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Eileen Heckart‌

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1919-03-29

Popularity

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Eileen Heckart

Columbus, Ohio, U.S.

Eileen Heckart

Columbus, Ohio, U.S.

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1919-03-29

Popularity

star5.0

Biography

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.

Movie Credits

Heartbreak Ridge

Heartbreak Ridge‌
star6.9
calendar 1986

The First Wives Club

The First Wives Club‌
star6.7
calendar 1996

Suddenly, Love

Suddenly, Love‌
star9.0
calendar 1978

Bus Stop

Bus Stop‌
star6.1
calendar 1956

Somebody Up There Likes Me

Somebody Up There Likes Me‌
star7.2
calendar 1956

Burnt Offerings

Burnt Offerings‌
star6.5
calendar 1976

The Bad Seed

The Bad Seed‌
star7.1
calendar 1956

No Way to Treat a Lady

No Way to Treat a Lady‌
star6.6
calendar 1968

Up the Down Staircase

Up the Down Staircase‌
star6.9
calendar 1967

Heller in Pink Tights

Heller in Pink Tights‌
star5.7
calendar 1960

The Hiding Place

The Hiding Place‌
star6.7
calendar 1975

Butterflies Are Free

Butterflies Are Free‌
star6.8
calendar 1972

Zandy's Bride

Zandy's Bride‌
star6.3
calendar 1974

Miracle in the Rain

Miracle in the Rain‌
star6.7
calendar 1956

The Victim

The Victim‌
star5.8
calendar 1972

Hot Spell

Hot Spell‌
star6.0
calendar 1958

Breathing Lessons

Breathing Lessons‌
star5.4
calendar 1994

My Six Loves

My Six Loves‌
star5.6
calendar 1963

White Mama

White Mama‌
star8.0
calendar 1980

F.D.R.: The Last Year

F.D.R.: The Last Year‌
star7.5
calendar 1980

Stuck with Each Other

Stuck with Each Other‌
star0.0
calendar 1989

Triumph Over Disaster: The Hurricane Andrew Story

Triumph Over Disaster: The Hurricane Andrew Story‌
star0.0
calendar 1993

Games Mother Never Taught You

Games Mother Never Taught You‌
star0.0
calendar 1982

Ultimate Betrayal

Ultimate Betrayal‌
star7.0
calendar 1994

Joe Dancer: The Big Black Pill

Joe Dancer: The Big Black Pill‌
star5.8
calendar 1981

The Tree

The Tree‌
star0.0
calendar 1969

All the Way Home

All the Way Home‌
star0.0
calendar 1971

The Sorrows of Gin

The Sorrows of Gin‌
star10.0
calendar 1979

Wedding Band

Wedding Band‌
star0.0
calendar 1974

Sunshine Christmas

Sunshine Christmas‌
star0.0
calendar 1977

Stephen King's Golden Tales

Stephen King's Golden Tales‌
star5.5
calendar 1985

The Little Foxes

The Little Foxes‌
star0.0
calendar 1956

A Doll's House

A Doll's House‌
star10.0
calendar 1959

The Trip to Bountiful

The Trip to Bountiful‌
star0.0
calendar 1953

The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One

The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One‌
star0.0
calendar 1974

Tv Credits

Lou Grant

Lou Grant‌
star7.2
calendar 1977

Alice

Alice‌
star6.9
calendar 1976

Trapper John, M.D.

Trapper John, M.D.‌
star6.3
calendar 1979

Home Improvement

Home Improvement‌
star7.4
calendar 1991

The F.B.I.

The F.B.I.‌
star5.4
calendar 1965

The 5 Mrs. Buchanans

The 5 Mrs. Buchanans‌
star10.0
calendar 1994

Hawaii Five-O

Hawaii Five-O‌
star7.1
calendar 1968

The Cosby Show

The Cosby Show‌
star7.0
calendar 1984

Highway to Heaven

Highway to Heaven‌
star7.4
calendar 1984

Murder One

Murder One‌
star7.8
calendar 1995

Naked City

Naked City‌
star5.3
calendar 1958

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke‌
star6.5
calendar 1955

Studio One

Studio One‌
star4.4
calendar 1948

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame‌
star8.8
calendar 1951

Backstairs at the White House

Backstairs at the White House‌
star5.9
calendar 1979

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents‌
star7.7
calendar 1955

Tales from the Darkside

Tales from the Darkside‌
star7.2
calendar 1984

Felony Squad

Felony Squad‌
star7.0
calendar 1966

Love & War

Love & War‌
star6.4
calendar 1992

Out of the Blue

Out of the Blue‌
star6.0
calendar 1979

The Fugitive

The Fugitive‌
star7.2
calendar 1963

Switch

Switch‌
star6.7
calendar 1975

Lux Video Theatre

Lux Video Theatre‌
star5.5
calendar 1950

Banyon

Banyon‌
star7.0
calendar 1972

The Philco Television Playhouse

The Philco Television Playhouse‌
star5.6
calendar 1948

Ben Casey

Ben Casey‌
star5.7
calendar 1961

The New Breed

The New Breed‌
star7.0
calendar 1961

Suspense

Suspense‌
star4.2
calendar 1949

CBS Playhouse

CBS Playhouse‌
star0.0
calendar 1966

Trauma Center

Trauma Center‌
star5.0
calendar 1983

Flying High

Flying High‌
star4.5
calendar 1978

Annie McGuire

Annie McGuire‌
star5.0
calendar 1988

Dr. Kildare

Dr. Kildare‌
star5.4
calendar 1961

Partners in Crime

Partners in Crime‌
star6.2
calendar 1984

Naked City

Naked City‌
star5.3
calendar 1958

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke‌
star6.5
calendar 1955

Lux Video Theatre

Lux Video Theatre‌
star5.5
calendar 1950

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Ed Sullivan Show‌
star6.5
calendar 1948

The Streets of San Francisco

The Streets of San Francisco‌
star7.0
calendar 1972

Studio One

Studio One‌
star4.4
calendar 1948

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame‌
star8.8
calendar 1951

Ellen

Ellen‌
star6.4
calendar 1994

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame‌
star8.8
calendar 1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame‌
star8.8
calendar 1951

Play of the Week

Play of the Week‌
star0.0
calendar 1959

Suspense

Suspense‌
star4.2
calendar 1949

Suspense

Suspense‌
star4.2
calendar 1949

Suspense

Suspense‌
star4.2
calendar 1949

The Philco Television Playhouse

The Philco Television Playhouse‌
star5.6
calendar 1948

The Philco Television Playhouse

The Philco Television Playhouse‌
star5.6
calendar 1948

Tony Awards

Tony Awards‌
star5.0
calendar 1956

Barnaby Jones

Barnaby Jones‌
star6.9
calendar 1973

Rhoda

Rhoda‌
star6.2
calendar 1974