Oscar nominated and Emmy winner EILEEN BRENNAN, who survived a harrowing ordeal, has gone to “The Last Picture Show” at 80.
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Oscar nominated and Emmy winner EILEEN BRENNAN, who survived a harrowing ordeal, has gone to “The Last Picture Show” at 80.
Brennan perhaps best known for “The Last Picture Show” and “Private Benjamin” passed at her home from bladder cancer, her publicist told The Hollywood Reporter.
A familiar face across the film and TV landscape beginning as a regular on “Laugh In” during the 1960s Brennan played a waitress in the coming of age flick “The Last Picture Show” (1971) and also memorably appeared as a pal of con man Paul Newman in “The Sting” (1973).
She received an Oscar nom for best supporting actress playing hardball opposite Goldie Hawn in "Private Benjamin" (1980).