Posted on 07/30/2013 1:11:33 PM PDT by Borges
Eileen Brennan, who earned an Oscar nomination for her hilarious turn as the exasperated drill captain in 1980's "Private Benjamin," has died, CNN has confirmed. She was 80. Brennan died Sunday at her Burbank, California, home after a battle with bladder cancer, her management company said. "Our family is so grateful for the outpouring of love and respect for Eileen," her family said in a statement. "She was funny and caring and truly one of a kind. Her strength and love will never be forgotten. She will be greatly missed by all of us." Brennan was known for character roles as sassy, brassy women, the kind with a sandpaper surface but a light, pure heart. She played a waitress in "The Last Picture Show" (1971), the wife of Paul Newman's conman in "The Sting" (1973), a wisecracking maid in "At Long Last Love" (1975) and Mrs. Peacock in "Clue" (1985). She also did a great deal of television, including a reprise of her "Private Benjamin" role in the TV series of the same name.
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RIP. I loved her in Clue (that movie just cracks me up).
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I remember when she got hit by a car and nearly killed. Probably 30 years ago. Glad she lived to a ripe old age.
RIP Gladys Bink.
NO air bags back then.. oh wait she was actually hit by a passing vehicle and survived. I wish I had a DI like her in boot camp. A pussycat at heart..
RIP Eileen
She was crossing the street with Goldie Hawn, as I remember.
Who among us thought she was already dead? Who didn’t?
I remember her from “The Last Picture Show”. I haven’t seen the movie but remember a TV show. Whoever it was who played Private Benjamin in the TV show was hot as a firecracker.
She was great. Rest in peace, and thanks for the memories..............
That was a great movie. RIP Cap’n. Lewis. I liked Private Benjamin a lot too.
She was also in Airplane!
RIP Eileen. You brought a lot of smiles to our faces over the years.
She wasn’t Newman’s (Henry Gandorff) wife in The Sting.
CNN reporting, ya gotta love it.
If so it was uncredited. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0107281/
Yes, that is her.
She was also a breast cancer survivor.
No, we are talking about the actress who played private Benjamin in the TV show.
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