- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- September 3, 1932
- Place of Birth
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Died
- July 28, 2013
Eileen Brennan
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 F…
Filmography
movieWho Done It: The Clue Documentary
2022 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieNaked Run
2011 · Gram Malone
movieMiller's Tale
2011 · Additional Music
tvWow! Wow! Wubbzy!
2006 · Writer
movieThe Amateurs
2006 · Mrs. Cherkiss
movieThe Art of 'The Sting'
2005 · Self
movieMiss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
2005 · Carol Fields
movieThe Hollow
2004 · Joan Van Etten
movieDumb Luck
2003 · Minnie Hitchcock
movieComic Book Villains
2002 · Mrs. Cresswell
movieJeepers Creepers
2001 · The Cat Lady
tvLizzie McGuire
2001 · Marge
tvStrong Medicine
2000 · Evelyn Knightly
movieThe Last Great Ride
1999 · Pamela 'Mimi' Applegate
tvWill & Grace
1998 · Zandra
moviePants on Fire
1998 · Mom
Le petomane: Fin de siècle fartiste
1998
movieToothless
1997 · Joe #1
tvThe Wonderful World of Disney
1997 · Joe #1
tvVeronica's Closet
1997 · Grammy Anderson
movieChanging Habits
1997 · Mother Superior
movieBoys Life 2
1997 · Mrs. Randozza
movieIf These Walls Could Talk
1996 · Tessie
tv7th Heaven
1996 · Mrs. Bink
tvArli$$
1996 · Lenore
movieReckless
1995 · Sister Margaret
movieTrail of Tears
1995 · Clara
movieFreaky Friday
1995 · Principal Handel
movieThe Lies Boys Tell
1994 · Sada
movieIn Search of Dr. Seuss
1994 · The Who-Villain
movieNunzio's Second Cousin
1994 · Mrs. Randazzo
tvTouched by an Angel
1994 · Dolores Freeman
tvER
1994 · Betty
movieMy Name Is Kate
1994 · Barbara Mannix
moviePrecious Victims
1993 · Minnie
tvWalker, Texas Ranger
1993 · Joelle
movieRecycle Rex
1993 · Rose (voice)
movieMurder So Sweet
1993 · Martha Catlin
tvMad About You
1992 · Inspector #10
tvJack's Place
1992
movieI Don't Buy Kisses Anymore
1992 · Frieda
movieTaking Back My Life: The Nancy Ziegenmeyer Story
1992 · Vicky Martin
tvHome Improvement
1991 · Wanda
moviePicture This
1991 · Self
movieDeadly Intentions... Again?
1991 · Charlotte
movieWhite Palace
1990 · Judy
movieTexasville
1990 · Genevieve Morgan
tvAmerican Dreamer
1990
tvGravedale High
1990 · Miss Dirge (voice)
movieStella
1990 · Mrs. Wilkerson
It Had to Be You
1989 · Judith
tvTales from the Crypt
1989 · Ruth Sanderson
movieGoing to the Chapel
1988 · Maude
movieRented Lips
1988 · Hotel Desk Clerk
movieSticky Fingers
1988 · Stella
movieThe New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking
1988 · Miss Bannister
tvthirtysomething
1987
movieBlood Vows: The Story of a Mafia Wife
1987 · Sylvia
movieThe Fartiste
1987
movieBabes in Toyland
1986 · Mrs. Piper / Widow Hubbard
movieThe History of White People in America: Volume II
1986
movieClue
1985 · Mrs. Peacock
movieThe History of White People in America
1985
tvThe Ray Bradbury Theater
1985 · Mrs. Annabelle Shrike
movieAnswers
1985 · Amanda Jackson (Segment "Twinkle, Twinkle")
movieThe Fourth Wise Man
1985 · Judith
tvOff the Rack
1985 · Kate Halloran
tvMurder, She Wrote
1984 · Loretta Lee, Marian Simpson
movieThe Funny Farm
1983 · Gail Corbin
tvNewhart
1982
movieLily for President?
1982 · Maggie
movieWorking
1982 · Millworker
moviePandemonium
1982 · Candy's Mom
movieKraft Salutes Walt Disney World's 10th Anniversary
1982 · Aunt Angelique Lane
tvAmerican Playhouse
1982 · Millworker
movieIncident at Crestridge
1981 · Sara Davis
tvPrivate Benjamin
1981 · Doreen Lewis
movieWhen the Circus Came to Town
1981 · Jessy
tvMagnum, P.I.
1980 · Brenda Babcock
moviePrivate Benjamin
1980 · Capt. Doreen Lewis
movieMy Old Man
1979 · Marie
movieWhen She Was Bad...
1979 · Mary Jensen
tvA New Kind of Family
1979
tv13 Queens Blvd.
1979 · Felicia Winters
tvTaxi
1978 · Mrs. McKenzie
movieThe Cheap Detective
1978 · Betty DeBoop
movieThe Great Smokey Roadblock
1978 · Penelope
movieFM
1978 · Mother
tvBlack Beauty
1978 · Annie Gray
All That Glitters
1977 · Ma Packer
movieThe Death of Richie
1977 · Carol Werner
movieMurder by Death
1976 · Tess Skeffington
movieHustle
1975 · Paula Hollinger
movieThe Night That Panicked America
1975 · Ann Muldoon
tvDoctors' Hospital
1975
movieKnuckle
1975 · Delafield's Mistress
movieMy Father's House
1975 · Mrs. Lindholm Sr.
movieAt Long Last Love
1975 · Elizabeth
tvDinah!
1974 · Self
movieNourish the Beast
1974 · Baba Goya
movieDaisy Miller
1974 · Mrs. Walker
movieCome Die with Me
1974 · Mary Thatcher
movieThe Sting
1973 · Billie
movieThe Blue Knight
1973 · Glenda
tvThe Blue Knight
1973 · Glenda
tvKojak
1973 · Julie Loring
movieScarecrow
1973 · Darlene
tvBarnaby Jones
1973 · Anita Willson
moviePlaymates
1972 · Amy
movieThe Last Picture Show
1971 · Genevieve
tvMcMillan & Wife
1971 · Nora Dane
tvAll in the Family
1971 · Angelique McCarthy
movieDivorce American Style
1967 · Eunice
movieThe Star Wagon
1966 · Hallie
tvNET Playhouse
1966 · Hallie Arlington
tvThe Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Self
tvGolden Globe Awards
1944 · Self - Presenter, Self - Nominee