Eileen Brennan

Eileen Brennan

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

Morte : 2013-07-28

História

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Eileen Brennan  (3 September 1932 - 28 July 2013) was an American actress of film, television, and theater. Brennan is best known for her role in for her role as Doreen Lewis in Private Benjamin for which she received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress. She reprised the role in the TV adaption and won a Golden Globe Award and an Emmy Award for her performance. She received Emmy nominations for her guest starring roles on Newhart, Thirtysomething, and Will and Grace. Description above from the Wikipedia article Eileen Brennan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

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Eileen Brennan
Eileen Brennan
Eileen Brennan

Filmes

Who Done It: The Clue Documentary
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Clue (1985) has become a cult classic film and is loved by multiple generations. Yet there has never been a documentary created to tell the behind the scenes stories...until now.
Naked Run
Gram Malone
Eve Malone runs against a crooked Congressman...but does it in the nude! Starring Academy Award nominees Charles Durning, Eileen Brennan, and Richard Tyson.
Miller's Tale
Additional Music
Miller's Tale is a personal journey into the life of playwright and actor Jason Miller and his relationship with his hometown, Scranton, Pennsylvania. Best known for his performance as Father Karras in The Exorcist, Miller experienced a brief but brilliant period of national acclaim, then curiously abandoned Hollywood to return to his hometown. After Miller died in a local bar Scranton, at the age of 62, filmmaker and fellow Scranton native Rebecca Marshall Ferris set out with her camera to find out why did this exceptional playwright, who achieved such phenomenal early success, never write a Broadway play again? And what happened to Miller in Hollywood that would make him run away from a promising acting career?
The Amateurs
Mrs. Cherkiss
Sex sells in America and these guys know it. The Amateurs follows a small town band of loveable losers who hit upon an idea that can make their dreams and fantasies come true. Thinking they've found the road to riches and fame they decide to make the world's most innocent adult film. Everyman's fantasy turns into a hilarious misadventure when they find they're in way over their heads.
The Art of 'The Sting'
Self
An inside look into how a great original screenplay was turned into a classic film that still has an important legacy in film culture. Newman, Redford, writer David S. Ward and other cast members discuss the importance and the making of George Roy Hill's striking hit The Sting (1973) and their experiences while shooting the picture.
Miss Simpatia 2: Armada e Poderosa
Carol Fields
A Agente Especial Gracie Hart é a bola da vez dentro do FBI, curtindo o status de celebridade, participando de talk shows (seu ato heróico durante o concurso Miss Estados Unidos a fez muito famosa para exercer o seu trabalho). Ela também tem uma nova parceira, uma agente com temperamento explosivo e uma opinião não muito boa sobre Gracie. Mas quando os amigos de Gracie são sequestrados, nada vai impedir que ela entre em ação. Preparem-se todos! Esta Miss promete não ser nada simpática com os bandidos.
Halloween Macabro
Joan Van Etten
Halloween Macabro estrelado por Kaley Cuoco a Penn de The Big Bang Theory - O criador de O Santo Pecador e Sociedade Secreta 2 volta mais apavorante do que nunca em Halloween Macabro. Descendente direto do lendário Ichabod Crane, conhecido como o homem que matou o Cavaleiro Sem Cabeça, o jovem Ian (Kevin Zegers) volta à misteriosa cidade de Sleepy Hollow sem ter a mínima ideia do significado macabro de seus ancestrais. A simples presença de Ian num lugar tão endemoniado faz reviver todo o desejo de vingança do espírito do Cavaleiro, e a sua conhecida fúria matadora. Agora, para salvar a cidade inteira, o rapaz vai ter de se confrontar com as maldições de seu próprio passado e tentar superar a ira assassina do Cavaleiro.,
Dumb Luck
Minnie Hitchcock
A man accidentally gets mixed up in a conspiracy on some important numbers.
Vilões por Acaso
Mrs. Cresswell
Dois donos de lojas de HQs rivais estão desesperados para colocar suas mãos em uma grande coleção de quadrinhos clássicos perfeitamente preservados. Mas eles também precisam lidar com um vilão que espera roubá-los primeiro.
Olhos Famintos
The Cat Lady
Ao voltarem para casa por uma estrada sem movimento, os irmãos Trish e Darry veem um vulto atirando o que parece ser um corpo embrulhado. Parando para investigar, eles descobrem centenas de corpos mutilados, pendurados embaixo de uma antiga igreja.
The Last Great Ride
Pamela 'Mimi' Applegate
A kid, his new friend who's a girl, his grandmother and their old neighbor who used to work as a driver for a gangster, search for the treasure supposedly hidden nearby by the gangster long time ago, to help the neighbor keep his house.
Fada por Acaso
Joe #1
Uma dentista trabalhadora e solitária morre num atropelamento e fica "presa" no limbo. Para entrar no céu, ela precisa ser bem sucedida na função que recebe: ser a fada do dente. Ela não deve ter contato com as crianças, mas faz amizade com um garotinho.
Changing Habits
Mother Superior
An aspiring artist runs from men as a result of an early life problem that has left her relationship with her father strained. She decides to move into a convent where troubled women receive cheap lodging in exchange for work. She finds a dirty area in the basement where she paints a mural that deals with all of her psychological problems. While some find it gaudy, others such as the mother superior realizes its potential to save the convent which is to be closed. During all this the artist starts a relationship with a man who owns an art supply shop where she shop-lifts her supplies. Written by John Sacksteder
Boys Life 2
Mrs. Randozza
Compilation of four short films, "Must Be the Music", "Nunzio's Second Cousin", "Alkali, Iowa", and "The Dadshuttle", of gay interest.
O Preço de Uma Escolha
Tessie
O aborto é o tema comum de três histórias passadas em diferentes ocasiões: em 1954, jovem viúva recorre ao aborto quando fica grávida do cunhado, meses após a morte do marido; em 1970, família decide se a mãe, que já tem 4 filhos, deve dar à luz o quinto; e nos anos 1990, jovem que engravidou de professor chega à clínica em meio a uma manifestação.
Reckless
Sister Margaret
On Christmas Eve, a relentlessly cheerful woman escapes from the killers hired by her husband, and embarks on a series of strange encounters.
Rastro de Lágrimas
Clara
Two single mothers, polar opposites in personality, join forces to track down their children that have been kidnapped by their ex-husbands.
Se Eu Fosse a Minha Mãe
Principal Handel
Mãe e filha consideram a vida da outra extremamente fácil. Em uma sexta-feira ambas desejam ter, ao mesmo tempo, a vida que a outra leva. Como em um passe de mágica, suas personalidades são trocadas de corpos e descobrir que a vida da outra não é tão fácil como se imaginava.
The Lies Boys Tell
Sada
Ed Reece, an old travelling salesman, decides to end his days in the place in which he was born. Therefore he convinces his elder son to acompany him on his last long voyage of farewell.
A Jornada Mágica
Who-Villain
A nosy reporter wants to find out all she can about Dr. Seuss, aka Ted Geisel, and gets told the real facts by several of his characters, with large snippets of his stories and songs interspersed.
Nunzio's Second Cousin
Mrs. Randazzo
As Sgt. Randozza, a beefy, gay Chicago cop, leaves a bar with his lover, a gang of high-school punks decide to do some "fag-bashing". Tony's gun cools them off, and after giving them a brutal verbal dressing down, he forces the leader of the gang, Jimmy, to come to his house the next night for dinner. Jimmy soon gets a harsh lesson in sexual tolerance.
My Name Is Kate
Barbara Mannix
Kate (Donna Mills) is an alcoholic--and, as is often the case, she is in full denial regarding her illness. Only when she is threatened with mass desertion by her husband, children and best friend does the sullen Kate agree to seek out treatment.
Precious Victims
Minnie
Paula and Robert Sims are desperate: their 12 days old baby has been kidnapped! Since there's no trace of the kidnappers, they address the public for help. Shortly after their daughter is found dead. When the same happens three years later to their second daughter, Sheriff Yocom becomes suspicious.
Recycle Rex
Rose (voice)
A group of '90s-looking anthropomorphic dinosaur kids must come up with a way to get rid of their trash without just throwing it away or their favorite playfield will be turned into a landfill. One of them, Recycle Rex, has an idea.
I Don't Buy Kisses Anymore
Frieda
Bernie Fishbine is overweight. He stops at the neighborhood store to buy some chocolate kisses every day. This is where he meets Theresa Garabaldi. Then they take the same bus route every evening. Theresa invites Bernie to see her play piano at her father's restaurant. It is here that she gets him to join a gym. Theresa is in college and gets the idea to write about Bernie's weight problem for her thesis. She does this without telling Bernie. Meanwhile, Bernie is falling in love with Theresa, and vice versa.
Taking Back My Life: The Nancy Ziegenmeyer Story
Vicky Martin
True story about a rape victim who took a stand that rape is never the victim's fault and inspired many other victims who felt shame about what had happened to them to speak out.
Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas
Self
A visceral deconstruction of Academy Award nominated Peter Bogdanovich and the nervous breakdown he nearly had while shooting THE LAST PICTURE SHOW.
Deadly Intentions... Again?
Charlotte
A doctor was sent to prison for the attempted murder of his first wife. When he is released, he starts to plan the death of his second wife whom he married before he was incarcerated.
Loucos de Paixão
Judy
Max Baron (James Spader) é um jovem yuppie que trabalha como executivo em uma agência de publicidade e que tem um grande trauma: a morte recente de sua esposa. Numa lanchonete ele discute com a balconista Nora Baker (Susan Sarandon), quarentona e desleixada, também marcada por uma morte recente em sua família. Na mesma noite Max reencontra Nora, agora em um bar, e ela acaba levando-o para casa. Surge então entre eles um relacionamento quente, que começa a se complicar quando Max decide apresentar Nora aos seus amigos.
Texasville
Genevieve Morgan
Summer, 1984: 30 years after Duane captained the high school football team and Jacy was homecoming queen, this Texas town near Wichita Falls prepares for its centennial. Oil prices are down, banks are failing, and Duane's $12 million in debt. His wife Karla drinks too much, his children are always in trouble, and he tom-cats around with the wives of friends. Jacy's back in town, after a mildly successful acting career, life in Italy, and the death of her son. Folks assume Duane and Jacy will resume their high school romance. And Sonny is "tired in his mind," causing worries for his safety. Can these friends find equilibrium in middle age?
Stella - Uma Prova de Amor
Mrs. Wilkerson
Barmaid Stella Claire and blueblood Stephen Dallas have very little in common -- except they've fallen in love. When their relationship fails, Stella decides to raise the child they had, Jenny, alone. But Jenny and Stella are far from the perfect mother-daughter pair.
It Had to Be You
Judith
A has-been actress lures a TV commercial director to her apartment to seduce him.
Going to the Chapel
Maude
As a couple (Valentine and Greene) prepare to get married all sorts of uninvited and unexpected guests arrive and secrets are revealed.
As Novas Aventuras de Pippi Meia-Longa
Miss Bannister
Após um acidente no iate de seu pai, uma menina irrequieta dotada de poderes mágicos chega a uma cidade no litoral da Flórida. Além de tirar rígida assistente social do sério, ela usa incríveis habilidades para salvar crianças em apuros.
Sticky Fingers
Stella
Two dippy roommates, struggling musicians Lolly and Hattie are asked by a drug-dealing friend-of-a-friend Diane to baby-sit a bag containing nearly a million dollars while she scoots out of town in order to avoid trouble. Once the money is in their possession, however, temptation proves too much for them.
Rented Lips
Hotel Desk Clerk
A documentary filmmaker, who has spent the last 15 years making films like "Aluminum: Our Shiny Friend," is finally given the chance to make the documentary on Indian farming he has always wanted to. The catch? He must simultaneously direct a porn film. But as he tries to make the porn film, which he turns into a musical called "Halloween in the Barracks," he must deal with a temperamental actor, a fundamentalist preacher, and other obstacles.
Promessa de Sangue
Sylvia
Jovem órfã apaixona-se e casa com atraente advogado vindo do interior. Aos poucos o sonho de amor eterno vira pesadelo: ela descobre que o marido trabalha, na verdade, com a máfia da cocaína.
The Fartiste
A fake documentary about the rise and fall of the (real life) “flatulist” performer Le Pétomane, who narrates his story from Purgatory.
Babes in Toyland
Mrs. Piper / Widow Hubbard
11-year-old Lisa has no time for toys; she's too busy taking care of her siblings and cooking for her mother. During the Christmas Eve blizzard, Lisa travels to Toyland in Wizard of Oz-like fashion and arrives just in time for a wedding. Young Mary Contrary is about to marry mean, old Barnaby Barnacle, despite the fact that she loves Jack Be Nimble. Lisa tries to stop this terrible wedding and, together with her new friends, discovers that Barnaby wants to take over Toyland. Lisa, Mary, Jack, and Georgie Porgie ask the Toymaster for help, but he can't help them as long as Lisa doesn't truly believe in toys.
The History of White People in America: Volume II
The sequel to The History of White People in America
Os Sete Suspeitos
Mrs. Peacock
Em uma noite tempestuosa de 1954, seis indivíduos com históricos comprometedores em Washington se reúnem para um jantar na mansão do ostentoso Sr. Boddy. Eles são recebidos pelo mordomo, Wadsworth, que atribui a cada convidado um pseudônimo a fim de proteger suas identidades: Sr. Green, Coronel Mustard, Sra. Peacock, Professor Plum, Srta. Scarlet, e Sra. White. Após o jantar, eles descobrem que foram chamados para conhecer o seu chantageador: o Sr. Boddy, e cada um deles recebe uma arma. Quando o anfitrião aparece morto, o grupo se apavora e procura por pistas para revelar o assassino.
O Quarto Sábio
Judith
É a história de artaban (Martin Sheen), um médico da antiga Pérsia, que dedicou sua vida à busca do Messias. Procurando nas Sagradas escrituras o significado real da vida, Artaban descobre sobre Jesus, O Rei dos Reis. È então que ele se desfaz de todas as suas posses materiais, compra três pedras preciosas, e inicia uma jornada através do deserto onde deve encontrar-se com outros três Magos e, com eles, ir ao encontro de Jesus. Artaban não chega à tempo de encontrar-se com os Magos. Muitos imprevistos também o impedem de encontrar Jesus antes de sua crucificação… porém, na manhã de Páscoa, uma mensagem divina fará com que artaban compreenda o verdadeiro significado da vida.
Answers
Amanda Jackson (Segment "Twinkle, Twinkle")
Three of Ernest Thompson's short plays are presented, each involving a surprise visitor. In the first, "A Good Time," a vacationing California Highway Patrolman visits a young woman in New York who had told him if he ever came to New York, she'd show him a good time. In the second, "The Constituent," a United States Senator drops in on a constituent who has been sending him scathing and profane letters for decades. Lastly, in "Twinkle, Twinkle," a restless housewife who has been writing fan letters to a television soap opera star, receives a surprise visit by him on her husband's bowling night.
The Funny Farm
Gail Corbin
The laughs are nonstop as a gang of ambitious young comics strives to make it in the exciting world of stand-up comedy at the famous comedy club in L.A., The Funny Farm. These budding comedy stars are as crazy offstage as they are on: Miguel, America s funniest illegal alien ; Miles, who can t decide if he s a black comic or a comic who happens to be black; Bruce, whose manic act borders on insanity; and Peter, the intense political satirist. The Funny Farm is a hilarious and insightful look into those who live the lives of comedians.
Working
Millworker
This musical adaptation of the Studs Terkel book examines the average worker's viewpoint--showing that he or she is anything but average. Based on a series of interviews with real working people--construction workers, waitresses, firemen, secretaries, and cleaning women, Working is both an exploration of the individuals' occupations and a lament for lost hopes and dreams.
Pandemonium
Candy's Mom
A former high school student who always wanted to be a cheerleader decides to reopen the cheerleading program at her former high school after years of closure for being targeted by a serial killer.
Incident at Crestridge
Sara Davis
A woman campaigns for and wins election as sheriff in a crusade against the ineptitude and outright corruption of the local law enforcement in a small town in the West.
When the Circus Came to Town
Jessy
When the Circus Came to Town chronicles the life of Mary Flynn (Montgomery), a woman nearing middle age living in a small town. When the circus comes through town, she realizes nothing will ever change unless she does something different, so she leaves her boring sheltered life to run away and join the circus. While adapting to her new life, she finds herself challenged, and in the end, happy with her new life.
A Recruta Benjamin
Capt. Doreen Lewis
A Recruta Benjamin, traz a consagrada comediante Goldie Hawn no filme que lhe deu uma indicação ao OSCAR de melhor atriz de 1980. Ela é a jovem e bela viúva Judy Benjamin, que responde a um sedutor anúncio alistando-se no exército americano. O difícil treinamento, seus problemas de adaptação e seus conflitos com a inflexível Capitã Lewis (Eileen Breenan, indicada ao OSCAR de Melhor Atriz Coadjuvante por esta personagem), retratados com muito humor em um filme verdadeiramente hilariante.
My Old Man
Marie
An unlucky horse trainer, Frank Butler, wins big at the track and buys his 16-year old daughter a horse to salvage their relationship. When Frank is hurt prior to the opening race, Jo must go it alone.
When She Was Bad...
Mary Jensen
Stressed by a recent move and being a stay-at-home mom, Teeny takes out her bottled-up rage on her daughter Robbie. Only the help of her friends, family and counselors can stop her from harming Robbie and herself.
O Detetive Desastrado
Betty DeBoop
A spoof of the entire 1940s detective genre. San Francisco private detective, Lou Pekinpaugh is accused of murdering his partner at the instigation of his mistress—his partner's wife.
The Great Smokey Roadblock
Penelope
An old trucker steals his truck for one last cross-country run, with a madam and her crew on board.
FM
Mother
Q-SKY is the #1 radio station in Los Angeles mainly because of the music they play; running the station the way they want to, it has made them a ratings success.
The Death of Richie
Carol Werner
A sensitive but confused teenager feels pressure from all directions and turns to drugs, which causes problems for him in school and at home.
Assassinato Por Morte
Tess Skeffington
Cinco detetives, incluindo Sam Diamond, Sidney Wange Jessica Marbles, são convidados para um jantar no castelo do misterioso Lionel Twain. Lá, eles são informados de que Twain planeja um assassinato no castelo e sem solução à meia-noite. Também, para aquele que decifrar o homicídio, haverá um pagamento de 1 milhão de dólares. Quando o mordomo cego de Twain morre bem antes da meia- noite, os riscos sobem para esses detetives famosos.
Crime e Paixão
Paula Hollinger
Phil Gaines (Burt Reynolds) é um policial amargo e cínico que investiga o caso da morte de Gloria Hollinger (Sharon Kelly), uma stripper/atriz pornô. Gaines vive um momento conturbado em sua vida pessoal, devido a um relacionamento com Nicole Britton (Catherine Deneuve),uma prostituta. As coisas não ficam melhores quando Marty Hollinger (Ben Johnson), o pai da menina morta, começa a sua própria investigação.
The Night That Panicked America
Ann Muldoon
A dramatization of the Oct. 30, 1938 mass panic that Orson Welles' radio play, "The War of the Worlds" accidentally provoked.
Knuckle
Delafield's Mistress
Curley Delafield, a young arms merchant, is determined to discover the secret behind the disappearance of his sister Sarah.
At Long Last Love
Elizabeth
Four socialites unexpectedly clash: heiress Brooke Carter runs into gambler Johnny Spanish at the race track while playboy Michael O. Pritchard nearly runs into stage star Kitty O'Kelly with his car. Backstage at Kitty's show, it turns out she and Brooke are old friends who attended public school together. The foursome do the town, accompanied by Brooke's companion Elizabeth, who throws herself at Michael's butler and chauffeur Rodney James.
My Father's House
Mrs. Lindholm Sr.
Recovering from a heart attack, a workaholic editor recalls the simple days of his youth. Robertson adds an emotional center to this messy, flashback-filled 'heavy' dramatic piece. Plenty of co-star talent.
Nourish the Beast
Baba Goya
Baba Goya is a loudmouth mother who goes through husbands and orphans like the Turkish coffee she makes in a dirty old soup pan. In Queens she presides over a household comprised of a childish orphan who happens to be a cop, an elderly gentleman who explodes every time somebody calls him grandpa, a dying husband and an errant daughter who cries all night. The husband, Baba's fifth, is already submitting an ad for her sixth. The cop catches a Japanese stealing cameras and chains him to a radiator, the daughter guiltily confesses she voted for Nixon and runs off, and the husband-who may not die after all-insists they must wait out Watergate for a Democrat.
Daisy Miller
Mrs. Walker
Uma adaptação da novela clássica de Henry James sobre uma americana expatriada vivendo na Europa com a mãe e o irmão mais novo. Daisy é muito liberal e está muito à frente do seu tempo, e o seu comportamento escandaliza a alta sociedade vitoriana de 1878.
Golpe de Mestre
Billie
Após o assassinato de um amigo em comum, o aspirante a vigarista Johnny Hooker junta-se ao velho Henry Gondorff para se vingar de Doyle Lonnega, o cruel chefe responsável pelo crime. Hooker e Gondorff implementam um plano elaborado para que Lonnegan não descubra que está sendo enganado. O grande golpe começa a se desenrolar, mas as coisas não saem como planejaram e a destemida dupla faz improvisações de última hora.
O Cavaleiro de Azul
Glenda
Bumper Morgan é um veterano da Polícia de Los Angeles prestes a se aposentar depois de 20 anos de serviços, mas fica obcecado pelo brutal assassinato de uma prostituta e resolve que agarrar o assassino será sua última missão antes de entregar o distintivo.
Espantalho
Darlene
Max é um ex-presidiário andarilho que tem economizando dinheiro para abrir um Lava Jato em Pittsburgh. Lionel é um marinheiro sem-teto que está retornando para no Centro-Oeste para conhecer o filho que nasceu enquanto ele estava no mar. Eles formam uma estranha parceria. Max, muito briguento, aprende um pouco com Lionel como lidar com o mundo. Lionel acredita que o espantalho não assusta as aves, pelo contrário, só as diverte. Os pássaros acham os espantalhos muito engraçados. Eles vão da Califórnia até Reno, Denver e para Detroit esperando encontrar uma vida longe das cadeias e das filas de sopa que eles conhecem muito bem.
Playmates
Amy
Two divorced men meet and become friends, but unbeknownst to each other, start dating each other's ex-wives.
A Última Sessão de Cinema
Genevieve
O amadurecimento de um jovem chamado Sonny em uma pequena cidade do Texas nos anos 50.
Divorce American Style
Eunice Tase
After 17 years of marriage in American suburbia, Richard and Barbara Harmon step into the new world of divorce.
The Star Wagon
Hallie
The Star Wagon is a play in black and white starring Dustin Hoffman.