mrs. Cherkiss
2006
5.6
The Art of 'The Sting'
as Self
2005
6.0
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
as Carol Fields
2005
5.7
The Hollow
as Joan Van Etten
2004
4.9
Dumb Luck
as Minnie Hitchcock
2003
5.0
Comic Book Villains
as Mrs. Cresswell
2002
5.2
Jeepers Creepers
as The Cat Lady
2001
6.5
Lizzie McGuire
as Marge
2001
7.2
Strong Medicine
as Evelyn Knightly
2000
7.3
The Last Great Ride
as Pamela 'Mimi' Applegate
1999
4.7
Will & Grace
as Zandra
1998
6.8
Pants on Fire
as Mom
1998
0.0
🎬
Le petomane: Fin de siècle fartiste
1998
0.0
Toothless
as Joe #1
1997
5.3
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Joe #1
1997
6.7
Veronica's Closet
as Grammy Anderson
1997
5.2
Changing Habits
as Mother Superior
1997
1.5
Boys Life 2
as Mrs. Randozza
1997
5.2
If These Walls Could Talk
as Tessie
1996
6.6
7th Heaven
as Mrs. Bink
1996
6.4
Reckless
as Sister Margaret
1995
6.4
Trail of Tears
as Clara
1995
3.0
Freaky Friday
as Principal Handel
1995
5.6
The Lies Boys Tell
as Sada
1994
5.0
In Search of Dr. Seuss
as The Who-Villain
1994
7.1
Nunzio's Second Cousin
as Mrs. Randazzo
1994
5.1
Touched by an Angel
as Dolores Freeman
1994
7.2
ER
as Betty
1994
7.8
My Name Is Kate
as Barbara Mannix
1994
6.0
Precious Victims
as Minnie
1993
7.0
Walker, Texas Ranger
as Joelle
1993
6.9
Recycle Rex
as Rose (voice)
1993
5.4
Murder So Sweet
as Martha Catlin
1993
0.0
Mad About You
as Inspector #10
1992
6.7
Jack's Place
1992
8.0
I Don't Buy Kisses Anymore
as Frieda
1992
4.6
Taking Back My Life: The Nancy Ziegenmeyer Story
as Vicky Martin
1992
7.3
Home Improvement
as Wanda
1991
7.4
Picture This
as Self
1991
9.0
Deadly Intentions... Again?
as Charlotte
1991
5.0
White Palace
as Judy
1990
6.3
Texasville
as Genevieve Morgan
1990
6.0
American Dreamer
1990
4.5
Gravedale High
as Miss Dirge (voice)
1990
6.0
Stella
as Mrs. Wilkerson
1990
5.7
🎬
It Had to Be You
as Judith
1989
0.0
Tales from the Crypt
as Ruth Sanderson
1989
8.0
Going to the Chapel
as Maude
1988
3.5
Rented Lips
as Hotel Desk Clerk
1988
3.4
Sticky Fingers
as Stella
1988
5.7
The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking
as Miss Bannister
1988
5.8
thirtysomething
1987
6.1
Blood Vows: The Story of a Mafia Wife
as Sylvia
1987
7.3
The Fartiste
1987
0.0
Babes in Toyland
as Mrs. Piper / Widow Hubbard
1986
5.5
The History of White People in America: Volume II
1986
7.7
Clue
as Mrs. Peacock
1985
7.2
The History of White People in America
1985
6.0
The Ray Bradbury Theater
as Mrs. Annabelle Shrike
1985
6.8
Answers
as Amanda Jackson (Segment "Twinkle, Twinkle")
1985
0.0
The Fourth Wise Man
as Judith
1985
7.0
Off the Rack
as Kate Halloran
1985
5.0
Murder, She Wrote
as Loretta Lee
1984
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
as Marian Simpson
1984
7.5
The Funny Farm
as Gail Corbin
1983
3.0
Newhart
1982
7.1
Lily for President?
as Maggie
1982
0.0
Working
as Millworker
1982
3.5
Pandemonium
as Candy's Mom
1982
4.5
Kraft Salutes Walt Disney World's 10th Anniversary
as Aunt Angelique Lane
1982
0.0
Incident at Crestridge
as Sara Davis
1981
4.7
Private Benjamin
as Doreen Lewis
1981
6.1
When the Circus Came to Town
as Jessy
1981
6.0
Magnum, P.I.
as Brenda Babcock
1980
7.3
Private Benjamin
as Capt. Doreen Lewis
1980
6.0
My Old Man
as Marie
1979
3.0
When She Was Bad...
as Mary Jensen
1979
5.0
A New Kind of Family
1979
5.0
13 Queens Blvd.
as Felicia Winters
1979
0.0
Taxi
as Mrs. McKenzie
1978
7.2
The Cheap Detective
as Betty DeBoop
1978
6.3
The Great Smokey Roadblock
as Penelope
1978
5.6
FM
as Mother
1978
6.7
Black Beauty
as Annie Gray
1978
7.0
🎬
All That Glitters
1977
8.0
The Death of Richie
as Carol Werner
1977
6.7
Murder by Death
as Tess Skeffington
1976
7.2
Hustle
as Paula Hollinger
1975
5.6
The Night That Panicked America
as Ann Muldoon
1975
6.8
Doctors' Hospital
1975
5.0
Knuckle
as Delafield's Mistress
1975
0.0
My Father's House
as Mrs. Lindholm Sr.
1975
0.0
At Long Last Love
as Elizabeth
1975
5.1
Dinah!
as Self
1974
6.7
Nourish the Beast
as Baba Goya
1974
0.0
Daisy Miller
as Mrs. Walker
1974
6.2
Come Die with Me
as Mary Thatcher
1974
0.0
The Sting
as Billie
1973
8.0
The Blue Knight
as Glenda
1973
5.5
The Blue Knight
as Glenda
1973
0.0
Kojak
as Julie Loring
1973
7.0
Scarecrow
as Darlene
1973
7.0
Barnaby Jones
as Anita Willson
1973
6.9
Playmates
as Amy
1972
0.0
The Last Picture Show
as Genevieve
1971
7.6
McMillan & Wife
as Nora Dane
1971
6.9
All in the Family
as Angelique McCarthy
1971
7.8
Divorce American Style
as Eunice Tase
1967
5.6
The Star Wagon
as Hallie
1966
7.0
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
6.2
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
1944
7.2
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
1944
7.2