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45. Eileen Brennan

Wed Jul 31, 2013, 07:08 AM

Jul 2013

Known by most for her role as the Drill Captain in Goldie Hawn's Private Benjamin (1980) and then her reprise of the role in the TV series for which she won an Emmy and Golden Globe.

Eileen Brennan was an accomplished singer and comedienne. She appeared for two years on Broadway in the original production of Hello, Dolly! as Irene Malloy. She was one of the original cast of Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In.

In films she received rave reviews as the waitress in The Last Picture Show (1971) and was the choice of both Robert Redford and Paul Newman to play the role of the brothel madam in The Sting (1973).

Miss Brennan died at the age of 80. RIP

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