Eileen Brennan has died. The
veteran actress received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress,
playing tough drill captain Doreen Lewis opposite Goldie Hawn in the comedy
“Private Benjamin.”
Brennan passed away early Sunday at her home in Burbank,
California of bladder cancer. She was 80.
Brennan reprised her role from “Private Benjamin” for the CBS
television series, winning an Emmy Award, one of her seven career nominations.
Brennan also memorably appeared as brothel madam Billie in
the Oscar best-picture winner “The Sting” (1973); as Peter Falk’s
long-suffering secretary Tess in “Murder by Death” (1976); and as Mrs Peacock
in “Clue” (1985). She often played world-weary, sympathetic characters yet
demonstrated a real comic flair throughout her career.
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