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Eileen Brennan
★ Acting

Eileen Brennan

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1932 – 2013 · Los Angeles, California, USA · Active 1944–2022

Eileen Brennan, born in Los Angeles in 1932, made her mark in the cult film landscape with notable performances in Pandemonium (1982) and Jeepers Creepers (2001). Her role in Pandemonium, a satirical slasher comedy, highlights her ability to blend humor with horror, while Jeepers Creepers showcases her talent in a more contemporary setting. With a rich background in theater and television, Brennan's contributions to these films reflect her versatility and enduring presence in the realm of cult and exploitation cinema.

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Pandemonium

Pandemonium

1982 ★ 4.6
as 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.

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Jeepers Creepers
Jeepers Creepers
6.0 2001 R
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Jeepers Creepers (2001)
Jeepers Creepers
2001
The Sting (1973)
The Sting
1973
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous (2005)
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
2005
Clue (1985)
Clue
1985
Tales from the Crypt (1989)
Tales from the Crypt
1989
ER (1994)
ER
1994

Filmography

118 credits
2020s 1 credit
2022
Who Done It: The Clue Documentary as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Movie ★ 5.3
2010s 1 credit
2011
Naked Run as Gram Malone
Movie ★ 2.2
2000s 9 credits
2006
The Amateurs as Mrs. Cherkiss
Movie ★ 5.6
2005
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous as Carol Fields
Movie ★ 5.7
2005
The Art of 'The Sting' as Self
Movie ★ 6.0
2004
The Hollow as Joan Van Etten
Movie ★ 5.1
2003
Dumb Luck as Minnie Hitchcock
Movie ★ 5.6
2002
Comic Book Villains as Mrs. Cresswell
Movie ★ 5.3
2001
Jeepers Creepers● as The Cat Lady
Movie ★ 6.5
2001
Lizzie McGuire as Marge
TV ★ 7.2
2000
Strong Medicine as Evelyn Knightly
TV ★ 7.4
1990s 37 credits
1999
The Last Great Ride as Pamela 'Mimi' Applegate
Movie ★ 6.0
1998
Pants on Fire as Mom
Movie ★ 7.0
1998
Le petomane: Fin de siècle fartiste
Movie ★ 7.0
1998
Will & Grace as Zandra
TV ★ 6.9
1997
Boys Life 2 as Mrs. Randozza
Movie ★ 5.5
1997
Toothless as Joe #1
Movie ★ 5.5
1997
Changing Habits as Mother Superior
Movie ★ 2.7
1997
The Wonderful World of Disney as Joe #1
TV ★ 6.8
1997
Veronica's Closet as Grammy Anderson
TV ★ 5.4
1996
If These Walls Could Talk as Tessie
Movie ★ 6.7
1996
7th Heaven as Mrs. Bink
TV ★ 6.4
1996
Arli$$ as Lenore
TV ★ 6.8
1995
Trail of Tears as Clara
Movie ★ 5.0
1995
Reckless as Sister Margaret
Movie ★ 6.6
1995
Freaky Friday as Principal Handel
Movie ★ 5.7
1994
In Search of Dr. Seuss as The Who-Villain
Movie ★ 7.1
1994
The Lies Boys Tell as Sada
Movie ★ 6.3
1994
My Name Is Kate as Barbara Mannix
Movie ★ 6.4
1994
Nunzio's Second Cousin as Mrs. Randazzo
Movie ★ 5.3
1994
ER as Betty
TV ★ 7.8
1994
Touched by an Angel as Dolores Freeman
TV ★ 7.2
1993
Recycle Rex as Rose (voice)
Movie ★ 5.7
1993
Precious Victims as Minnie
Movie ★ 7.0
1993
Murder So Sweet as Martha Catlin
Movie ★ 6.0
1993
Walker, Texas Ranger as Joelle
TV ★ 7.0
1992
I Don't Buy Kisses Anymore as Frieda
Movie ★ 5.0
1992
Taking Back My Life: The Nancy Ziegenmeyer Story as Vicky Martin
Movie ★ 8.0
1992
Mad About You as Inspector #10
TV ★ 6.7
1992
Jack's Place
TV ★ 8.0
1991
Picture This as Self
Movie ★ 9.5
1991
Deadly Intentions... Again? as Charlotte
Movie ★ 6.5
1991
Home Improvement as Wanda
TV ★ 7.4
1990
White Palace as Judy
Movie ★ 6.5
1990
Stella as Mrs. Wilkerson
Movie ★ 5.8
1990
Texasville as Genevieve Morgan
Movie ★ 6.0
1990
American Dreamer
TV ★ 5.3
1990
Gravedale High as Miss Dirge (voice)
TV ★ 7.0
1980s 30 credits
1989
It Had to Be You as Judith
Movie ★ 9.0
1989
Tales from the Crypt as Ruth Sanderson
TV ★ 8.0
1988
The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking as Miss Bannister
Movie ★ 5.9
1988
Sticky Fingers as Stella
Movie ★ 5.9
1988
Going to the Chapel as Maude
Movie ★ 5.3
1988
Rented Lips as Hotel Desk Clerk
Movie ★ 3.8
1987
The Fartiste
Movie
1987
Blood Vows: The Story of a Mafia Wife as Sylvia
Movie ★ 8.0
1987
thirtysomething
TV ★ 6.3
1986
Babes in Toyland as Mrs. Piper / Widow Hubbard
Movie ★ 5.5
1986
The History of White People in America: Volume II
Movie ★ 8.3
1985
Clue as Mrs. Peacock
Movie ★ 7.2
1985
The Fourth Wise Man as Judith
Movie ★ 7.0
1985
The History of White People in America
Movie ★ 6.4
1985
Answers as Amanda Jackson (Segment "Twinkle, Twinkle")
Movie
1985
The Ray Bradbury Theater as Mrs. Annabelle Shrike
TV ★ 6.9
1985
Off the Rack as Kate Halloran
TV ★ 6.0
1984
Murder, She Wrote as Loretta Lee
TV ★ 7.5
1984
Murder, She Wrote as Marian Simpson
TV ★ 7.5
1983
The Funny Farm as Gail Corbin
Movie ★ 6.0
1982
Lily for President? as Maggie
Movie
1982
Pandemonium● as Candy's Mom
Movie ★ 4.7
1982
Kraft Salutes Walt Disney World's 10th Anniversary as Aunt Angelique Lane
Movie ★ 8.0
1982
Working as Millworker
Movie ★ 4.8
1982
Newhart
TV ★ 7.1
1981
Incident at Crestridge as Sara Davis
Movie ★ 5.5
1981
When the Circus Came to Town as Jessy
Movie ★ 7.3
1981
Private Benjamin as Doreen Lewis
TV ★ 6.5
1980
Private Benjamin as Capt. Doreen Lewis
Movie ★ 6.0
1980
Magnum, P.I. as Brenda Babcock
TV ★ 7.3
1970s 32 credits
1979
My Old Man as Marie
Movie ★ 5.3
1979
When She Was Bad... as Mary Jensen
Movie ★ 5.0
1979
A New Kind of Family
TV ★ 7.5
1979
13 Queens Blvd. as Felicia Winters
TV ★ 8.0
1978
FM as Mother
Movie ★ 6.8
1978
The Great Smokey Roadblock as Penelope
Movie ★ 5.7
1978
The Cheap Detective as Betty DeBoop
Movie ★ 6.4
1978
Taxi as Mrs. McKenzie
TV ★ 7.3
1978
Black Beauty as Annie Gray
TV ★ 7.0
1977
The Death of Richie as Carol Werner
Movie ★ 7.0
1977
All That Glitters as Ma Packer
TV ★ 8.5
1976
Murder by Death as Tess Skeffington
Movie ★ 7.2
1975
At Long Last Love as Elizabeth
Movie ★ 5.2
1975
Knuckle as Delafield's Mistress
Movie ★ 8.0
1975
Hustle as Paula Hollinger
Movie ★ 5.7
1975
The Night That Panicked America as Ann Muldoon
Movie ★ 6.9
1975
My Father's House as Mrs. Lindholm Sr.
Movie ★ 9.0
1975
Doctors' Hospital
TV ★ 7.0
1974
Daisy Miller as Mrs. Walker
Movie ★ 6.3
1974
Come Die with Me as Mary Thatcher
Movie
1974
Nourish the Beast as Baba Goya
Movie ★ 8.0
1974
Dinah! as Self
TV ★ 7.0
1973
Scarecrow as Darlene
Movie ★ 7.1
1973
The Sting as Billie
Movie ★ 8.0
1973
The Blue Knight as Glenda
Movie ★ 5.5
1973
Kojak as Julie Loring
TV ★ 7.1
1973
Barnaby Jones as Anita Willson
TV ★ 7.0
1973
The Blue Knight as Glenda
TV ★ 9.0
1972
Playmates as Amy
Movie ★ 10.0
1971
The Last Picture Show as Genevieve
Movie ★ 7.6
1971
All in the Family as Angelique McCarthy
TV ★ 7.8
1971
McMillan & Wife as Nora Dane
TV ★ 7.0
1960s 3 credits
1967
Divorce American Style as Eunice
Movie ★ 5.8
1966
The Star Wagon as Hallie
Movie ★ 7.0
1962
The Merv Griffin Show as Self
TV ★ 6.6
1940s 2 credits
1944
Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter
TV ★ 7.2
1944
Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
TV ★ 7.2
Crew Credits
2010s 1 credit
2011
Miller's Tale Additional Music
Movie ★ 7.1
2000s 1 credit
2006
Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! Writer
TV ★ 8.0
1970s 1 credit
1978
Taxi Producer
TV ★ 7.3