The Last Picture Show
1971
Search results
Eileen Brennan (born Verla Eileen Regina Brennen; September 3, 1932 – July 28, 2013) was an American actress. She made her film debut in the satire Divorce American Style (1967), followed by a supporting role in Peter Bogdanovich 's The Last Picture Show (1971), which earned her a BAFTA Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress .
Eileen Brennan. Actress: Clue. A supremely gifted, versatile player who could reach dramatic depths, as exemplified in her weary-eyed, good-hearted waitress in The Last Picture Show (1971), or comedy heights, as in her sadistic drill captain in Private Benjamin (1980), Eileen Brennan managed to transition from lovely Broadway singing ingénue ...
- January 1, 1
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- January 1, 1
- Burbank, California, USA
Unwilling to be pigeonholed as a singing comedienne, Eileen took on one of the most arduous and demanding legit roles a young actress could ask for when she portrayed Annie Sullivan role in a major touring production of "The Miracle Worker" in 1961.
- September 3, 1932
- July 28, 2013
Childhood & Early Life. Eileen Brennan was born as Verla Eileen Regina Brennan on September 3, 1932, in Los Angeles, California, USA, to John Gerald Brennen, a doctor, and Regina Menehan, a silent film actress. Following high school, she attended Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.
Jul 30, 2013 · July 30, 2013. Eileen Brennan, a smoky-voiced actress who had worked in show business for more than 20 years before gaining her widest attention as a gleefully tough Army captain in both the...
People also ask
Who is Eileen Brennan?
What happened to Eileen Brennan?
Is Eileen Brennan still alive?
What movies did Eileen Brennan play?
Jul 31, 2013 · July 31, 2013 12 AM PT. Eileen Brennan, a veteran actress best known for an Oscar-nominated turn in the 1980 comedy “Private Benjamin,” one of her many tough-talking, soft-hearted roles, has...
Jul 31, 2013 · Eileen Brennan obituary. Actor who made her name in comedy films as an acid-tongued, gravel-voiced tyrant. Ryan Gilbey. Wed 31 Jul 2013 08.25 EDT. Eileen Brennan, who has died aged 80, had...
