Eileen Brennan
- Birthplace: Los Angeles, California
- Birthday: September 3, 1932
Distinctive American character actor and sometime leading lady with a smoky voice, curly hair and a slightly wild-eyed expression, adept at both dramas and zany comedy. Brennan enjoyed stage success in the early 1960s in "Little Mary Sunshine" (1960, which won her an Obie Award) and "Hello, Dolly!" (1964). She began a prolific run of TV appearances beginning later in the decade, most notably on "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In" where her zippy comic timing garnered nationwide attention. Although success in features was gradual, Brennan did rack up …more
