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Thirty-three years after Private Benjamin hit cinema screens Eileen Brennan is still best remembered for playing sharp-tongued US Army Captain Doreen Lewis opposite Goldie Hawn.
The part earned her an Oscar nomination and she later won an Emmy and a Golden Globe when she reprised the role in an adapted TV series.
She followed this with equally tough-talking characters, namely the aloof Mrs Peacock in...