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Brenda Wehle

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Brenda Wehle
Four families and a chief of police recount the day marine casualty officers came to their respective small towns in Ohio. A Leaky Tent Film.
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Goldstar, Ohio (2010)
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Brenda Wehle was born on 28 June 1946 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. She is an actress, known for St. Vincent (2014), American Beauty (1999) and Let Me In (2010). She has been married to John Carroll Lynch since 1997.
BornJune 28, 1946
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    Known for

    Bill Murray, Melissa McCarthy, and Naomi Watts in St. Vincent (2014)
    St. Vincent
    7.2
    • Judge Reynolds
    • 2014
    Kevin Spacey, Thora Birch, and Mena Suvari in American Beauty (1999)
    American Beauty
    8.3
    • Sale House Women #4
    • 1999
    Chloë Grace Moretz in Let Me In (2010)
    Let Me In
    7.1
    • Principal
    • 2010
    Colin Farrell and Jessica Brown Findlay in Winter's Tale (2014)
    Winter's Tale
    6.1
    • Governess
    • 2014

    Credits

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    Actress

    • No Experience Necessary (2025)
      No Experience Necessary
      Short
      • Agatha
      • 2025
    • Brenda Wehle and Chloë Kerwin in Chevrolet: A Holiday to Remember (2023)
      Chevrolet: A Holiday to Remember
      7.8
      Short
      • Grandmother
      • 2023
    • Christine Baranski, Audra McDonald, Donna Murphy, Cynthia Nixon, Louisa Jacobson, Morgan Spector, Carrie Coon, and Denée Benton in The Gilded Age (2022)
      The Gilded Age
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Mrs. Armstrong
      • 2022
    • Julianne Moore in Lisey's Story (2021)
      Lisey's Story
      5.9
      TV Mini Series
      • Angela
      • 2021
    • Ashleigh Cummings in NOS4A2 (2019)
      NOS4A2
      6.6
      TV Series
      • Mrs. Myers
      • 2019
    • Michael Greyeyes and Jessica Chastain in Woman Walks Ahead (2017)
      Woman Walks Ahead
      6.7
      • Anna Maria Valentine (uncredited)
      • 2017
    • XX (2017)
      XX
      4.6
      • Principal Jenks (segment "Her Only Living Son")
      • 2017
    • Tim Roth and Michael Cristofer in Chronic (2015)
      Chronic
      6.6
      • Mildred
      • 2015
    • Bill Murray, Melissa McCarthy, and Naomi Watts in St. Vincent (2014)
      St. Vincent
      7.2
      • Judge Reynolds
      • 2014
    • Colin Farrell and Jessica Brown Findlay in Winter's Tale (2014)
      Winter's Tale
      6.1
      • Governess
      • 2014
    • Daniel Radcliffe and Dane DeHaan in Kill Your Darlings (2013)
      Kill Your Darlings
      6.4
      • Permissions Librarian
      • 2013
    • Kate Winslet in Mildred Pierce (2011)
      Mildred Pierce
      7.6
      TV Mini Series
      • Mrs. Turner
      • 2011
    • Chloë Grace Moretz in Let Me In (2010)
      Let Me In
      7.1
      • Principal
      • 2010
    • Bill Irwin in Goldstar, Ohio (2010)
      Goldstar, Ohio
      6.8
      Short
      • Carole Hoffman
      • 2010
    • Jonny Lee Miller in Eli Stone (2008)
      Eli Stone
      7.7
      TV Series
      • Judge Katrina Salvaty
      • 2008–2009

    Videos4

    Kill Your Darlings
    Clip 1:30
    Kill Your Darlings
    Kill Your Darlings
    Clip 1:09
    Kill Your Darlings
    Kill Your Darlings
    Clip 1:09
    Kill Your Darlings
    Kill Your Darlings
    Clip 1:33
    Kill Your Darlings
    Goldstar, Ohio [trailer]
    Trailer 1:18
    Goldstar, Ohio [trailer]

    Personal details

    • Height
      • 5′ 9″ (1.75 m)
    • Born
      • June 28, 1946
      • Washington, District of Columbia, USA
    • Spouse
      • John Carroll Lynch1997 - present
    • Other works
      Plays Demophon in "The Children of Herakles" play by Euripides in an English translation by Ralph Gladstone (Loeb Drama Center, Cambridge, Massachussets, USA).

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      Was a member of the world-reowned Guthrie Theater Co. in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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