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name: "Brenda Hillhouse"
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born: "11 December 1953"
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average_fi1m_score: 78
updated: "2026-09-16T21:14:19.913664+00:00"
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# Brenda Hillhouse

Actor. Born 11 December 1953 in USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 11 December 1953, USA
- **Active:** 1994–1996

## Biography

Brenda Hillhouse is an American actress born on 11 December 1953. She has appeared in supporting roles in film and television since the early 1980s.

She is known for her work in projects connected to Quentin Tarantino, whom she taught acting. Hillhouse played the Wife in his early film *My Best Friend's Birthday* (1987), Butch's Mother in *Pulp Fiction* (1994) and Hostage Gloria in *From Dusk Till Dawn* (1996). Other credits include Martha in *Cannery Row* (1982) and guest roles in series such as *ER* (1995), *Doogie Howser, M.D.* (1993) and the miniseries *I Know My First Name Is Steven* (1989). She also worked as additional crew on *Hooper* (1978).

*Sources: imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *From Dusk Till Dawn* (1996), Fi1m 75, as Hostage Gloria — [page](https://film.one/film/from-dusk-till-dawn.md)
- *Pulp Fiction* (1994), Fi1m 82, as Mrs. Coolidge - Butch's Mother — [page](https://film.one/film/pulp-fiction.md)

## Also known for

- *Doogie Howser, M.D.* (1989), Woman in Audience
- *Cannery Row* (1982), Martha
- *I Know My First Name Is Steven* (1989), Barbara

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