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She was born in Johnsburg, Illinois, as noted by her husband and musical collaborator Tom Waits in the song of the same name. Brennan and Waits met in 1979 when Waits made his acting debut in "Paradise Alley" and then during the filming of the Francis Ford Coppola film "One from the Heart". Waits was composing the original soundtrack for the film, while Brennan worked at the film's studio, American Zoetrope, as a script analyst.