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.
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
The First Wives Club
Character:Catherine MacDuggan
Release Date:20/09/1996
Ultimate Betrayal
Character:Sarah McNeil
Release Date:20/03/1994
Breathing Lessons
Character:Mabel
Release Date:06/02/1994
Triumph Over Disaster: The Hurricane Andrew Story
Character:Shelly
Release Date:24/05/1993
Triumph Over Disaster: The Hurricane Andrew Story
Character:Shelley
Release Date:24/05/1993
Stephen King's Golden Tales
Character:Rose Pennywell
Release Date:08/02/1993
Stuck with Each Other
Character:Fay Cass
Release Date:17/10/1989
Heartbreak Ridge
Character:Little Mary Jackson
Release Date:05/12/1986
Games Mother Never Taught You
Character:Martha Brewster
Release Date:27/11/1982
Joe Dancer: The Big Black Pill
Character:Sister Clara
Release Date:29/01/1981
F.D.R.: The Last Year
Character:Eleanor Roosevelt
Release Date:15/05/1980
White Mama
Character:Three Bag Lady
Release Date:05/03/1980
The Sorrows of Gin
Character:Rosemary
Release Date:24/10/1979
The Honeymooners Christmas Special
Character:Mildred
Release Date:10/12/1978
Suddenly, Love
Character:Mrs. Malloy
Release Date:04/12/1978
Sunshine Christmas
Character:Bertha Hayden
Release Date:12/12/1977
Burnt Offerings
Character:Roz Allardyce
Release Date:18/10/1976
The Hiding Place
Character:Katje
Release Date:04/05/1975
The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One
Character:Ma Barker
Release Date:08/11/1974
Zandy's Bride
Character:Ma Allan
Release Date:19/05/1974
Wedding Band
Character:Herman's Mother
Release Date:24/04/1974
The Victim
Character:Mrs. Hawkes
Release Date:14/11/1972
Butterflies Are Free
Character:Mrs. Florence Baker
Release Date:06/07/1972
All the Way Home
Character:Aunt Hannah Lynch
Release Date:01/12/1971
The Tree
Character:Sally Dunning
Release Date:09/06/1969
No Way to Treat a Lady
Character:Mrs. Brummel
Release Date:20/03/1968
Up the Down Staircase
Character:Henrietta Pastorfield
Release Date:28/06/1967
My Six Loves
Character:Ethel
Release Date:03/04/1963
Heller in Pink Tights
Character:Mrs. Lorna Hathaway
Release Date:01/03/1960
A Doll's House
Character:Kristine
Release Date:15/11/1959
Hot Spell
Character:Fan
Release Date:21/05/1958
The Little Foxes
Character:Birdie
Release Date:16/12/1956
The Bad Seed
Character:Hortense Daigle
Release Date:12/09/1956
Bus Stop
Character:Vera
Release Date:31/08/1956
Somebody Up There Likes Me
Character:Ma Barbella
Release Date:04/07/1956
Miracle in the Rain
Character:Grace Ullman
Release Date:31/03/1956
The Trip to Bountiful
Character:Jessie Mae Watts
Release Date:01/03/1953
Television Appearances
Murder One
Character:
Cybill
Character:Marge
The 5 Mrs. Buchanans
Character:Mother Emma Buchanan
Ellen
Character:Grandma
Love & War
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Home Improvement
Character:Elaine Jenkins
Annie McGuire
Character:
Tales from the Darkside
Character:Rose Pennywell
Partners in Crime
Character:Jeanine
The Cosby Show
Character:Mrs. Hickson
Highway to Heaven
Character:Helen Spencer
Trauma Center
Character:Amy Decker
Trapper John, M.D.
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Out of the Blue
Character:The Boss Angel
Backstairs at the White House
Character:Eleanor Roosevelt
Flying High
Character:
Lou Grant
Character:
Alice
Character:
Switch
Character:Annie Warren
Rhoda
Character:Aunt Lillian Fiedler
Barnaby Jones
Character:Virginia Lennox / Steele
The Streets of San Francisco
Character:Stella 'Stell' Charnovski
Banyon
Character:Mrs. Shaw
Hawaii Five-O
Character:Agatha Henderson
CBS Playhouse
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Felony Squad
Character:
The F.B.I.
Character:Mrs. Creighton
The Fugitive
Character:Sister Veronica
The Mike Douglas Show
Character:Self
The New Breed
Character:Harriet Dawson
Ben Casey
Character:
Dr. Kildare
Character:Nurse Jenny Freesmith
Play of the Week
Character:Myrtle
Naked City
Character:Mildred Pepper
Naked City
Character:Virginia Cort
Tony Awards
Character:Self - Winner
Tony Awards
Character:Self - Nominee
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Character:Lucy Baldwin
Gunsmoke
Character:Hattie Silks
Gunsmoke
Character:Athena Partridge Royce
Kraft Television Theatre
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Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character:Birdie
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character:Mabel
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character:Kristine Linde
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character:Aunt Hannah Lynch
Lux Video Theatre
Character:Florie
Lux Video Theatre
Character:Miss Green
Suspense
Character:Mollie
Suspense
Character:Margaret Quartermain
Suspense
Character:Mrs. Haskell
Suspense
Character:
Studio One
Character:
Studio One
Character:Evie Jackson
The Ford Theatre Hour
Character:Carrie
The Philco Television Playhouse
Character:
The Philco Television Playhouse
Character:Jessie Mae
The Philco Television Playhouse
Character:Ruthie
The Ed Sullivan Show
Character:Self
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