Eileen Heckart

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1919-03-29 (82 years old)

Deathday

2001-12-31

Place of Birth

Columbus, Ohio, U.S.

Eileen Heckart

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 a...

Acting

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

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

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

1963

My Six Loves

as Ethel

1980

White Mama

as Three Bag Lady

1980

F.D.R.: The Last Year

as Eleanor Roosevelt

1989

1982

1994

Ultimate Betrayal

as Sarah McNeil

1969

The Tree

as Sally Dunning

1971

All the Way Home

as Aunt Hannah Lynch

1979

1974

Wedding Band

as Herman's Mother

1977

Sunshine Christmas

as Bertha Hayden

1985

1956

1959

A Doll's House

as Kristine

1953

The Trip to Bountiful

as Jessie Mae Watts

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