Eileen Heckart
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
Series
Little House on the Prairie
Amanda Cooper
1974
Series
The Fugitive
Sister Veronica
1963
Series
Dr. Kildare
Nurse Jenny Freesmith
1961
Series
Hawaii Five-O
Agatha Henderson
1969
Series
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee
1956
Series
Tony Awards
Self - Winner
1956
Series
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Flo Meredith
1970
Series
The Cosby Show
Mrs. Hickson
1984
Series
Alice
1976
Series
Home Improvement
Elaine Jenkins
1991
Series
Studio One
1948
Series
Studio One
Evie Jackson
1948
Series
The F.B.I.
Mrs. Creighton
1965
Series
Highway to Heaven
Helen Spencer
1984
Series
Naked City
Mildred Pepper
1958
Series
Naked City
Virginia Cort
1958
Series
Ben Casey
1961
Series
Tales from the Darkside
Rose Pennywell
1984
Series
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
Series
The Philco Television Playhouse
Jessie Mae
1948
Series
The Philco Television Playhouse
Ruthie
1948
Series
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Lucy Baldwin
1955
Series
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
Series
Barnaby Jones
Virginia Lennox / Steele
1973
Series
Ellen
Grandma
1994
Series
Lou Grant
1977
Series
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
Series
Gunsmoke
Hattie Silks
1955
Series
Gunsmoke
Athena Partridge Royce
1955
Series
The Streets of San Francisco
Stella 'Stell' Charnovski
1972
Series
Murder One
1995
Series
Cybill
Marge
1995
Series
Switch
Annie Warren
1975
Series
Rhoda
Aunt Lillian Fiedler
1974
Series
Felony Squad
1966
Series
Suspense
Mollie
1949
Series
Suspense
1949
Series
Suspense
Margaret Quartermain
1949
Series
Suspense
Mrs. Haskell
1949
Series
Love & War
1992
Series
The New Breed
Harriet Dawson
1961
Lux Video Theatre
Florie
1950
Lux Video Theatre
Miss Green
1950
Series
Play of the Week
Myrtle
1959
CBS Playhouse
Janet Ferguson
1966
Series
Flying High
1978
Series
9 to 5
1982
Series
Banyon
Mrs. Shaw
1972
Film
The First Wives Club
Catherine MacDuggan
1996
Series
Trauma Center
Amy Decker
1983
Series
The 5 Mrs. Buchanans
Mother Emma Buchanan
1994
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Birdie
1951
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Mabel
1951
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Kristine Linde
1951
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Aunt Hannah Lynch
1951
Film
Heartbreak Ridge
Little Mary Jackson
1986
Series
Partners in Crime
Jeanine
1984
Series
Backstairs at the White House
Eleanor Roosevelt
1979
Series
Out of the Blue
The Boss Angel
1979
Film
The Bad Seed
Hortense Daigle
1956
Film
Bus Stop
Vera
1956
Film
Somebody Up There Likes Me
Ma Barbella
1956
Annie McGuire
1988
Series
The Ford Theatre Hour
Carrie
1948
Kraft Television Theatre
1953
Film
Up the Down Staircase
Henrietta Pastorfield
1967
Film
No Way to Treat a Lady
Mrs. Brummel
1968
Film
Burnt Offerings
Roz Allardyce
1976
Film
Joe Dancer: The Big Black Pill
Sister Clara
1981
Film
The Hiding Place
Katje
1975
Film
Triumph Over Disaster: The Hurricane Andrew Story
Shelly
1993
Film
Triumph Over Disaster: The Hurricane Andrew Story
Shelley
1993
Film
Zandy's Bride
Ma Allan
1974
Film
Table Settings
1982
Film
Butterflies Are Free
Mrs. Florence Baker
1972
Film
Breathing Lessons
Mabel
1994
Film
Heller in Pink Tights
Lorna Hathaway
1960
Film
Miracle in the Rain
Grace Ullman
1956
Film
All the Way Home
Aunt Hannah Lynch
1971
Film
The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One
Ma Barker
1974
Film
F.D.R.: The Last Year
Eleanor Roosevelt
1980
Film
Hot Spell
Fan
1958
Film
The Victim
Mrs. Hawkes
1972
Film
Stephen King's Golden Tales
Rose Pennywell
1993
Film
Games Mother Never Taught You
Martha Brewster
1982
Film
Stuck with Each Other
Fay Cass
1989
Film
Sunshine Christmas
Bertha Hayden
1977
Film
The Sorrows of Gin
Rosemary
1979
Film
White Mama
Three Bag Lady
1980
Film
A Doll's House
Kristine
1959
Film
My Six Loves
Ethel
1963
Film
The Little Foxes
Birdie
1956
Film
The Honeymooners Christmas Special
Mildred
1978
The Trip to Bountiful
Jessie Mae Watts
1953
Film
Suddenly, Love
Mrs. Malloy
1978
Film
Ultimate Betrayal
Sarah McNeil
1994
Film
Wedding Band
Herman's Mother
1974
The Tree
Sally Dunning
1969