Brenda Vaccaro is an American actress. She was born in 1939 at Brooklyn, New York. Brought up in Texas, she started acting in amateur theatre companies before attending the New York Neighbourhood Playhouse and had her New York stage debut in the play 'Everybody Loves Opal', for which she won a Theatre World Award. Her first film role was in the film 'Midnight Cowboy'. In 1981 she was applauded by women's groups for appearing in an advert for Playtex tampons. Research Brenda Vaccaro