Eileen Brennan
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 3, 1932
- Died
- July 28, 2013 (aged 80)
- Birthplace
- Los Angeles, California, USA
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
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Filmography
Who Done It: The Clue Documentary
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Naked Run
Movie · as Gram Malone
The Amateurs
Movie · as Mrs. Cherkiss
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
Movie · as Carol Fields
The Art of 'The Sting'
Movie · as Self
The Hollow
Movie · as Joan Van Etten
Dumb Luck
Movie · as Minnie Hitchcock
Comic Book Villains
Movie · as Mrs. Cresswell
Jeepers Creepers
Movie · as The Cat Lady
Lizzie McGuire
TV · as Marge · 1 ep
Strong Medicine
TV · as Evelyn Knightly · 1 ep
The Last Great Ride
Movie · as Pamela 'Mimi' Applegate
Pants on Fire
Movie · as Mom
Le petomane: Fin de siècle fartiste
Movie
Will & Grace
TV · as Zandra · 6 eps
Boys Life 2
Movie · as Mrs. Randozza
Toothless
Movie · as Joe #1
Changing Habits
Movie · as Mother Superior
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV · as Joe #1 · 1 ep
Veronica's Closet
TV · as Grammy Anderson · 1 ep
If These Walls Could Talk
Movie · as Tessie
7th Heaven
TV · as Mrs. Bink · 9 eps
Arli$$
TV · as Lenore · 1 ep
Trail of Tears
Movie · as Clara
Reckless
Movie · as Sister Margaret
Freaky Friday
Movie · as Principal Handel
In Search of Dr. Seuss
Movie · as The Who-Villain
The Lies Boys Tell
Movie · as Sada
My Name Is Kate
Movie · as Barbara Mannix
Nunzio's Second Cousin
Movie · as Mrs. Randazzo
ER
TV · as Betty · 3 eps
Touched by an Angel
TV · as Dolores Freeman · 1 ep
Recycle Rex
Movie · as Rose (voice)
Precious Victims
Movie · as Minnie
Murder So Sweet
Movie · as Martha Catlin
Walker, Texas Ranger
TV · as Joelle · 1 ep
I Don't Buy Kisses Anymore
Movie · as Frieda
Taking Back My Life: The Nancy Ziegenmeyer Story
Movie · as Vicky Martin
Mad About You
TV · as Inspector #10 · 1 ep
Jack's Place
TV · 1 ep
Picture This
Movie · as Self
Deadly Intentions... Again?
Movie · as Charlotte
Home Improvement
TV · as Wanda · 1 ep
White Palace
Movie · as Judy
Stella
Movie · as Mrs. Wilkerson
Texasville
Movie · as Genevieve Morgan
American Dreamer
TV · 1 ep
Gravedale High
TV · as Miss Dirge (voice) · 2 eps
It Had to Be You
Movie · as Judith
Tales from the Crypt
TV · as Ruth Sanderson · 1 ep
The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking
Movie · as Miss Bannister
Sticky Fingers
Movie · as Stella
Going to the Chapel
Movie · as Maude
Rented Lips
Movie · as Hotel Desk Clerk
The Fartiste
Movie
Blood Vows: The Story of a Mafia Wife
Movie · as Sylvia
thirtysomething
TV · 1 ep
Babes in Toyland
Movie · as Mrs. Piper / Widow Hubbard
The History of White People in America: Volume II
Movie
Clue
Movie · as Mrs. Peacock
The Fourth Wise Man
Movie · as Judith
The History of White People in America
Movie
Answers
Movie · as Amanda Jackson (Segment "Twinkle, Twinkle")
The Ray Bradbury Theater
TV · as Mrs. Annabelle Shrike · 1 ep
Off the Rack
TV · as Kate Halloran · 6 eps
Murder, She Wrote
TV · as Loretta Lee, Marian Simpson · 1 ep
The Funny Farm
Movie · as Gail Corbin
Lily for President?
Movie · as Maggie
Pandemonium
Movie · as Candy's Mom
Kraft Salutes Walt Disney World's 10th Anniversary
Movie · as Aunt Angelique Lane
Working
Movie · as Millworker
Newhart
TV · as Corinne Denby
American Playhouse
TV · as Millworker · 1 ep
Incident at Crestridge
Movie · as Sara Davis
When the Circus Came to Town
Movie · as Jessy
Private Benjamin
TV · as Doreen Lewis · 39 eps
Private Benjamin
Movie · as Capt. Doreen Lewis
Magnum, P.I.
TV · as Brenda Babcock · 1 ep
My Old Man
Movie · as Marie
When She Was Bad...
Movie · as Mary Jensen
A New Kind of Family
TV · 10 eps
13 Queens Blvd.
TV · as Felicia Winters · 9 eps
FM
Movie · as Mother
The Great Smokey Roadblock
Movie · as Penelope
The Cheap Detective
Movie · as Betty DeBoop
Taxi
TV · as Mrs. McKenzie · 1 ep
Black Beauty
TV · as Annie Gray · 5 eps
The Death of Richie
Movie · as Carol Werner
All That Glitters
TV · as Ma Packer · 11 eps
Murder by Death
Movie · as Tess Skeffington
At Long Last Love
Movie · as Elizabeth
Knuckle
Movie · as Delafield's Mistress
Hustle
Movie · as Paula Hollinger
The Night That Panicked America
Movie · as Ann Muldoon
My Father's House
Movie · as Mrs. Lindholm Sr.
Doctors' Hospital
TV · 1 ep
Daisy Miller
Movie · as Mrs. Walker
Come Die with Me
Movie · as Mary Thatcher
Nourish the Beast
Movie · as Baba Goya
Dinah!
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Scarecrow
Movie · as Darlene
The Sting
Movie · as Billie
The Blue Knight
Movie · as Glenda
Kojak
TV · as Julie Loring · 1 ep
Barnaby Jones
TV · as Anita Willson · 1 ep
The Blue Knight
TV · as Glenda · 4 eps
Playmates
Movie · as Amy
The Last Picture Show
Movie · as Genevieve
All in the Family
TV · as Angelique McCarthy · 1 ep
McMillan & Wife
TV · as Nora Dane · 1 ep
Divorce American Style
Movie · as Eunice
The Star Wagon
Movie · as Hallie
NET Playhouse
TV · as Hallie Arlington · 1 ep
The Merv Griffin Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self - Presenter, Self - Nominee · 1 ep