Eileen Heckart

Actor Mar 29 (died age 82) Columbus, Ohio, U.S. 1948–1996 (48 year career)

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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 pl…

Known For

Film

Heartbreak Ridge

Little Mary Jackson

Film

The First Wives Club

Catherine MacDuggan

Film

The Bad Seed

Hortense Daigle

Film

Somebody Up There Likes Me

Ma Barbella

Film

Burnt Offerings

Roz Allardyce

Film

Bus Stop

Vera

Film

Butterflies Are Free

Mrs. Florence Baker

Film

No Way to Treat a Lady

Mrs. Brummel

Filmography

Acting (82)

Movies (36)

The First Wives Club

1996

as Catherine MacDuggan

Breathing Lessons

as Mabel

Ultimate Betrayal

as Sarah McNeil

Stephen King's Golden Tales

1993

as Rose Pennywell

4.2

Triumph Over Disaster: The Hurricane Andrew Story

1993

as Shelly

Stuck with Each Other

1989

as Fay Cass

Heartbreak Ridge

1986

as Little Mary Jackson

6.9

Games Mother Never Taught You

1982

as Martha Brewster

Joe Dancer: The Big Black Pill

as Sister Clara

White Mama

as Three Bag Lady

F.D.R.: The Last Year

as Eleanor Roosevelt

The Sorrows of Gin

as Rosemary

The Honeymooners Christmas Special

as Mildred

Suddenly, Love

as Mrs. Malloy

Sunshine Christmas

as Bertha Hayden

Burnt Offerings

as Roz Allardyce

The Hiding Place

as Katje

Zandy's Bride

as Ma Allan

Wedding Band

as Herman's Mother

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

1974

as Ma Barker

Butterflies Are Free

1972

as Mrs. Florence Baker

The Victim

as Mrs. Hawkes

All the Way Home

as Aunt Hannah Lynch

The Tree

1969

as Sally Dunning

No Way to Treat a Lady

1968

as Mrs. Brummel

6.7

Up the Down Staircase

1967

as Henrietta Pastorfield

7.1

My Six Loves

1963

as Ethel

5.6

Heller in Pink Tights

1960

as Mrs. Lorna Hathaway

A Doll's House

as Kristine

Hot Spell

as Fan

Miracle in the Rain

as Grace Ullman

The Little Foxes

as Birdie

The Bad Seed

1956

as Hortense Daigle

7.1

Somebody Up There Likes Me

as Ma Barbella

Bus Stop

as Vera

The Trip to Bountiful

1953

as Jessie Mae Watts

Television (46)

Cybill

as Marge

Murder One

Ellen

as Grandma

The 5 Mrs. Buchanans

as Mother Emma Buchanan

Love & War

Home Improvement

as Elaine Jenkins

Annie McGuire

The Cosby Show

as Mrs. Hickson

Highway to Heaven

as Helen Spencer

Tales from the Darkside

as Rose Pennywell

Partners in Crime

as Jeanine

Trauma Center

as Amy Decker

Trapper John, M.D.

Backstairs at the White House

as Eleanor Roosevelt

Out of the Blue

as The Boss Angel

Flying High

Lou Grant

Alice

Switch

as Annie Warren

Rhoda

as Aunt Lillian Fiedler

6.2

Barnaby Jones

1973

as Virginia Lennox / Steele

6.9

The Streets of San Francisco

1972

as Stella 'Stell' Charnovski

Banyon

as Mrs. Shaw

Hawaii Five-O

as Agatha Henderson

Felony Squad

CBS Playhouse

The F.B.I.

as Mrs. Creighton

The Fugitive

as Sister Veronica

The Mike Douglas Show

1961

as Self

5.4

Dr. Kildare

1961

as Nurse Jenny Freesmith

Ben Casey

The New Breed

as Harriet Dawson

Play of the Week

as Myrtle

Naked City

as Mildred Pepper

Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee

Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Lucy Baldwin

Gunsmoke

as Hattie Silks

Kraft Television Theatre

1953

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Birdie

Lux Video Theatre

as Florie

Suspense

as Mollie

The Philco Television Playhouse

Studio One

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

The Ford Theatre Hour

1948

as Carrie