
Known for
Acting
Born
March 29, 1919
Birthplace
Columbus, Ohio, U.S.
Died
December 31, 2001 (aged 82)
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-a...
1996
as Catherine MacDuggan
1995
1995
1994
1994
1994
as Sarah McNeil
1994
as Mabel
1993
as Shelly, as Shelley
1993
as Rose Pennywell
1992
1991
1989
as Fay Cass
1988
1986
as Little Mary Jackson
1984
1984
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1984
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1982
as Martha Brewster
1982
1982
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as Sister Clara
1980
as Eleanor Roosevelt
1980
as Three Bag Lady