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Eileen Heckart
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Eileen Heckart
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1919-03-29,Columbus, Ohio, U.S.
Gender
Female
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.

Filmography

Heartbreak Ridge

6.89

Heartbreak Ridge
1986-12-05

The First Wives Club

6.7

The First Wives Club
1996-09-20

8.333

Suddenly, Love
1978-12-04

6.127

Bus Stop
1956-08-31

Somebody Up There Likes Me

7.235

Somebody Up There Likes Me
1956-07-04

Burnt Offerings

6.489

Burnt Offerings
1976-10-18

7.134

The Bad Seed
1956-09-12

No Way to Treat a Lady

6.7

No Way to Treat a Lady
1968-03-20

Up the Down Staircase

7.115

Up the Down Staircase
1967-06-28

Heller in Pink Tights

5.8

Heller in Pink Tights
1960-03-01

The Hiding Place

6.926

The Hiding Place
1975-05-04

Butterflies Are Free

6.7

Butterflies Are Free
1972-07-06

6.294

Zandy's Bride
1974-05-19

Miracle in the Rain

6.917

Miracle in the Rain
1956-03-31

6.292

The Victim
1972-11-14

5.875

Hot Spell
1958-05-21

Breathing Lessons

5.571

Breathing Lessons
1994-02-06

5.7

My Six Loves
1963-04-03

8

White Mama
1980-03-05

F.D.R.: The Last Year

6.875

F.D.R.: The Last Year
1980-05-15

Stuck with Each Other

9

Stuck with Each Other
1989-10-17

Triumph Over Disaster: The Hurricane Andrew Story

6.5

Triumph Over Disaster: The Hurricane Andrew Story
1993-05-24

Games Mother Never Taught You

8

Games Mother Never Taught You
1982-11-27

Ultimate Betrayal

7.333

Ultimate Betrayal
1994-03-20

Joe Dancer: The Big Black Pill

6.833

Joe Dancer: The Big Black Pill
1981-01-29

7

The Tree
1969-06-09

All the Way Home

10

All the Way Home
1971-12-01

The Sorrows of Gin

10

The Sorrows of Gin
1979-10-24

0

Wedding Band
1974-04-24

Sunshine Christmas

8

Sunshine Christmas
1977-12-12

Stephen King's Golden Tales

4.2

Stephen King's Golden Tales
1993-02-08

The Little Foxes

0

The Little Foxes
1956-12-16

10

A Doll's House
1959-11-15

The Trip to Bountiful

10

The Trip to Bountiful
1953-03-01

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

8

The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One
1974-11-08

The Honeymooners Christmas Special

7

The Honeymooners Christmas Special
1978-12-10

Triumph Over Disaster: The Hurricane Andrew Story

6.5

Triumph Over Disaster: The Hurricane Andrew Story
1993-05-24

5

Table Settings
1982-04-26

7.3

Lou Grant
1977-09-20

7.1

Alice
1976-08-31

Trapper John, M.D.

6.568

Trapper John, M.D.
1979-09-23

Home Improvement

7.393

Home Improvement
1991-09-17

5.64

The F.B.I.
1965-09-19

The 5 Mrs. Buchanans

9

The 5 Mrs. Buchanans
1994-09-24

7.172

Hawaii Five-O
1968-09-20

6.982

The Cosby Show
1984-09-20

Highway to Heaven

7.408

Highway to Heaven
1984-09-19

7.7

Murder One
1995-09-20

5.667

Naked City
1958-09-30

6.679

Gunsmoke
1955-09-10

5.385

Studio One
1948-11-07

Hallmark Hall of Fame

8.75

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951-12-24

Backstairs at the White House

6.1

Backstairs at the White House
1979-01-29

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

7.8

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955-10-02

Tales from the Darkside

7.2

Tales from the Darkside
1984-09-30

6.5

Felony Squad
1966-09-12

6.444

Love & War
1992-09-21

Out of the Blue

7.333

Out of the Blue
1979-09-09

7.3

The Fugitive
1963-09-17

6.7

Switch
1975-09-09

Lux Video Theatre

6.714

Lux Video Theatre
1950-10-02

The Philco Television Playhouse

6.625

The Philco Television Playhouse
1948-10-03

5.867

Ben Casey
1961-10-02

7.667

The New Breed
1961-10-03

5.083

Suspense
1949-01-06

7

Trauma Center
1983-09-22

6.333

Flying High
1978-09-29

7.5

Annie McGuire
1988-10-26

5.711

Dr. Kildare
1961-09-27

Partners in Crime

6.5

Partners in Crime
1984-09-27

5.667

Naked City
1958-09-30

6.679

Gunsmoke
1955-09-10

Lux Video Theatre

6.714

Lux Video Theatre
1950-10-02

The Ed Sullivan Show

6.848

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948-06-20

The Streets of San Francisco

7.01

The Streets of San Francisco
1972-09-23

5.385

Studio One
1948-11-07

Hallmark Hall of Fame

8.75

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951-12-24

6.148

Ellen
1994-03-29

Hallmark Hall of Fame

8.75

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951-12-24

Hallmark Hall of Fame

8.75

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951-12-24

Play of the Week

8

Play of the Week
1959-10-12

5.083

Suspense
1949-01-06

5.083

Suspense
1949-01-06

5.083

Suspense
1949-01-06

The Philco Television Playhouse

6.625

The Philco Television Playhouse
1948-10-03

The Philco Television Playhouse

6.625

The Philco Television Playhouse
1948-10-03

6.966

Barnaby Jones
1973-01-28

6.2

Rhoda
1974-09-09

Kraft Television Theatre

10

Kraft Television Theatre
1953-10-15

The Mike Douglas Show

5.8

The Mike Douglas Show
1961-12-11

8

Banyon
1972-09-15

The Ford Theatre Hour

0

The Ford Theatre Hour
1948-10-17

5.886

Cybill
1995-01-02

0

Tony Awards
1956-04-01

0

Tony Awards
1956-04-01

Little House on the Prairie

7.937

Little House on the Prairie
1974-09-11

7

CBS Playhouse
1966-12-08