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Verla Eileen Regina Brennan was an American film, stage, and television actress. She made her film debut in the satire Divorce American Style (1967), followed by a supporting role in Peter Bogdanovich's The Last Picture Show (1971), which earned her a BAFTA award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
Birth Name
Verla Eileen Regina Brennen
Born
Saturday, 03 September 1932
Died
Sunday, 28 July 2013
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Naked Run | Gram Malone | 2011 |
Adventures in Appletown | Mrs. Jackson | 2008 |
The Amateurs | Mrs. Cherkiss | 2006 |
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous | Carol Fields | 2005 |
The Hollow | Joan Van Etten | 2004 |
Cheaper by the Dozen | Mrs. Drucker (DVD deleted scene) | 2003 |
Comic Book Villains | Mrs. Cresswell | 2002 |
Jeepers Creepers | The Cat Lady | 2001 |
Dumb Luck | Minnie Hitchcock | 2001 |
Lizzie McGuire | Marge | 2001 |
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Naked Run | Gram Malone | 2011 |
Adventures in Appletown | Mrs. Jackson | 2008 |
The Amateurs | Mrs. Cherkiss | 2006 |
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous | Carol Fields | 2005 |
The Hollow | Joan Van Etten | 2004 |
Cheaper by the Dozen | Mrs. Drucker (DVD deleted scene) | 2003 |
Comic Book Villains | Mrs. Cresswell | 2002 |
Jeepers Creepers | The Cat Lady | 2001 |
Dumb Luck | Minnie Hitchcock | 2001 |
Lizzie McGuire | Marge | 2001 |
The Fearing Mind | Irene's Mother | 2000 |
Strong Medicine | Evelyn Knightly | 2000 |
Moonglow | 2000 | |
The Last Picture Show: A Look Back | Self | 1999 |
The Last Great Ride | Pamela 'Mimi' Applegate / Pamela Mimi Mackensie | 1999 |
Will & Grace | Zandra | 1998 |
The Wonderful World of Disney | Joe #1 | 1997 |
Veronica's Closet | Grammy Anderson | 1997 |
Changing Habits | Mother Superior | 1997 |
Boys Life 2 | Mrs. Randozza / Self (segment "Nunzio's Second Cousin") | 1997 |
If These Walls Could Talk | Tessie / Tessie (segment "1996") | 1996 |
Jumanji | Dorothy 'Dottie' McGrail | 1996 |
7th Heaven | Gladys Bink | 1996 |
Arli$$ | Lenore | 1996 |
Nash Bridges | Loretta Bettina | 1996 |
Reckless | Sister Margaret | 1995 |
Trail of Tears | Clara | 1995 |
Freaky Friday | Principal Handel | 1995 |
Take Me Home Again | Sada | 1994 |
In Search of Dr. Seuss | The Who-Villian / Who-Villain | 1994 |
Touched by an Angel | Dolores Freeman | 1994 |
ER | Betty | 1994 |
Winnetka Road | Sister Bernadette | 1994 |
Thunder Alley | Irma | 1994 |
Precious Victims | Minnie Gray / Minnie | 1993 |
All-New Dennis the Menace | (voice) | 1993 |
Bonkers | (voice) / Lilith DuPrave | 1993 |
Walker, Texas Ranger | Joelle | 1993 |
Tribeca | Claudia | 1993 |
Poisoned by Love: The Kern County Murders | Martha Catlin | 1993 |
Mad About You | Inspector #10 | 1992 |
Jack's Place | Dina | 1992 |
Taking Back My Life: The Nancy Ziegenmeyer Story | Vicky Martin | 1992 |
I Don't Buy Kisses Anymore | Frieda | 1992 |
Home Improvement | Wanda | 1991 |
Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas | Herself / Self | 1991 |
Joey Takes a Cab | Laura | 1991 |
Deadly Intentions... Again? | Charlotte | 1991 |
White Palace | Judy | 1990 |
Texasville | Genevieve Morgan | 1990 |
American Dreamer | Lillian's Mother | 1990 |
Gravedale High | Miss Dirge | 1990 |
Bobby's World | (voice) | 1990 |
Blossom | Agnes | 1990 |
Stella | Mrs. Wilkerson | 1990 |
It Had to Be You | Judith | 1989 |
Tales from the Crypt | Ruth Sanderson | 1989 |
Going to the Chapel | Maude Roberti / Maude | 1988 |
The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking | Miss Bannister | 1988 |
Sticky Fingers | Stella | 1988 |
Rented Lips | Hotel Desk Clerk | 1987 |
Thirtysomething | Margaret Weston | 1987 |
CBS Summer Playhouse | Siobhan Owens | 1987 |
Blood Vows: The Story of a Mafia Wife | Sylvia | 1987 |
Babes in Toyland | Widow Hubbard / Mrs. Piper | 1986 |
The New Hollywood Squares | Self - Panelist | 1986 |
Clue | Mrs. Peacock | 1985 |
The Ray Bradbury Theater | Mrs. Annabelle Shrike | 1985 |
The Fourth Wise Man | Judith | 1985 |
The History of White People in America | 1985 | |
Off the Rack | Kate Halloran | 1984 |
Murder, She Wrote | Marian Simpson / Loretta Lee | 1984 |
The Funny Farm | Gail Corbin | 1983 |
Newhart | Corinne Denby | 1982 |
Lily for President? | Maggie | 1982 |
The Shape of Things | Self | 1982 |
Pandemonium | Candy's Mom | 1982 |
American Playhouse | Millworker | 1982 |
Incident at Crestridge | Sara Davis | 1981 |
Private Benjamin | Capt. Doreen Lewis / Doreen Lewis | 1981 |
The 53rd Annual Academy Awards | Self - Nominee | 1981 |
When the Circus Came to Town | Jessy | 1981 |
Magnum, P.I. | Brenda Babcock | 1980 |
Private Benjamin | Capt. Doreen Lewis | 1980 |
My Old Man | Marie | 1979 |
A New Kind of Family | Kit Flanagan | 1979 |
13 Queens Boulevard | Felicia Winters | 1979 |
When She Was Bad... | Mary Jensen | 1979 |
Taxi | Mrs. McKenzie | 1978 |
The Cheap Detective | Betty DeBoop | 1978 |
FM | Mother | 1978 |
Black Beauty | Annie Gray | 1978 |
The Great Smokey Roadblock | Penelope / Penelope Pearson | 1977 |
The Love Boat | Helen Foster | 1977 |
All That Glitters | Ma Packer | 1977 |
The Death of Richie | Carol Werner | 1977 |
Murder by Death | Tess Skeffington | 1976 |
Hustle | Paula Hollinger | 1975 |
The Night That Panicked America | Ann Muldoon | 1975 |
My Father's House | Mrs. Lindholm Sr. | 1975 |
Doctors' Hospital | Stevens | 1975 |
At Long Last Love | Elizabeth | 1975 |
Dinah! | Self - Guest | 1974 |
Daisy Miller | Mrs. Walker | 1974 |
The Sting | Billie | 1973 |
The Blue Knight | Glenda | 1973 |
Kojak | Julie Loring | 1973 |
Scarecrow | Darlene | 1973 |
Barnaby Jones | Anita Willson | 1973 |
Playmates | Amy | 1972 |
The Last Picture Show | Genevieve | 1971 |
McMillan & Wife | Nora Dane | 1971 |
All in the Family | Angelique McCarthy | 1971 |
The Most Deadly Game | Alice | 1970 |
The Ghost & Mrs. Muir | Paula Tardy | 1968 |
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | Regular Performer / Self / Dear Aggie / Self - Regular Performer | 1967 |
Divorce American Style | Eunice Tase | 1967 |
The Star Wagon | Hallie | 1966 |
NET Playhouse | Millie | 1966 |
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Herself - Guest | 1962 |
The Ed Sullivan Show | Singer / Self | 1948 |
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1991 | Emmy | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series | Nominated |
1989 | Emmy | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series | Nominated |
1983 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Comedy or Musical | Nominated |
1983 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy, Variety or Music Series | Nominated |
1982 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Comedy or Musical | Won |
1982 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy or Variety or Music Series | Nominated |
1981 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Nominated |
1981 | Emmy | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series | Nominated |
1981 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy or Variety or Music Series | Won |