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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 TV character actress within a decade's time... See full bio »

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Filmography

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2012/I The Weekend (pre-production)
Brenda (rumored)
 
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
 
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
 
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)
 
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
Last Call (1996) … Betty (uncredited)
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)
Additional Voices
Dennis the Genius (1993) … Additional Voices (voice)
Wish You Weren't Here (1993) … Additional Voices (voice)
Moms Helper/Battle of the Bonding (1993) … Additional Voices (voice)
Pig Out/Yankee Doodle Dennis (1993) … Additional Voices (voice)
Navy Destroyer (1993) … Additional Voices (voice)
 
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)
Going Bonkers (1993) … Lilith DuPrave (voice)
When the Spirit Moves You (1993) … Lilith DuPrave (voice)
The Toon That Ate Hollywood (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 Taking Back My Life: The Nancy Ziegenmeyer Story (TV movie)
Vicky Martin
 
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
 
1990-1991 Blossom (TV series)
Agnes
Dad's Girlfriend (1991) … Agnes
My Sister's Keeper (1991) … Agnes
Blossom Blossoms (1991) … Agnes
Pilot (1990) … 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 Blossom (TV movie)
Agnes
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
1985 The Fourth Wise Man (TV movie)
Judith
 
1983 The Funny Farm
Gail Corbin
 
1981-1983 Private Benjamin (TV series)
Capt. Doreen Lewis
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
1978 Visions (TV series)
 
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
 
1975 Hustle
Paula Hollinger
 
1975 Kojak (TV series)
Julie Lowring
A House of Prayer, a Den of Thieves (1975) … Julie Lowring
 
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)
The Prodigal Father (1975)
 
1974 Nourish the Beast (TV movie)
Baba Goya
 
1974 Wide World Mystery (TV series)
Mary
Come Die with Me (1974) … Mary
 
1974 Come Die with Me
Mary Thatcher
 
1973 The Sting
Billie
 
1973 The Blue Knight (TV movie)
Glenda
 
1973 Scarecrow
Darlene
 
1973 Jigsaw (TV series)
 
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
 
1967 NET Playhouse (TV series)
 
1967 Divorce American Style
Eunice Tase
 
1966 The Star Wagon (TV movie)
Hallie
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (2 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")
 
Show ShowSelf (21 titles)
2005 The Art of 'The Sting' (video documentary)
Herself
 
2002 Behind the Peepers: The Making of 'Jeepers Creepers' (video documentary short)
Herself
 
1999 The Last Picture Show: A Look Back (video documentary short)
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
 
1985 The 42nd Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV movie)
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 movie)
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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Height:

5' 6" (1.68 m)
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Personal Quote:

Actors are crazy or we wouldn't be doing this. See more »

Trivia:

Mother-in-law of Jessica Moresco. See more »

Star Sign:

Virgo