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Eileen Brennan (1932-2013) was an Oscar® nominated American actress. Brennan was a gifted, versatile player who could reach dramatic depths, as exemplified in her weary-eyed, good-hearted waitress in 1971’s The Last Picture Show (1971), or comedy heights, as in her sadistic drill captain in 1980’s Private Benjamin. Her IMDb page shows 128 acting credits from 1960 to 2013. This page will rank Eileen Brenan movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. To do well in our overall rankings a movie has to do well at the box office, get good reviews by critics, be liked by audiences, and get some award recognition.
Eileen Brennan Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
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| 1973 | The Sting (1973) AA Best Picture Win |
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| 1971 | The Last Picture Show (1971) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 1976 | Murder by Death (1976) |  |
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| 1980 | Private Benjamin (1980) AA Best Supp Actress Nom |
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| 1978 | The Cheap Detective (1978) | |
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| 1975 | Hustle (1975) | |
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| 1967 | Divorce American Style (1967) |  |
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| 1973 | Scarecrow (1973) | |
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| 2001 | Jeepers Creepers (2001) |  |
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| 1990 | Stella (1990) | |
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| 1990 | White Palace (1990) | |
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| 1985 | Clue (1985) | |
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| 1997 | Boys Life 2 (1997) | |
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| 1978 | FM (1978) |  |
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| 1998 | Pants on Fire (1998) | |
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| 1974 | Daisy Miller (1974) | |
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| 1988 | Going to the Chapel (1988) |  |
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| 1988 | The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking (1988) | |
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| 2005 | Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous (2005) |  |
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| 1982 | Pandemonium (1982) | |
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| 1990 | Texasville (1990) | |
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| 1992 | I Don't Buy Kisses Anymore (1992) | |
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| 1995 | Reckless (1995) |  |
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| 1988 | Sticky Fingers (1988) | |
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| 2000 | The Last Great Ride (2000) |  |
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| 2001 | Dumb Luck (2001) | |
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| 1983 | The Funny Farm (1983) | |
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| 1977 | The Great Smokey Roadblock (1977) | |
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| 1975 | At Long Last Love (1975) | |
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| 2005 | The Amateurs (2005) | |
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| 1988 | Rented Lips (1988) | |
Eileen Brennan Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies any way you want.
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- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each Eileen Brennan movie received.
- Sort Eileen Brennan movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score. UMR puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | ||||
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| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Actual B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | B.O. Rank by Year | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | S |
| 1 | The Sting (1973) AA Best Picture Win |
Paul Newman & Robert Redford |
157.60 | 959.9 | 1,698.10 | 2 | 88 | 10 / 03 | 99.9 | |
| 2 | The Last Picture Show (1971) AA Best Picture Nom |
Ben Johnson & Jeff Bridges |
39.70 | 259.6 | 259.60 | 7 | 87 | 08 / 02 | 99.6 | |
| 3 | Murder by Death (1976) | Peter Falk & Alec Guinness |
57.90 | 292.9 | 292.90 | 9 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 96.4 | |
| 4 | Private Benjamin (1980) AA Best Supp Actress Nom |
Eileen Brennan | 80.00 | 331.7 | 331.70 | 7 | 65 | 03 / 00 | 94.4 | |
| 5 | The Cheap Detective (1978) | Peter Falk & Ann-Margret |
43.30 | 199.6 | 199.60 | 12 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 92.7 | |
| 6 | Hustle (1975) | Burt Reynolds & Catherine Deneuve |
31.50 | 165.6 | 165.60 | 17 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 90.1 | |
| 7 | Divorce American Style (1967) | Debbie Reynolds & Dick Van Dyke |
13.80 | 122.5 | 122.50 | 23 | 68 | 01 / 00 | 86.9 | |
| 8 | Scarecrow (1973) | Al Pacino & Gene Hackman |
13.00 | 79.4 | 79.40 | 27 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 82.9 | |
| 10 | Jeepers Creepers (2001) | Gina Philips & Justin Long |
37.90 | 72.3 | 72.30 | 65 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 68.7 | |
| 9 | Stella (1990) | Bette Midler & Ben Stiller |
20.20 | 51.6 | 51.60 | 62 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 68.5 | |
| 11 | White Palace (1990) | Susan Sarandon & James Spader |
17.50 | 44.6 | 44.60 | 67 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 64.4 | |
| 12 | Clue (1985) | Christopher Lloyd & Tim Curry & Madeline Kahn |
14.60 | 44.5 | 44.50 | 59 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 59.0 | |
| 13 | Boys Life 2 (1997) | Vincent D'Onofrio | 0.50 | 1.3 | 1.30 | 206 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 52.0 | |
| 14 | FM (1978) | Norman Lloyd | 6.50 | 29.9 | 29.90 | 75 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 49.3 | |
| 15 | Pants on Fire (1998) | Christy Baron | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 289 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 42.2 | |
| 16 | Daisy Miller (1974) | Cybill Shepherd & Directed by Peter Bogdanovich |
3.00 | 17.5 | 17.50 | 87 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 42.0 | |
| 17 | Going to the Chapel (1988) | Cloris Leachman | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 265 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 35.5 | |
| 18 | The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking (1988) | Tami Erin & David Seaman |
3.60 | 9.4 | 9.40 | 139 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 32.6 | |
| 21 | Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous (2005) | Sandra Bullock & Regina King |
48.50 | 81.7 | 170.80 | 59 | 33 | 00 / 00 | 28.4 | |
| 20 | Pandemonium (1982) | Donald O'Connor & Judge Reinhold |
5.10 | 18.8 | 18.80 | 93 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 25.1 | |
| 19 | Texasville (1990) | Jeff Bridges & Cybill Shepherd |
2.30 | 5.8 | 5.80 | 143 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 24.9 | |
| 22 | I Don't Buy Kisses Anymore (1992) | Jason Alexander | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 241 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 21.6 | |
| 23 | Reckless (1995) | Mia Farrow | 0.10 | 0.3 | 0.30 | 236 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 13.9 | |
| 24 | Sticky Fingers (1988) | Helen Slater | 0.20 | 0.5 | 0.50 | 234 | 48 | 00 / 00 | 10.6 | |
| 25 | The Last Great Ride (2000) | Ernest Borgnine | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 277 | 46 | 00 / 00 | 8.2 | |
| 26 | Dumb Luck (2001) | Scott Baio | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 337 | 42 | 00 / 00 | 5.1 | |
| 27 | The Funny Farm (1983) | Howie Mandel | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 183 | 42 | 00 / 00 | 5.1 | |
| 28 | The Great Smokey Roadblock (1977) | Henry Fonda & Susan Sarandon |
2.70 | 13.1 | 13.10 | 104 | 37 | 00 / 00 | 4.5 | |
| 29 | At Long Last Love (1975) | Burt Reynolds & Cybil Shepard |
4.50 | 23.9 | 23.90 | 74 | 32 | 00 / 00 | 3.8 | |
| 30 | The Amateurs (2005) | Jeff Bridges | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.30 | 316 | 38 | 00 / 00 | 3.3 | |
| 31 | Rented Lips (1988) | Martin Mull | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 284 | 36 | 00 / 00 | 2.1 |
Possibly Interesting Facts About Eileen Brennan
1. Verla Eileen Regina Brennan was born in Los Angeles, California in 1932.
2. While studying at the Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York, Eileen Brennan shared an apartment with The Golden Girls star, Rue McClanahan.
3. Eileen Brennan originated the role of Irene Malloy in the original Broadway production of Hello, Dolly! in 1964.
4. In 1982, Eileen Brennan was seriously injured in a car crash by a drunk driver.
5. Eileen Brennan was nominated for 7 Emmy Awards®.
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i saw 9 including her top 8. 10 and favorite the sting. 9s not favorites: the last picture show, the scarecrow(a hidden gem) which was her 4th highest UMR reviewed movie ,only 4 were rated over 70%. she is a classic WoC rule of 39. no good UMR scores after age 38. really only 9 productive big screen years.
Hey bob cox…hope you are staying safe….seems you live in some areas that have had some serious spikes in the virus. Thanks for the tally count, the feedback and the ratings. Good shout out to the curse of 39. The Sting is a favorite as well. Scarecrow is good but so depressing. Good stuff as always.
Hey Dan. Good information as always. Actually…I just got through commenting to Steve…that for some reason I have always gotten Cloris Leachman, Madeline Kahn and Eileen Brennan mixed up. I wrote Brennan made a few movies with Leachman but none with Kahn. Well your lists proof me wrong….as Kahn made 3 movies with Brennan as well.
Looking at the first list…..Cloris Leachman gets the honors as most frequent Oracle co-star with 4 movies. Surprised she did not make a single movie with anybody in the Oracle Top 10. Looking at the second list…I would say 21 is on the low average…Murder By Death certainly helped her get to 21 Oscar winning co-stars. Good stuff as always.
Eileen Brennan has never been on the Oracle of Bacon Top 1000. These are the actors on the 2020 list she appeared with.
11 ERNEST BORGNINE Hustle (1975)
11 ERNEST BORGNINE THE LAST GREAT RIDE (2000)
43 CHRISTOPHER LLOYD Changing Habits (1997)
43 CHRISTOPHER LLOYD Clue (1985)
49 FRANK WELKER The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking (1988)
56 SUSAN SARANDON White Palace (1990)
57 HARRY DEAN STANTON Private Benjamin (1980)
61 BURT REYNOLDS At Long Last Love (1975)
61 BURT REYNOLDS Hustle (1975)
78 GENE HACKMAN Scarecrow (1973)
98 DAVID NIVEN Murder by Death (1976)
100 JAMES CROMWELL Murder by Death (1976)
100 JAMES CROMWELL The Cheap Detective (1978)
101 M. EMMET WALSH At Long Last Love (1975)
110 JEFF BRIDGES Texasville (1990)
110 JEFF BRIDGES The Last Picture Show (1971)
114 JASON ROBARDS Divorce American Style (1967)
123 JOHN GOODMAN Stella (1990)
155 SCOTT GLENN Reckless (1995)
177 KATHY BATES White Palace (1990)
194 CHARLES DURNING The Sting (1973)
196 CLORIS LEACHMAN Daisy Miller (1974)
196 CLORIS LEACHMAN Going to the Chapel (1988)
196 CLORIS LEACHMAN Texasville (1990)
196 CLORIS LEACHMAN The Last Picture Show (1971)
220 ELLEN BURSTYN The Last Picture Show (1971)
222 MAGGIE SMITH Murder by Death (1976)
224 PAUL NEWMAN The Sting (1973)
228 JOHN RATZENBERGER Going to the Chapel (1988)
234 RANDY QUAID Texasville (1990)
234 RANDY QUAID The Last Picture Show (1971)
237 PETER FALK Murder by Death (1976)
237 PETER FALK The Cheap Detective (1978)
249 TREAT WILLIAMS Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous (2005)
253 RANCE HOWARD I Don’t Buy Kisses Anymore (1992)
259 MIA FARROW Reckless (1995)
260 STEPHEN TOBOLOWSKY Boys Life 2 (1997)
260 STEPHEN TOBOLOWSKY Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous (2005)
264 ARMAND ASSANTE Private Benjamin (1980)
275 CAROL KANE Pandemonium (1982)
275 CAROL KANE Sticky Fingers (1988)
280 AUSTIN PENDLETON The Great Smokey Roadblock (1977)
281 VINCENT D’ONOFRIO Boys Life 2 (1997)
281 VINCENT D’ONOFRIO Nunzio’s Second Cousin (1994)
300 JOE PANTOLIANO The Amateurs (2005)
312 MARK MARGOLIS Pants on Fire (1998)
322 ROBERT REDFORD The Sting (1973)
337 CATHERINE DENEUVE Hustle (1975)
339 TIM CURRY Clue (1985)
345 ROBERT DOWNEY JR. Rented Lips (1988)
356 STOCKARD CHANNING The Cheap Detective (1978)
366 ANN-MARGRET The Cheap Detective (1978)
382 JUDY GREER THE AMATEURS (2005)
385 EDDIE ALBERT Hustle (1975)
400 SAM WANAMAKER Private Benjamin (1980)
406 LIONEL STANDER Joey Takes a Cab (1991)
408 BOB GUNTON Changing Habits (1997)
411 JENNIFER TILLY Rented Lips (1988)
419 ALEC GUINNESS Murder by Death (1976)
430 AL PACINO Scarecrow (1973)
441 TERI GARR Changing Habits (1997)
449 MICHAEL MCKEAN Clue (1985)
456 BEN STILLER STELLA (1990)
478 BRAD GARRETT THE AMATEURS (2005)
508 STEPHEN DORFF Reckless (1995)
530 WILLIAM SHATNER Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous (2005)
532 DUB TAYLOR The Great Smokey Roadblock (1977)
536 JASON ALEXANDER I DON’T BUY KISSES ANYMORE (1992)
536 JASON ALEXANDER WHITE PALACE (1990)
588 LOUISE FLETCHER The Cheap Detective (1978)
621 COLLEEN CAMP Clue (1985)
626 BEN JOHNSON Hustle (1975)
626 BEN JOHNSON The Last Picture Show (1971)
629 ROYAL DANO Joey Takes a Cab (1991)
662 LESLEY ANNE WARREN Clue (1985)
665 JAMES SPADER WHITE PALACE (1990)
675 DOM DELUISE The Cheap Detective (1978)
687 STEPHEN MCHATTIE STICKY FINGERS (1988)
692 TONY RANDALL It Had to Be You (1989)
693 SETH GREEN BOYS LIFE 2 (1997)
693 SETH GREEN NUNZIO’S SECOND COUSIN (1994)
694 TOM BOWER The Amateurs (2005)
695 SALLY KIRKLAND Private Benjamin (1980)
695 SALLY KIRKLAND The Sting (1973)
706 JEREMY PIVEN White Palace (1990)
708 ERNIE HUDSON Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous (2005)
714 GIANCARLO ESPOSITO Reckless (1995)
749 KATHLEEN FREEMAN Joey Takes a Cab (1991)
756 DEBBIE REYNOLDS Divorce American Style (1967)
770 TIM BLAKE NELSON THE AMATEURS (2005)
808 JOANNA CASSIDY Moonglow (2000)
811 MICHAEL J. POLLARD Joey Takes a Cab (1991)
832 GRIFFIN DUNNE WHITE PALACE (1990)
877 JOHN HAWKES The Amateurs (2005)
887 MADELINE KAHN At Long Last Love (1975)
887 MADELINE KAHN Clue (1985)
887 MADELINE KAHN The Cheap Detective (1978)
892 ROBERT WEBBER Private Benjamin (1980)
905 WILLIAM FICHTNER Reckless (1995)
905 WILLIAM FICHTNER The Amateurs (2005)
909 NICOL WILLIAMSON The Cheap Detective (1978)
920 HOWARD HESSEMAN Clue (1985)
950 DAVID OGDEN-STEIRS THE CHEAP DETECTIVE (1978)
954 DORIS ROBERTS DIVORCE AMERICAN STYLE (1967)
956 LEE GRANT Divorce American Style (1967)
971 ROBERT ENGLUND Hustle (1975)
971 ROBERT ENGLUND The Great Smokey Roadblock (1977)
981 PAUL WINFIELD Hustle (1975)
987 MARY KAY PLACE PRIVATE BENJAMIN (1980)
1000 FRED WILLARD HUSTLE (1975)
Eileen appeared with 21 Oscar winners.
AL PACINO Scarecrow (1973)
ALEC GUINNESS Murder by Death (1976)
BEN JOHNSON Hustle (1975)
BEN JOHNSON The Last Picture Show (1971)
CLORIS LEACHMAN Daisy Miller (1974)
CLORIS LEACHMAN Going to the Chapel (1988)
CLORIS LEACHMAN Texasville (1990)
CLORIS LEACHMAN The Last Picture Show (1971)
DAVID NIVEN Murder by Death (1976)
ELLEN BURSTYN The Last Picture Show (1971)
ERNEST BORGNINE Hustle (1975)
ERNEST BORGNINE THE LAST GREAT RIDE (2000)
GENE HACKMAN Scarecrow (1973)
GOLDIE HAWN Private Benjamin (1980)
JASON ROBARDS Divorce American Style (1967)
JEFF BRIDGES Texasville (1990)
JEFF BRIDGES The Last Picture Show (1971)
KATHY BATES White Palace (1990)
LEE GRANT Divorce American Style (1967)
LOUISE FLETCHER The Cheap Detective (1978)
MAGGIE SMITH Murder by Death (1976)
MARSHA MASON Stella (1990)
MARSHA MASON The Cheap Detective (1978)
OCTAVIA SPENCER Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous (2005)
PAUL NEWMAN The Sting (1973)
REGINA KING MISS CONGENIALITY 2: ARMED & FABULOUS (2005)
SANDRA BULLOCK Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous (2005)
SUSAN SARANDON White Palace (1990)