Birthday
1919/03/29
Day of death
2001/12/31 (82 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Columbus, Ohio, U.S.
Also know as
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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 pl...Read more
(1986) Heartbreak Ridge
as Little Mary Jackson
(1996) The First Wives Club
as Catherine MacDuggan
(1978) Suddenly, Love
as Mrs. Malloy
(1956) Bus Stop
as Vera
(1956) Somebody Up There Likes Me
as Ma Barbella
(1976) Burnt Offerings
as Roz Allardyce
(1956) The Bad Seed
as Hortense Daigle
(1968) No Way to Treat a Lady
as Mrs. Brummel
(1967) Up the Down Staircase
as Henrietta Pastorfield
(1960) Heller in Pink Tights
as Mrs. Lorna Hathaway
(1975) The Hiding Place
as Katje
(1972) Butterflies Are Free
as Mrs. Florence Baker
(1974) Zandy's Bride
as Ma Allan
(1956) Miracle in the Rain
as Grace Ullman
(1972) The Victim
as Mrs. Hawkes
(1958) Hot Spell
as Fan
(1994) Breathing Lessons
as Mabel
(1963) My Six Loves
as Ethel
(1980) White Mama
as Three Bag Lady
(1980) F.D.R.: The Last Year
as Eleanor Roosevelt
(1989) Stuck with Each Other
as Fay Cass
(1993) Triumph Over Disaster: The Hurricane Andrew Story
as Shelly
(1982) Games Mother Never Taught You
as Martha Brewster
(1994) Ultimate Betrayal
as Sarah McNeil
(1981) Joe Dancer: The Big Black Pill
as Sister Clara
(1969) The Tree
as Sally Dunning
(1971) All the Way Home
as Aunt Hannah Lynch
(1979) The Sorrows of Gin
as Rosemary
(1974) Wedding Band
as Herman's Mother
(1977) Sunshine Christmas
as Bertha Hayden
(1985) Stephen King's Golden Tales
as Rose Pennywell
(1956) The Little Foxes
as Birdie
(1959) A Doll's House
as Kristine
(1953) The Trip to Bountiful
as Jessie Mae Watts
(1974) The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One
as Ma Barker
(1978) The Honeymooners Christmas Special
as Mildred
(1977) Lou Grant
as ---
(1976) Alice
as ---
(1979) Trapper John, M.D.
as ---
(1991) Home Improvement
as Elaine Jenkins
(1965) The F.B.I.
as Mrs. Creighton
(1994) The 5 Mrs. Buchanans
as Mother Emma Buchanan
(1968) Hawaii Five-O
as Agatha Henderson
(1984) The Cosby Show
as Mrs. Hickson
(1984) Highway to Heaven
as Helen Spencer
(1995) Murder One
as ---
(1958) Naked City
as Mildred Pepper
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Hattie Silks
(1948) Studio One
as ---
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Birdie
(1979) Backstairs at the White House
as Eleanor Roosevelt
(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Lucy Baldwin
(1984) Tales from the Darkside
as Rose Pennywell
(1966) Felony Squad
as ---
(1992) Love & War
as ---
(1963) The Fugitive
as Sister Veronica
(1979) Out of the Blue
as The Boss Angel
(1975) Switch
as Annie Warren
(1950) Lux Video Theatre
as Florie
(1972) Banyon
as ---
(1948) The Philco Television Playhouse
as ---
(1961) Ben Casey
as ---
(1961) The New Breed
as Harriet Dawson
(1949) Suspense
as Mollie
(1966) CBS Playhouse
as ---
(1983) Trauma Center
as Amy Decker
(1978) Flying High
as ---
(1988) Annie McGuire
as ---
(1961) Dr. Kildare
as Nurse Jenny Freesmith
(1984) Partners in Crime
as Jeanine
(1958) Naked City
as Virginia Cort
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Athena Partridge Royce
(1950) Lux Video Theatre
as Miss Green
(1948) The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
(1972) The Streets of San Francisco
as Stella 'Stell' Charnovski
(1948) Studio One
as Evie Jackson
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Mabel
(1994) Ellen
as Grandma
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Kristine Linde
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Aunt Hannah Lynch
(1959) Play of the Week
as Myrtle
(1949) Suspense
as Margaret Quartermain
(1949) Suspense
as Mrs. Haskell
(1949) Suspense
as ---
(1948) The Philco Television Playhouse
as Jessie Mae
(1948) The Philco Television Playhouse
as Ruthie
(1956) Tony Awards
as Self - Winner
(1973) Barnaby Jones
as Virginia Lennox / Steele
(1974) Rhoda
as Aunt Lillian Fiedler
(1953) Kraft Television Theatre
as ---
(1961) The Mike Douglas Show
as Self