Eileen Brennan
Acting
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Acting Credits
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, an...
Known For
Filmography
Who Done It: The Clue Documentary
2022
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Naked Run
2011
as Gram Malone
The Amateurs
2006
as Mrs. Cherkiss
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
2005
as Carol Fields
The Art of 'The Sting'
2005
as Self
The Hollow
2004
as Joan Van Etten
Dumb Luck
2003
as Minnie Hitchcock
Comic Book Villains
2002
as Mrs. Cresswell
Jeepers Creepers
2001
as The Cat Lady
Lizzie McGuire
2001
as Marge
Strong Medicine
2000
as Evelyn Knightly
The Last Great Ride
1999
as Pamela 'Mimi' Applegate
Pants on Fire
1998
as Mom
Le petomane: Fin de siècle fartiste
1998
Will & Grace
1998
as Zandra
Boys Life 2
1997
as Mrs. Randozza
Toothless
1997
as Joe #1
Changing Habits
1997
as Mother Superior
The Wonderful World of Disney
1997
as Joe #1
Veronica's Closet
1997
as Grammy Anderson
If These Walls Could Talk
1996
as Tessie
7th Heaven
1996
as Mrs. Bink
Arli$$
1996
as Lenore
Trail of Tears
1995
as Clara
Reckless
1995
as Sister Margaret
Freaky Friday
1995
as Principal Handel
In Search of Dr. Seuss
1994
as The Who-Villain
The Lies Boys Tell
1994
as Sada
My Name Is Kate
1994
as Barbara Mannix
Nunzio's Second Cousin
1994
as Mrs. Randazzo
ER
1994
as Betty
Touched by an Angel
1994
as Dolores Freeman
Recycle Rex
1993
as Rose (voice)
Precious Victims
1993
as Minnie
Murder So Sweet
1993
as Martha Catlin
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993
as Joelle
I Don't Buy Kisses Anymore
1992
as Frieda
Taking Back My Life: The Nancy Ziegenmeyer Story
1992
as Vicky Martin
Mad About You
1992
as Inspector #10
Jack's Place
1992
Picture This
1991
as Self
Deadly Intentions... Again?
1991
as Charlotte
Home Improvement
1991
as Wanda
White Palace
1990
as Judy
Stella
1990
as Mrs. Wilkerson
Texasville
1990
as Genevieve Morgan
American Dreamer
1990
Gravedale High
1990
as Miss Dirge (voice)
It Had to Be You
1989
as Judith
Tales from the Crypt
1989
as Ruth Sanderson
The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking
1988
as Miss Bannister
Sticky Fingers
1988
as Stella
Going to the Chapel
1988
as Maude
Rented Lips
1988
as Hotel Desk Clerk
The Fartiste
1987
Blood Vows: The Story of a Mafia Wife
1987
as Sylvia
thirtysomething
1987
Babes in Toyland
1986
as Mrs. Piper / Widow Hubbard
The History of White People in America: Volume II
1986
Clue
1985
as Mrs. Peacock
The Fourth Wise Man
1985
as Judith
The History of White People in America
1985
Answers
1985
as Amanda Jackson (Segment "Twinkle, Twinkle")
The Ray Bradbury Theater
1985
as Mrs. Annabelle Shrike
Off the Rack
1985
as Kate Halloran
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Loretta Lee
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Marian Simpson
The Funny Farm
1983
as Gail Corbin
Lily for President?
1982
as Maggie
Pandemonium
1982
as Candy's Mom
Kraft Salutes Walt Disney World's 10th Anniversary
1982
as Aunt Angelique Lane
Working
1982
as Millworker
Newhart
1982
American Playhouse
1982
as Millworker
Incident at Crestridge
1981
as Sara Davis
When the Circus Came to Town
1981
as Jessy
Private Benjamin
1981
as Doreen Lewis
Private Benjamin
1980
as Capt. Doreen Lewis
Magnum, P.I.
1980
as Brenda Babcock
My Old Man
1979
as Marie
When She Was Bad...
1979
as Mary Jensen
A New Kind of Family
1979
13 Queens Blvd.
1979
as Felicia Winters
FM
1978
as Mother
The Great Smokey Roadblock
1978
as Penelope
The Cheap Detective
1978
as Betty DeBoop
Taxi
1978
as Mrs. McKenzie
Black Beauty
1978
as Annie Gray
The Death of Richie
1977
as Carol Werner
All That Glitters
1977
as Ma Packer
Murder by Death
1976
as Tess Skeffington
At Long Last Love
1975
as Elizabeth
Knuckle
1975
as Delafield's Mistress
Hustle
1975
as Paula Hollinger
The Night That Panicked America
1975
as Ann Muldoon
My Father's House
1975
as Mrs. Lindholm Sr.
Doctors' Hospital
1975
Daisy Miller
1974
as Mrs. Walker
Come Die with Me
1974
as Mary Thatcher
Nourish the Beast
1974
as Baba Goya
Dinah!
1974
as Self
Scarecrow
1973
as Darlene
The Sting
1973
as Billie
The Blue Knight
1973
as Glenda
Kojak
1973
as Julie Loring
Barnaby Jones
1973
as Anita Willson
The Blue Knight
1973
as Glenda
Playmates
1972
as Amy
The Last Picture Show
1971
as Genevieve
All in the Family
1971
as Angelique McCarthy
McMillan & Wife
1971
as Nora Dane
Divorce American Style
1967
as Eunice
The Star Wagon
1966
as Hallie
NET Playhouse
1966
as Hallie Arlington
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Presenter
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee