Born in Columbus, Ohio, U.S. — Mar 29 1919• Died Dec 31 2001

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…
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Agatha Henderson

Sister Veronica

Elaine Jenkins

Nurse Jenny Freesmith

Mildred Pepper


Mrs. Creighton

Mrs. Hickson


Grandma


Helen Spencer

Marge

Rose Pennywell


Virginia Lennox / Steele


Aunt Lillian Fiedler



Hattie Silks

Stella 'Stell' Charnovski


Mollie

Annie Warren

Lucy Baldwin

Harriet Dawson

Florie

Amy Decker

Mother Emma Buchanan


Mrs. Shaw

Birdie

Jeanine

Catherine MacDuggan

Myrtle

Eleanor Roosevelt

Little Mary Jackson

Hortense Daigle

Carrie

Ma Barbella

The Boss Angel

Roz Allardyce

Mrs. Brummel

Fan

Three Bag Lady

Mrs. Malloy

Henrietta Pastorfield

Katje

Mrs. Florence Baker

Vera

Mrs. Hawkes

Ethel

Ma Allan

Rose Pennywell

Sister Clara

Mabel

Grace Ullman

Eleanor Roosevelt

Bertha Hayden

Lorna Hathaway

Rosemary
Jessie Mae Watts

Kristine
Sally Dunning

Fay Cass

Shelly

Martha Brewster

Ma Barker

Birdie

Aunt Hannah Lynch

Sarah McNeil

Herman's Mother

Mildred