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Eileen Brennan
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Actor Born: September 3, 1935 in Los Angeles, CA Biography:American actress "Eileen Brennan" was the daughter of "Jean Manahan", a moderately successful silent screen actress. Brennan studied at both Georgetown University and the American Academy of Dramatic Art before making her mark as star of the 1959 off-Broadway musical Little Mary Sunshine. On the surface, it would seem that this production was out of character for the earthy, sardonic Brennan most familiar to filmgoers. Not so. A lampoon of insipid 1920s operettas, Little Mary Sunshine was in its own lah-dee-dah way one of the dirtiest musicals ever written (something that doesn't seem to dawn on the many high schools that have since produced it). Brennan was among the first-season stars of TV's "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In", essentially doing hilarious variations of her simpering "Mary Sunshine" persona. With her 1970s film appearances in "The Last Picture Show" (1971), "The Sting" (1972) and "Hustle"... Full Biography
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