Eileen Heckart

Eileen Heckart

Eileen Heckart was an American actress of stage, screen, and television. Born Anna Eileen Herbert, her career spanned nearly 60 years. She first became known for her role as schoolteacher Rosemary Sydney in the original 1953 cast of William Inge's play Picnic on Broadway. She won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as the overprotective mother of a blind adult son in Butterflies Are Free, a role she originated on Broadway before playing it in the film. She often played mothers, including Rocky Graziano's mother in Somebody Up There Likes Me; the mother of a murdered child in The Bad Seed; the elderly mother of an estranged son in the PBS production of the one-act play Save Me a Place at Forest Law; the overbearing mother of the detective portrayed by George Segal in No Way to Treat a Lady; the mother of reporter Jack Stein on the 1990s television sitcom Love & War; the mother of two separate characters on the daytime soap opera One Life to Live in the 1980s and 1990s; and the meddling mother of a jilted wife (played by Diane Keaton) in The First Wives Club, her last film role. She also had a recurring role on the 1970s sitcom, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, as Mary's Aunt Flo Meredith, a famous woman reporter, which she repeated on the subsequent spin-off series, Lou Grant. In addition to her Academy Award, she also won two Emmy Awards for Save Me a Place at Forest Lawn and Love & War, and a Golden Globe Award for The Bad Seed. She also received a special Tony Award for lifetime achievement in 2000, and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She made her final acting appearance in 2000 at age 80 in an off-Broadway production, The Waverly Gallery, in which she played the leading role of an elderly grandmother with Alzheimer's disease. Description above from the Wikipedia article Eileen Heckart, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For: Acting
Birthday: 1919-03-29
Place of Birth: Columbus, Ohio, U.S.
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Movies List of Eileen Heckart

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Heartbreak Ridge

1986 Movie
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The First Wives Club

1996 Movie
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Suddenly, Love

1978 Movie
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Bus Stop

1956 Movie
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Burnt Offerings

1976 Movie
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The Bad Seed

1956 Movie
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Up the Down Staircase

1967 Movie
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Heller in Pink Tights

1960 Movie
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The Hiding Place

1975 Movie
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Butterflies Are Free

1972 Movie
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Zandy's Bride

1974 Movie
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Miracle in the Rain

1956 Movie
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The Victim

1972 Movie
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Hot Spell

1958 Movie
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Breathing Lessons

1994 Movie
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My Six Loves

1963 Movie
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White Mama

1980 Movie
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F.D.R.: The Last Year

1980 Movie
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Stuck with Each Other

1989 Movie
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Ultimate Betrayal

1994 Movie
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The Tree

1969 Movie
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All the Way Home

1971 Movie
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The Sorrows of Gin

1979 Movie
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Wedding Band

1974 Movie
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Sunshine Christmas

1977 Movie
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The Little Foxes

1956 Movie
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A Doll's House

1959 Movie
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The Trip to Bountiful

1953 Movie