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