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 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: Acting

Born: Los Angeles, California, USA, 1932-09-03

Died: 2013-07-28

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1966	The Star Wagon	Hallie	70
2	1967	Divorce American Style	Eunice Tase	58
3	1971	The Last Picture Show	Genevieve	76
4	1972	Playmates	Amy	0
5	1973	Scarecrow	Darlene	71
6	1973	The Blue Knight	Glenda	58
7	1973	The Sting	Billie	80
8	1974	Come Die With Me		0
9	1974	Daisy Miller	Mrs. Walker	60
10	1974	Nourish the Beast	Baba Goya	0
11	1975	At Long Last Love	Elizabeth	51
12	1975	My Father's House	Mrs. Lindholm Sr.	0
13	1975	Knuckle	Delafield's Mistress	0
14	1975	The Night That Panicked America	Ann Muldoon	68
15	1975	Hustle	Paula Hollinger	57
16	1976	Murder by Death	Tess Skeffington	72
17	1977	The Death of Richie	Carol Werner	68
18	1978	FM	Mother	67
19	1978	The Great Smokey Roadblock	Penelope	59
20	1978	The Cheap Detective	Betty DeBoop	63
21	1979	When She Was Bad...	Mary Jensen	50
22	1979	My Old Man	Marie	30
23	1980	Private Benjamin	Capt. Doreen Lewis	60
24	1981	When the Circus Came to Town	Jessy	60
25	1981	Incident at Crestridge	Sara Davis	35
26	1982	Kraft Salutes Walt Disney World's 10th Anniversary	Aunt Angelique Lane	0
27	1982	Pandemonium	Candy's Mom	44
28	1982	Working	Millworker	43
29	1982	Lily for President?	Maggie	0
30	1983	The Funny Farm	Gail Corbin	30
31	1985	Answers	Amanda Jackson (Segment "Twinkle, Twinkle")	0
32	1985	The Fourth Wise Man	Judith	69
33	1985	The History of White People in America		62
34	1985	Clue	Mrs. Peacock	72
35	1986	The History of White People in America: Volume II		90
36	1986	Babes in Toyland	Mrs. Piper / Widow Hubbard	55
37	1987	The Fartiste		0
38	1987	Blood Vows: The Story of a Mafia Wife	Sylvia	73
39	1987	Rented Lips	Hotel Desk Clerk	37
40	1988	The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking	Miss Bannister	58
41	1988	Sticky Fingers	Stella	57
42	1988	Going to the Chapel	Maude	35
43	1989	It Had to Be You	Judith	0
44	1990	Stella	Mrs. Wilkerson	57
45	1990	Texasville	Genevieve Morgan	60
46	1990	White Palace	Judy	61
47	1991	Deadly Intentions... Again?	Charlotte	50
48	1991	Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas	Self	90
49	1992	Taking Back My Life: The Nancy Ziegenmeyer Story	Vicky Martin	73
50	1992	I Don't Buy Kisses Anymore	Frieda	46
51	1993	Murder So Sweet	Martha Catlin	0
52	1993	Recycle Rex	Rose (voice)	54
53	1993	Precious Victims	Minnie	70
54	1994	My Name Is Kate	Barbara Mannix	60
55	1994	Nunzio's Second Cousin	Mrs. Randazzo	55
56	1994	In Search of Dr. Seuss	The Who-Villain	71
57	1994	The Lies Boys Tell	Sada	50
58	1995	Freaky Friday	Principal Handel	58
59	1995	Trail of Tears	Clara	30
60	1995	Reckless	Sister Margaret	64
61	1996	If These Walls Could Talk	Tessie	67
62	1997	Boys Life 2	Mrs. Randozza	55
63	1997	Changing Habits	Mother Superior	14
64	1997	Toothless	Joe #1	53
65	1998	Pants on Fire	Mom	0
66	1999	The Last Great Ride	Pamela 'Mimi' Applegate	47
67	2001	Jeepers Creepers	The Cat Lady	65
68	2002	Comic Book Villains	Mrs. Cresswell	53
69	2003	Dumb Luck	Minnie Hitchcock	50
70	2004	The Hollow	Joan Van Etten	48
71	2005	Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous	Carol Fields	58
72	2005	The Art of 'The Sting'	Self	60
73	2006	The Amateurs	Mrs. Cherkiss	56
74	2011	Naked Run	Gram Malone	27
75	2022	Who Done It: The Clue Documentary	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)	48

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1944	Golden Globe Awards	Self - Presenter	72
2	1944	Golden Globe Awards	Self - Winner	72
3	1962	The Merv Griffin Show	Self	58
4	1968	Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In	Self	65
5	1971	All in the Family	Angelique McCarthy	79
6	1971	McMillan & Wife	Nora Dane	69
7	1973	Barnaby Jones	Anita Willson	69
8	1973	Kojak	Julie Loring	70
9	1974	Dinah!	Self	67
10	1975	Doctors' Hospital		50
11	1977	All That Glitters		80
12	1978	Black Beauty	Annie Gray	70
13	1978	Taxi	Mrs. McKenzie	73
14	1979	13 Queens Blvd.	Felicia Winters	0
15	1979	A New Kind of Family		50
16	1980	Magnum, P.I.		73
17	1981	Private Benjamin	Doreen Lewis	61
18	1982	Newhart		71
19	1984	Murder, She Wrote	Loretta Lee	75
20	1984	Murder, She Wrote	Marian Simpson	75
21	1985	Off the Rack	Kate Halloran	50
22	1985	The Ray Bradbury Theater	Mrs. Annabelle Shrike	69
23	1987	thirtysomething		63
24	1989	Tales from the Crypt	Ruth Sanderson	80
25	1990	Gravedale High	Miss Dirge (voice)	60
26	1990	American Dreamer		60
27	1991	Home Improvement	Wanda	74
28	1992	Jack's Place		80
29	1992	Mad About You	Inspector #10	67
30	1993	Walker, Texas Ranger	Joelle	70
31	1994	ER	Betty	78
32	1994	Touched by an Angel	Dolores Freeman	72
33	1996	7th Heaven	Mrs. Bink	64
34	1997	Veronica's Closet	Grammy Anderson	52
35	1997	The Wonderful World of Disney	Joe #1	67
36	1998	Will & Grace	Zandra	69
37	2000	Strong Medicine	Evelyn Knightly	71
38	2000	The Fearing Mind	Irene's mother	40
39	2001	Lizzie McGuire	Marge	72

Eileen Brennan

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