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A supremely gifted, versatile player who could reach dramatic depths, as exemplified in her weary-eyed, good-hearted waitress in The Last Picture Show, or comedy heights, as in her masochistic drill captain in Private Benjamin, Eileen Brennan managed to transition from lovely Broadway singing ingénue to respected film and television character actress within a decade's time... See full bio »

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Verla Eileen Regina Brennen
in Los Angeles, California, USA
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2011 Naked Run
Gram Malone
 
2009 The Kings of Appletown
Aunt Birdy
 
2007 Peanut Butter (short)
Agnes
 
2001-2006 Will & Grace (TV series)
Zandra
– Blanket Apology (2006) … Zandra
– Flip-Flop: Part 2 (2004) … Zandra
– Flip-Flop: Part 1 (2004) … Zandra
– The Needle and the Omelet's Done (2002) … Zandra
– Went to a Garden Potty (2002) … Zandra
See all 6 episodes »
 
1996-2006 7th Heaven (TV series)
Gladys Bink / Mrs. Bink
– Got MLK? (2006) … Gladys Bink
– Two Weddings, an Engagement and a Funeral (2004) … Gladys Bink
– Getting to Know You (2003) … Gladys Bink
– That Touch of Bink (2003) … Gladys Bink
– One Hundred (2001) … Mrs. Bink
See all 9 episodes »
 
2005 Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
Carol Fields
 
2005 The Amateurs
Mrs. Cherkiss
 
2004 The Hollow (video)
Joan Van Etten
 
2003 Cheaper by the Dozen
Mrs. Drucker (DVD deleted scene) (uncredited)
 
2003 Strong Medicine (TV series)
Evelyn Knightly
– Coming Clean (2003) … Evelyn Knightly
 
2003 Dumb Luck
Minnie Hitchcock
 
2003 Lizzie McGuire (TV series)
Marge
– My Fair Larry (2003) … Marge
 
2002 Comic Book Villains (video)
Mrs. Cresswell
 
2002 Arli$$ (TV series)
– End Game (2002)
 
2001 Jeepers Creepers
The Cat Lady
 
2000 The Fearing Mind (TV series)
Irene's mother
– Gentleman Caller (2000) … Irene's mother
 
2000 Moonglow
 
1999 Touched by an Angel (TV series)
Dolores
– The Last Day of the Rest of Your Life (1999) … Dolores
 
1999 The Last Great Ride
Pamela 'Mimi' Applegate
 
1998 Pants on Fire
Mom
 
1998 Mad About You (TV series)
Inspector #10
– Cheating on Sheila (1998) … Inspector #10
 
1998 Nash Bridges (TV series)
Loretta Bettina
– Downtime (1998) … Loretta Bettina
 
1997 Veronica's Closet (TV series)
Grammy Anderson
– Veronica's First Thanksgiving (1997) … Grammy Anderson
 
1997 Toothless (TV movie)
Joe #1
 
1997 Changing Habits
Mother Superior
 
1997 Boys Life 2
Mrs. Randozza (segment "Nunzio's Second Cousin")
 
1996 ER (TV series)
Betty
– Don't Ask, Don't Tell (1996) … Betty
– Let the Games Begin (1996) … Betty
 
1996 If These Walls Could Talk (TV movie)
Tessie (segment "1996")
 
1995 Trail of Tears (TV movie)
Clara
 
1995 Reckless
Sister Margaret
 
1995 Freaky Friday (TV movie)
Principal Handel
 
1995 Thunder Alley (TV series)
Irma
– Are We There Yet? (1995) … Irma
 
1995 Walker, Texas Ranger (TV series)
Joelle
– Mean Streets (1995) … Joelle
 
1994 Take Me Home Again (TV movie)
Sada
 
1994 In Search of Dr. Seuss (TV movie)
The Who-Villian
 
1994 Nunzio's Second Cousin (short)
Mrs. Randazzo
 
1987-1994 Murder, She Wrote (TV series)
Loretta Lee / Marian Simpson
– Dear Deadly (1994) … Loretta Lee
– Old Habits Die Hard (1987) … Marian Simpson
 
1994 My Name Is Kate (TV movie)
Barbara Mannix
 
1993 All-New Dennis the Menace (TV series)
– Dennis the Genius (1993) (voice)
– Wish You Weren't Here (1993) (voice)
– Moms Helper/Battle of the Bonding (1993) (voice)
– Pig Out/Yankee Doodle Dennis (1993) (voice)
– Navy Destroyer (1993) (voice)
See all 13 episodes »
 
1993 Tales from the Crypt (TV series)
Ruth Sanderson
– Till Death Do We Part (1993) … Ruth Sanderson
 
1993 Bonkers (TV series)
Lilith DuPrave
– Witless for the Prosecution (1993) (voice)
– What You Read Is What You Get (1993) (voice)
– When the Spirit Moves You (1993) … Lilith DuPrave (voice)
– The Stork Exchange (1993) … Lilith DuPrave (voice)
 
1993 Precious Victims (TV movie)
Minnie Gray
 
1993 Jack's Place (TV series)
Dina
– The Hands of Time (1993) … Dina
 
1993 Tribeca (TV series)
Claudia
– Stepping Back (1993) … Claudia
 
1993 Poisoned by Love: The Kern County Murders (TV movie)
Martha Catlin
 
1993 Recycle Rex (short)
Rose (voice)
 
1992 Home Improvement (TV series)
Wanda
– Heavy Meddle (1992) … Wanda
 
1992 I Don't Buy Kisses Anymore
Frieda
 
1992 Taking Back My Life: The Nancy Ziegenmeyer Story (TV movie)
Vicky Martin
 
1991 Joey Takes a Cab
 
1991 American Dreamer (TV series)
– Mother Knows Best (1991)
 
1991 Deadly Intentions... Again? (TV movie)
Charlotte
 
1991 thirtysomething (TV series)
Margaret Weston
– Sifting the Ashes (1991) … Margaret Weston
 
1991 Blossom (TV series)
Agnes
– Dad's Girlfriend (1991) … Agnes
– My Sister's Keeper (1991) … Agnes
– Blossom Blossoms (1991) … Agnes
 
1990 White Palace
Judy
 
1990 Texasville
Genevieve Morgan
 
1990 The Ray Bradbury Theater (TV series)
Mrs. Annabelle Shrike
– Touched with Fire (1990) … Mrs. Annabelle Shrike
 
1990 Stella
Mrs. Wilkerson
 
1990 Gravedale High (TV series)
Miss Dirge
– Monster Gumbo (1990) … Miss Dirge (voice)
– The Dress Up Mess Up (1990) … Miss Dirge (voice)
 
1989 It Had to Be You
Judith
 
1988-1989 Newhart (TV series)
Corinne Denby
– The Little Match Girl (1989) … Corinne Denby
– Draw Partner (1988) … Corinne Denby
 
1988 Going to the Chapel
Maude
 
1988 CBS Summer Playhouse (TV series)
Siobhan Owens
– Off Duty (1988) … Siobhan Owens
 
1988 Rented Lips
Hotel Desk Clerk
 
1988 Sticky Fingers
Stella
 
1988 The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking
Miss Bannister
 
1987 Magnum, P.I. (TV series)
Brenda Babcock
– The Love That Lies (1987) … Brenda Babcock
 
1987 Blood Vows: The Story of a Mafia Wife (TV movie)
Sylvia
 
1986 Babes in Toyland (TV movie)
Mrs. Piper/Widow Hubbard
 
1986 The History of White People in America: Volume II (TV movie)
 
1985 Clue
Mrs. Peacock
 
1984-1985 Off the Rack (TV series)
Kate Halloran
– Immigration Man (1985) … Kate Halloran
– The Letter (1985) … Kate Halloran
– Who Do You Trust? (1985) … Kate Halloran
– Here Comes the Bribe (1985) … Kate Halloran
– A Date with Kate (1985) … Kate Halloran
See all 7 episodes »
 
1985 The Fourth Wise Man (TV movie)
Judith
 
1985 Answers (TV movie)
 
1985 The History of White People in America (TV movie)
 
1984 The Love Boat (TV series)
Helen Foster
– Vicki and the Fugitive/Lady in the Window/Stolen Years/Dutch Treat: Part 1 (1984) … Helen Foster
– Vicki and the Fugitive/Lady in the Window/Stolen Years/Dutch Treat: Part 2 (1984) … Helen Foster
 
1983 The Funny Farm
Gail Corbin
 
1981-1983 Private Benjamin (TV series)
Capt. Doreen Lewis
– Take My Mother, Please (1983) … Capt. Doreen Lewis
– Sacred Land (1982) … Capt. Doreen Lewis
– Tank's Soldier (1982) … Capt. Doreen Lewis
– The Talent Show (1982) … Capt. Doreen Lewis
– Fielding's Crisis (1982) … Capt. Doreen Lewis
See all 37 episodes »
 
1982 Pandemonium
Candy's Mom (as A Friend)
 
1982 American Playhouse (TV series)
Millworker
– Working (1982) … Millworker
 
1981 Incident at Crestridge (TV movie)
Sara Davis
 
1981 Taxi (TV series)
Mrs. McKenzie
– Thy Boss' Wife (1981) … Mrs. McKenzie
 
1981 When the Circus Came to Town (TV movie)
Jessy
 
1980 Private Benjamin
Capt. Doreen Lewis
 
1979-1980 A New Kind of Family (TV series)
Kit Flanagan
– No Smoking, Please (1980) … Kit Flanagan
– The Breakup (1980) … Kit Flanagan
– Fair Weather Friend (1979) … Kit Flanagan
– Is There a Gun in the House? (1979) … Kit Flanagan
– Thank You for a Lovely Evening (1979) … Kit Flanagan
See all 11 episodes »
 
1979 My Old Man (TV movie)
Marie
 
1979 When She Was Bad... (TV movie)
Mary Jensen
 
1979 13 Queens Boulevard (TV series)
Felicia Winters
– Like Mother, Like Son (1979) … Felicia Winters
– Italian Holiday (1979) … Felicia Winters
– Thouroughly Modern Mildred (1979) … Felicia Winters
– Playing Around (1979) … Felicia Winters
– The Younger Man (1979) … Felicia Winters
See all 9 episodes »
 
1978 Visions (TV series)
– Fans of the Kosko Show (1978)
 
1978 The Cheap Detective
Betty DeBoop
 
1978 FM
Mother
 
1978 Black Beauty (TV mini-series)
Annie Gray
 
1977 The Great Smokey Roadblock
Penelope Pearson
 
1977 All That Glitters (TV series)
Ma Packer
 
1977 The Death of Richie (TV movie)
Carol Werner
 
1976 Murder by Death
Tess Skeffington
 
1975 Hustle
Paula Hollinger
 
1975 Kojak (TV series)
Julie Loring
– A House of Prayer, a Den of Thieves (1975) … Julie Loring
 
1975 Barnaby Jones (TV series)
Anita Willson
– Blood Relations (1975) … Anita Willson
 
1975 The Night That Panicked America (TV movie)
Ann Muldoon
 
1975 Knuckle (TV movie)
Delafield's Mistress
 
1975 My Father's House (TV movie)
Mrs. Lindholm Sr.
 
1975 At Long Last Love
Elizabeth
 
1975 Insight (TV series)
Carol Harris
– The Prodigal Father (1975) … Carol Harris
 
1974 Daisy Miller
Mrs. Walker
 
1974 Nourish the Beast (TV movie)
Baba Goya
 
1974 The Wide World of Mystery (TV series)
Mary
– Come Die with Me (1974) … Mary
 
1973 The Sting
Billie
 
1973 The Blue Knight (TV movie)
Glenda
 
1973 Scarecrow
Darlene
 
1973 Jigsaw (TV series)
– In Case of Emergency, Notify Clint Eastwood (1973)
 
1972 Playmates (TV movie)
Amy
 
1972 McMillan & Wife (TV series)
Dora
– Night of the Wizard (1972) … Dora
 
1972 All in the Family (TV series)
Angelique McCarthy
– The Elevator Story (1972) … Angelique McCarthy
 
1971 The Last Picture Show
Genevieve
 
1970 The Most Deadly Game (TV series)
Alice
– Photo Finish (1970) … Alice
 
1970 The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (TV series)
Paula Tardy
– Ladies' Man (1970) … Paula Tardy
 
1968 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (TV series)
Regular Performer
– Episode #1.14 (1968) … Regular Performer
– Episode #1.13 (1968) … Regular Performer
– Episode #1.12 (1968) … Regular Performer
– Episode #1.11 (1968) … Regular Performer
– Episode #1.10 (1968) … Regular Performer
See all 12 episodes »
 
1967 NET Playhouse (TV series)
– Infancy and Childhood (1967)
 
1967 Divorce American Style
Eunice Tase
 
1966 The Star Wagon (TV movie)
Hallie
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (3 titles)
1982 American Playhouse (TV series)
– Working (1982) (performer: "If I Could've Been")
 
1978 The Cheap Detective (performer: "La vie en rose", "Deep Purple")
 
1975 At Long Last Love (performer: "Most Gentleman Dont Like Love", "But In The Morning No", "Friendship", "Etiquette")
 
Show ShowSelf (22 titles)
2005 The Art of 'The Sting' (video documentary)
Herself
 
2002 Behind the Peepers: The Making of 'Jeepers Creepers' (video documentary)
Herself
 
1999 The Last Picture Show: A Look Back (video documentary)
Herself
 
1991 Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas (documentary)
Herself
 
1987 Justiceville (TV documentary short)
Narrator
 
1987 The New Hollywood Squares (TV series)
Guest Appearance
– Episode dated 6 January 1987 (1987) … Guest Appearance
– Episode #1.76 (1987) … Guest Appearance
 
1986 The 38th Annual Emmy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Audience Member
 
1985 The 42nd Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV special)
Herself - Presenter
 
1983 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 30 September 1983 (1983) … Herself
 
1983 The 35th Annual Emmy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Nominee: Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy, Variety or Music Series
 
1982 The 34th Annual Emmy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Nominee: Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy or Variety or Music Series
 
1982 Lily for President? (TV special)
Maggie
 
1982 The Shape of Things (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #1.3 (1982) … Herself
 
1982 The 8th Annual People's Choice Awards (TV movie)
Herself - Accepting Award for Favourite New Comedy TV Program
 
1982 Kraft Salutes Walt Disney World's 10th Anniversary (TV special)
Aunt Angelique Lane
 
1981 The 33rd Annual Emmy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Winner: Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy or Variety or Music Series & Nominee: Best Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
 
1981 The 53rd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role
 
1978 The Hollywood Squares (TV series)
Guest Appearance
– Episode dated 19 June 1978 (1978) … Guest Appearance
 
1977 Dinah! (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #3.75 (1977) … Herself
 
1975 At Long Last Cole (TV movie)
Herself
 
1960-1963 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Herself / Singer
– Episode #17.2 (1963) … Herself
– Episode #13.24 (1960) … Singer
 
1963 The Merv Griffin Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #1.76 (1963) … Herself
 

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Daughter of silent film actress Jean Manahan. See more »

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Star Sign:

Virgo