Brenda Vaccaro

Brenda Vaccaro
Vaccaro in Where It's At (1969)
Born	Brenda Buell Vaccaro (1939-11-18) November 18, 1939 (age 77) Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1961–present
Spouse(s)	Martin Fried (m. 1965–70) William Bishop (m. 1977–78) Charles Cannizzaro (m. 1981–82) Guy Hector (m. 1986)

Brenda Buell Vaccaro (born November 18, 1939) is an American stage, television, and film actress.

Vaccaro was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Italian American parents Christine M. (née Pavia) and Mario A. Vaccaro, a restaurateur. She was raised in Dallas, Texas, where her parents co-founded Mario's Restaurant, in 1943, converting it from Dutch's Café, and where Vaccaro graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School.

She returned to New York City to study acting under the guidance of Sanford Meisner at the Neighborhood Playhouse, and made her Broadway debut in the short-lived 1961 comedy Everybody Loves Opal, for which she won a Theatre World Award.

Vaccaro's Broadway credits include The Affair (1962), Cactus Flower (1965), How Now, Dow Jones (1967), The Goodbye People (1968), the female version of The Odd Couple, (1985), and Jake's Women (1992). The husky-voiced actress is a three-time Tony Award nominee, for Best Featured Actress in a Play (Cactus Flower), Best Actress in a Musical (Dow Jones), and Best Actress in a Play (The Goodbye People).

Vaccaro appeared with Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight in the 1969 film Midnight Cowboy, for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress. For her performance in the 1975 film adaptation of Jacqueline Susann's Once Is Not Enough she gained an Academy Award nomination and won the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress.