Eileen Brennan
Year Title Role
1967 Divorce American Style Eunice Tase
1971 The Last Picture Show Genevieve
1973 Scarecrow Darlene
1973 The Blue Knight Glenda
1973 The Sting Billie
1974 Nourish the Beast Baba Goya
1974 Daisy Miller Mrs. Walker
1975 At Long Last Love Elizabeth
1975 Hustle Paula Hollinger
1976 Murder by Death Tess Skeffington
1977 The Death of Richie Carol Werner
1977 The Great Smokey Roadblock Penelope Pearson
1978 FM Mother
1978 The Cheap Detective Betty DeBoop
1979 When She Was Bad Mary Jensen
1979 My Old Man Marie
1980 Private Benjamin Captain Doreen Lewis
1981 When the Circus Came to Town Jessy
1982 Pandemonium Candy 's mom
1983 The Funny Farm Gail Corbin
Filmography -- Film
Verla Eileen Regina Brennan (née Brennen; September 3, 1932 - July 28, 2013) was an American film, stage, and television 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 Doreen Lewis in Private Benjamin, for which she received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress. She reprised the role for the TV adaptation, winning both a Golden Globe and Emmy for her performance. Brennan also starred in the mystery comedy Clue (1985), and had a minor role in the horror film Jeepers Creepers (2001). Brennan also worked prolifically in television, receiving Emmy nominations for her guest-starring roles on Newhart, Thirtysomething, Taxi, and Will & Grace.