Private Benjamin (TV series) the cast as Colonel Lawrence Fielding, the pompous, well-meaning, but ineffectual, head of the camp. In late 1982, Eileen Brennan was struck by a car and Polly Holliday was brought in as Captain Amanda Allen, intended as a temporary replacement for Brennan's Captain Lewis character, but the show was cancelled shortly thereafter. Private Benjamin (TV series) Private Benjamin is an American sitcom based on the movie of the same name that aired on CBS from April 6, 1981, to January 10, 1983. Eileen Brennan, who reprised her role from the film, won an Emmy and Golden Globe Award for her
Benjamin Loxley house Benjamin Loxley house The Benjamin Loxley house was a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania house owned by a major of that name who served in the Continental Army. The house is noted in history as the place where Lydia Darragh, a Quaker patriot, overheard secret British plans and passed them on the next day to General George Washington. Her efforts are believed to have saved the Continental Army from a surprise attack on December 4, 1777 from British General William Howe, who was occupying Philadelphia. Benjamin Loxley constructed the wood frame house about 1760 and used it as a private residence. His descendants