Eileen Heckart
Acting
Born: March 29, 1919 · Columbus, Ohio, U.S.
Died: December 31, 2001 (aged 82)
Highest Rated
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.
Known for
Heartbreak Ridge
1986
Little House on the Prairie
1974
The First Wives Club
1996
Home Improvement
1991
The Cosby Show
1984
Burnt Offerings
1976
The Bad Seed
1956
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Bus Stop
1956
Highway to Heaven
1984
Somebody Up There Likes Me
1956
Hawaii Five-O
1968
Photos (1)
Movies (36)
Heartbreak Ridge
Little Mary Jackson
The First Wives Club
Catherine MacDuggan
The Bad Seed
Hortense Daigle
Bus Stop
Vera
Somebody Up There Likes Me
Ma Barbella
Joe Dancer: The Big Black Pill
Sister Clara
Burnt Offerings
Roz Allardyce
Zandy's Bride
Ma Allan
No Way to Treat a Lady
Mrs. Brummel
Butterflies Are Free
Mrs. Florence Baker
Up the Down Staircase
Henrietta Pastorfield
Hot Spell
Fan
Sunshine Christmas
Bertha Hayden
Heller in Pink Tights
Lorna Hathaway
The Hiding Place
Katje
Miracle in the Rain
Grace Ullman
Table Settings
1982
The Victim
Mrs. Hawkes
Stephen King's Golden Tales
Rose Pennywell
The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One
Ma Barker
My Six Loves
Ethel
Breathing Lessons
Mabel
Triumph Over Disaster: The Hurricane Andrew Story
Shelly
Triumph Over Disaster: The Hurricane Andrew Story
Shelley
White Mama
Three Bag Lady
Suddenly, Love
Mrs. Malloy
The Sorrows of Gin
Rosemary
Ultimate Betrayal
Sarah McNeil
All the Way Home
Aunt Hannah Lynch
The Honeymooners Christmas Special
Mildred
F.D.R.: The Last Year
Eleanor Roosevelt
Wedding Band
Herman's Mother
Games Mother Never Taught You
Martha Brewster
Stuck with Each Other
Fay Cass
A Doll's House
Kristine
The Little Foxes
Birdie
TV Shows (52)
Hawaii Five-O
Agatha Henderson · 1 eps
Alice
2 eps
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Flo Meredith · 1 eps
The Fugitive
Sister Veronica · 3 eps
Little House on the Prairie
Amanda Cooper · 1 eps
The Cosby Show
Mrs. Hickson · 1 eps
Home Improvement
Elaine Jenkins · 1 eps
Tales from the Darkside
Rose Pennywell · 1 eps
Ellen
Grandma · 1 eps
The Philco Television Playhouse
3 eps
The Philco Television Playhouse
Jessie Mae · 1 eps
The Philco Television Playhouse
Ruthie · 1 eps
Dr. Kildare
Nurse Jenny Freesmith · 1 eps
The Streets of San Francisco
Stella 'Stell' Charnovski · 1 eps
Studio One
1 eps
Studio One
Evie Jackson · 1 eps
Barnaby Jones
Virginia Lennox / Steele · 1 eps
Highway to Heaven
Helen Spencer · 1 eps
The F.B.I.
Mrs. Creighton · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
Hattie Silks · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
Athena Partridge Royce · 1 eps
Naked City
Mildred Pepper · 1 eps
Naked City
Virginia Cort · 1 eps
Ben Casey
1 eps
Lou Grant
1 eps
Cybill
Marge · 3 eps
Trapper John, M.D.
1 eps
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Lucy Baldwin · 1 eps
Rhoda
Aunt Lillian Fiedler · 1 eps
Suspense
Mollie · 1 eps
Suspense
5 eps
Suspense
Margaret Quartermain · 1 eps
Suspense
Mrs. Haskell · 1 eps
Murder One
6 eps
Switch
Annie Warren · 1 eps
Felony Squad
1 eps
Love & War
2 eps
9 to 5
1 eps
Play of the Week
Myrtle · 1 eps
The New Breed
Harriet Dawson · 1 eps
Flying High
1 eps
Banyon
Mrs. Shaw · 1 eps
Trauma Center
Amy Decker · 13 eps
The 5 Mrs. Buchanans
Mother Emma Buchanan · 17 eps
Partners in Crime
Jeanine · 13 eps
Backstairs at the White House
Eleanor Roosevelt · 4 eps
Out of the Blue
The Boss Angel · 16 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Birdie · 1 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Mabel · 1 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Kristine Linde · 1 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Aunt Hannah Lynch · 1 eps
The Ford Theatre Hour
Carrie · 1 eps
