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Brenda Vaccaro
A husky-voiced actress who segued from beautiful leading lady to earthy character parts, Brenda Vaccaro enjoyed success in a variety of mediums. She earned three Tony nominations for her stage work in the 1960s, won a Golden Globe nomination for her role as a socialite paying Jon Voight for sex in "Midnight Cowboy" (1969), and an Oscar nomination for "Jacqueline Susann's Once Is Not Enough" (1975). Although she was an accomplished dramatic actress, audiences embraced her most as a wisecracking second banana to everyone from Faye Dunaway in "Supergirl" (1984) to Barbra Streisand in "The Mirror Has Two Faces" (1996), as well as an in-demand voiceover actress. The Emmy-winning Vaccaro earned an impressive array of TV credits as well, and earned excellent reviews for the lead role in the gentle romantic comedy "Boynton Beach Club" (2005) and for a brilliant supporting turn as Al Pacino's sister in the Dr. Kevorkian biopic, "You Don't Know Jack" (HBO, 2010). Even 50 years into her career, Vaccaro remained a vital, formidable actress with the training and talent to deliver award-caliber performances.
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Brenda Vaccaro
Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 91% |
|
Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy | Self | $54.9K | 2022 |
| 100% | No Score Yet | An Accidental Studio: The Story of HandMade Films | Self | - | 2019 |
| 86% |
|
Once Upon a Time... In Hollywood | Mary Alice Schwarz (Character) | $142.4M | 2019 |
| 20% |
|
The Clapper | Ida Krumble (Character) | - | 2017 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 30-Love | Hellen (Character) | - | 2017 |
| 97% |
|
Kubo and the Two Strings | Kameyo (Voice) | $48.0M | 2016 |
| No Score Yet |
|
Just Let Go | Nadine Williams (Character) | - | 2015 |
| 83% |
|
You Don't Know Jack | Margo Janus (Character) | - | 2010 |
| 62% |
|
Boynton Beach Club | Marilyn (Character) | $3.1M | 2005 |
| No Score Yet |
|
Just Desserts | Lina (Character) | - | 2004 |
| 21% |
|
Sonny | Meg (Character) | $17.6K | 2002 |
| No Score Yet |
|
Charlotte's Web 2: Wilbur's Great Adventure | Mrs. Hirsch (Voice) | - | 2002 |
| No Score Yet |
|
Just a Walk in the Park | Selma Williams (Character) | - | 2002 |
| No Score Yet |
|
When Husbands Cheat | Sally (Character) | - | 1998 |
| 53% |
|
The Mirror Has Two Faces | Doris (Character) | $41.3M | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Following Her Heart | Cecile (Character) | - | 1994 |
| 28% |
|
Love Affair | Nora Stillman (Character) | - | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Stolen: One Husband | Lisa Jarrett (Character) | - | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lethal Games | Stella Hudson (Character) | - | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Columbo: Murder in Malibu | Jess McCurdy (Character) | - | 1990 |
| 73% |
|
The Masque of the Red Death | Elaina Hart (Character) | - | 1990 |
| No Score Yet |
|
Ten Little Indians | Marion Marshall (Character) | - | 1989 |
| No Score Yet |
|
Heart of Midnight | Betty (Character) | $71.1K | 1989 |
| 13% |
|
Cookie | Bunny (Character) | $1.4M | 1989 |
| No Score Yet |
|
Deceptions | Helen Adams (Character) | - | 1985 |
| 0% |
|
Water | Dolores Thwaites (Character) | - | 1985 |
| 8% |
|
Supergirl | Bianca (Character) | - | 1984 |
| No Score Yet |
|
The Pride of Jesse Hallam | Marion Galucci (Character) | - | 1981 |
| 50% |
|
Zorro, the Gay Blade | Florinda (Character) | - | 1981 |
| No Score Yet |
|
A Long Way Home | Lillian Jacobs (Character) | - | 1981 |
| 63% |
|
The First Deadly Sin | Monica Gilbert (Character) | - | 1980 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fast Charlie... The Moonbeam Rider | Grace Wolf (Character) | - | 1979 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dear Detective | Det. Sgt. Kate Hudson (Character) | - | 1979 |
| 65% |
|
Capricorn One | Kay Brubaker (Character) | - | 1978 |
| No Score Yet |
|
Death Weekend | Diane (Character) | - | 1977 |
| 40% |
|
Airport '77 | Eve Clayton (Character) | - | 1977 |
| 56% |
|
Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey | Tilly (Voice) | - | 1977 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Territorial Women | Sara Yarnell (Character) | - | 1976 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Territorial Men | Unknown (Character) | - | 1976 |
| No Score Yet |
|
Once Is Not Enough | Linda Riggs (Character) | - | 1975 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Big Rip-Off | Brenda Brooks (Character) | - | 1975 |
| No Score Yet |
|
Honor Thy Father | Rosalie Bonnano (Character) | - | 1973 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sunshine | Carol Gillman (Character) | - | 1973 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | To Steal a King | Sharon Clark (Character) | - | 1972 |
| No Score Yet |
|
Going Home | Jenny Benson (Character) | - | 1971 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Summertree | Vanetta (Character) | - | 1971 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | What's a Nice Girl Like You...? | Shirley Campbel (Character) | - | 1971 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Appointment in Palermo | Gemma (Character) | - | 1971 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | I Love My... Wife | Jody Burrows (Character) | - | 1970 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | One of the Girls in Research | Sandy Graham (Character) | - | 1970 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Travis Logan D.A. | Lucille Sand (Character) | - | 1970 |
| 89% |
|
Midnight Cowboy | Shirley (Character) | $201.0K | 1969 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Where It's At | Molly (Character) | - | 1969 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62% | 51% | Superior Donuts | Helen (Guest Star) | 2017 |
| 74% | 82% | Nip/Tuck | Beatrice Madsen (Guest Star) | 2006 |
| 24% | 62% | The War at Home | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | 59% | Johnny Bravo | Bunny Bravo (Voice) | 1997 1999-2004 |
| No Score Yet | 96% | Becker | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ally | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | 80% | The King of Queens | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1998 |
| 61% | 78% | Ally McBeal | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Touched by an Angel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | 78% | The New Adventures of Captain Planet | Chi (Guest Voice) | 1994-1995 |
| 78% | 93% | Friends | Gloria Tribbiani (Guest Star) | 1995 |
| 85% | 83% | The Critic | Unknown (Guest Voice) | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Civil Wars | Laverne Briggs (Guest Star) | 1992 |
| 78% | No Score Yet | The Trials of Rosie O'Neill | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | 94% | Darkwing Duck | Unknown (Guest Voice) | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | 94% | The Golden Girls | Angela (Guest Star) | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | 89% | Murder, She Wrote | Didi Blair (Guest Star) | 1988 1990 |
| No Score Yet | 81% | Columbo | Jess McCurdy (Guest Star) | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Super Password | Guest | 1986 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Paper Dolls | Julia Blake (Character) | 1984 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | St. Elsewhere | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1984 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fame | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1983 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Good Heavens | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1976 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Streets of San Francisco | Officer Sherry Reese, SFPD (Guest Star) | 1973-1974 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | McCloud | Officer Margaret Sereno (Guest Star) | 1972 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Banacek | Sharon Clark (Guest Star) | 1972 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Marcus Welby, M.D. | Marilyn Hoffman (Guest Star) | 1972 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | What's My Line? | Guest | 1971 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Name of the Game | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1970-1971 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Vacation Playhouse | Jenny Penny (Character) | 1966 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Fugitive | Joanne Spencer (Guest Star) | 1963 |