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Eileen Brennan

1932 - 2013

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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. She gained further critical acclaim for her role as Captain Doreen Lewis in Private Benjamin (1980), earning an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress. She reprised the role in the television adaptation, winning both a Golden Globe and a Primetime Emmy Award. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2024). Eileen Brennan is the 3,281st most popular actor (down from 2,825th in 2024), the 5,468th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,379th in 2019) and the 1,544th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Eileen Brennan ranks 3,281 out of 13,578. Before her are Richard Armitage, Andrew Robinson, Jane Adams, Felicity Jones, Ruth Wilson, and Wagner Moura. After her are Pankaj Kapur, James Farentino, Tim McInnerny, Maryam d'Abo, Luis Mariano, and Lili Damita.

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Among people born in 1932, Eileen Brennan ranks 259. Before her are Chavalit Yongchaiyudh, Joe Engle, Banharn Silpa-archa, Robert Anton Wilson, Phyllida Law, and Olga Fikotová. After her are Alfonso Arau, Carlyle Glean, Katherine Paterson, Hans van Manen, Fritz Klein, and Paulinho de Almeida. Among people deceased in 2013, Eileen Brennan ranks 236. Before her are János Starker, Barry Jackson, Aleksei Yuryevich German, Domenico Bartolucci, Rentarō Mikuni, and Torbjørn Falkanger. After her are Hennadiy Udovenko, George Duke, Martin Koeman, Otto Muehl, Natalya Gorbanevskaya, and Peter Banks.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Eileen Brennan ranks 5,468 out of 20,380. Before her are Barnum Brown (1873), Fred Thompson (1942), Brock Lesnar (1977), Roger Marshall (1960), Sylvanus Morley (1883), and Chris Carter (1956). After her are John Paul Getty III (1956), Billy Gunn (1963), Sanford B. Dole (1844), Berry Berenson (1948), James Farentino (1938), and Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton (1757).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Eileen Brennan ranks 1,544. Before her are Richard Kiley (1922), James Russo (1953), Florence Lee (1888), Howard Keel (1919), Andrew Robinson (1942), and Jane Adams (1965). After her are James Farentino (1938), Michael Imperioli (1966), Bonnie Aarons (1979), Martin Ferrero (1947), Carol Burnett (1933), and Melinda Culea (1955).

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