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Eileen Heckart

Eileen Heckart

Known for ActingBorn 1919-03-29Died 2001-12-31Columbus, Ohio, U.S.
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.Read more

Movies & web series

The Sorrows of Gin10.0
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The Sorrows of Gin

1979 · Movie

All the Way Home10.0
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All the Way Home

1971 · Movie

A Doll's House10.0
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A Doll's House

1959 · Movie

The Trip to Bountiful
10.0
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The Trip to Bountiful

1953 · Movie

Kraft Television Theatre
10.0
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Kraft Television Theatre

1953 · Series

The 5 Mrs. Buchanans9.0
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The 5 Mrs. Buchanans

1994 · Series

Stuck with Each Other9.0
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Stuck with Each Other

1989 · Movie

Hallmark Hall of Fame8.8
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Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951 · Series

Suddenly, Love8.3
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Suddenly, Love

1978 · Movie

Games Mother Never Taught You8.0
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Games Mother Never Taught You

1982 · Movie

White Mama8.0
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White Mama

1980 · Movie

Sunshine Christmas8.0
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Sunshine Christmas

1977 · Movie

The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One8.0
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The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One

1974 · Movie

Banyon8.0
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Banyon

1972 · Series

Little House on the Prairie7.9
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Little House on the Prairie

1974 · Series

Murder One7.7
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Murder One

1995 · Series

Play of the Week8.0
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Play of the Week

1959 · Series

Annie McGuire
7.5
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Annie McGuire

1988 · Series

Alfred Hitchcock Presents7.8
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955 · Series

Home Improvement7.4
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Home Improvement

1991 · Series

The New Breed7.7
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The New Breed

1961 · Series

Ultimate Betrayal7.3
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Ultimate Betrayal

1994 · Movie

Highway to Heaven7.4
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Highway to Heaven

1984 · Series

Out of the Blue7.3
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Out of the Blue

1979 · Series

Lou Grant7.3
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Lou Grant

1977 · Series

Tales from the Darkside7.2
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Tales from the Darkside

1984 · Series

The Fugitive7.3
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The Fugitive

1963 · Series

Alice7.1
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Alice

1976 · Series

Hawaii Five-O7.2
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Hawaii Five-O

1968 · Series

Trauma Center7.0
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Trauma Center

1983 · Series

The Cosby Show7.0
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The Cosby Show

1984 · Series

Somebody Up There Likes Me7.2
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Somebody Up There Likes Me

1956 · Movie

Up the Down Staircase7.1
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Up the Down Staircase

1967 · Movie

The Honeymooners Christmas Special7.0
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The Honeymooners Christmas Special

1978 · Movie

Heartbreak Ridge6.9
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Heartbreak Ridge

1986 · Movie

The Streets of San Francisco7.0
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The Streets of San Francisco

1972 · Series

Barnaby Jones7.0
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Barnaby Jones

1973 · Series

The Bad Seed7.1
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The Bad Seed

1956 · Movie

The Tree
7.0
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The Tree

1969 · Movie

The Hiding Place6.9
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The Hiding Place

1975 · Movie

F.D.R.: The Last Year6.9
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F.D.R.: The Last Year

1980 · Movie

The First Wives Club6.7
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The First Wives Club

1996 · Movie

CBS Playhouse
7.0
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CBS Playhouse

1966 · Series

Joe Dancer: The Big Black Pill6.8
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Joe Dancer: The Big Black Pill

1981 · Movie

Miracle in the Rain6.9
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Miracle in the Rain

1956 · Movie

Switch6.7
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Switch

1975 · Series

Triumph Over Disaster: The Hurricane Andrew Story6.5
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Triumph Over Disaster: The Hurricane Andrew Story

1993 · Movie

Butterflies Are Free6.7
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Butterflies Are Free

1972 · Movie