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