Added 16 new pics of Brenda from Spaceballs. And here is an
interview I've just found in the Net:

What is the best thing about being a Desperate Housewife?

After working in the industry for 20 years, it's nice to be in
something that's a hit. The best bit is getting to say [Desperate
Housewives creator] Marc Cherry's lines because he's a brilliant
writer and he makes my job so easy.
The main plot of series one was your murder mystery. Why are you in
series two as well?
I've been promised that there's a lot more to learn about Mary Alice
in years two and three primarily because of her son - there's a lot
going on with him and there will be more flashbacks concerning my
character. I think she must have a graveyard full of bones in her
cupboard.

Is the story about the producers closing their eyes while you
auditioned, to concentrate on your voice, true?

Yes - I hadn't ever done an audition in front of a group of people
with their eyes shut but it was important for Marc Cherry to hear my
voice as my primary role was as a narrator. Luckily I had been doing
Shakespeare in rep at the time so my voice was in very good shape.
After I finished reading, Marc opened his eyes and had a huge
Cheshire cat smile on his face, so I assumed something was working.

At the Screen Actors Guilds Awards they only had five trophies for
the six actresses. You lent yours to another housewife for the
pictures - did you get it back?

I did. We all got our own trophies in the end and I keep mine in my
bedroom. We don't do the job to get trophies but it's nice to have
something to remind you of the recognition the show has received -
and it's nice to have a bronzed actor in my bedroom.

Why do you think the show was an instant success?

Many reasons: we had a genius script to begin with but luckily ABC
knew that and marketed it really cleverly with bus-stop posters and
laundry bags with 'Everyone has a little dirty laundry,' written on
them. They got a buzz started about the show before it aired. It was
the right time and the right script and audiences wanted something
other than reality TV - and we stepped into that spot. The main
attraction, hopefully, is seeing complex women trying to do the best
they can while revealing their flaws. The show is about letting
everyone on the planet know we're all just trying to do what we can
and you're not alone if you feel that your life is out of control.

I read that you teach yoga.

I don't teach it now as I'm working on two films but I want to get
back to it. I practise yoga even when my schedule doesn't allow me
to teach. I've been practising for 17 years, since before it became
hip. I started to teach it a few years ago when I was pregnant and
not getting cast - other than as a pregnant woman on ER - but
production companies don't want to insure you when you're pregnant.
I had all this spare time and used it to delve deeper into yoga and
fell into teaching. It was a natural fit.

You were Miss Arizona in 1980.

Wow! You've really done your research! Yes I was Miss Arizona 1980 -
but, rather embarrassingly, Marc Cherry knows more about the Miss
America pageant than I do. He's a huge fan. There has been talk
about the possibility of us judging the next pageant. That would be
fun.

Is the experience of competing in a beauty contestant one you would
like to repeat?

No. I did it for the scholarship money - that was the prize. I
needed an education and that seemed the easiest way to pay for it. I
didn't realise it would prepare me for things like this, though.
They teach you how to walk in gowns and how to interview so it came
in handy.

When the show first started, Germaine Greer denounced it as being
bereft of feminism. What do you think of that?

I'd consider myself to be a feminist in many respects and I'm not
offended by the content or presentation of the characters in this
show. We're finally blowing a hole wide open in female stereotypes
and showing the multi-dimensional quality that makes them
interesting. It's refreshing to have this amount of honesty about
what we do as women shown on TV. We're showing that those roles
don't really work - they're just façades we step into. From Bree to
Gabrielle and Lynette, all of the archetypal female roles the
characters try to adopt present inherent challenges - and I think
that is brilliantly feminist.