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    Eileen Heckart

    1919-03-29 (105 years old) in Columbus, 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.

    Movies

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    The First Wives Club
    67 %|Sep 20, 1996
    Comedy
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    Ultimate Betrayal
    70 %|Mar 20, 1994
    Drama, TV Movie
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    Breathing Lessons
    54 %|Feb 6, 1994
    Drama, TV Movie
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    Stuck with Each Other
    0 %|Oct 17, 1989
    Comedy, Crime, TV Movie
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    Heartbreak Ridge
    69 %|Dec 5, 1986
    War, Drama
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    Stephen King's Golden Tales
    51 %|Oct 19, 1985
    Horror
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    Games Mother Never Taught You
    0 %|Nov 27, 1982
    Drama, TV Movie
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    Joe Dancer: The Big Black Pill
    58 %|Jan 29, 1981
    Mystery, Crime, Drama, TV Movie
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    F.D.R.: The Last Year
    75 %|May 15, 1980
    Drama, TV Movie
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    White Mama
    80 %|Mar 5, 1980
    Drama, TV Movie
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    The Sorrows of Gin
    100 %|Oct 24, 1979
    Drama, TV Movie
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    The Honeymooners Christmas Special
    70 %|Dec 10, 1978
    Comedy
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    Suddenly, Love
    90 %|Dec 4, 1978
    Drama, TV Movie
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    Sunshine Christmas
    0 %|Dec 12, 1977
    Drama, TV Movie
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    Burnt Offerings
    65 %|Oct 18, 1976
    Horror, Thriller, Mystery
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    The Hiding Place
    66 %|May 4, 1975
    Drama
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    Zandy's Bride
    63 %|May 19, 1974
    Western
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    Wedding Band
    0 %|Apr 24, 1974
    Drama, TV Movie
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    The Victim
    58 %|Nov 14, 1972
    Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller, TV Movie
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    Butterflies Are Free
    68 %|Jul 6, 1972
    Comedy, Romance
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    All the Way Home
    0 %|Dec 1, 1971
    Drama, TV Movie
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    The Tree
    0 %|Jun 9, 1969
    Drama
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    No Way to Treat a Lady
    66.27 %|Mar 20, 1968
    Comedy, Thriller
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    Up the Down Staircase
    70 %|Jun 28, 1967
    Drama
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    My Six Loves
    56 %|Apr 3, 1963
    Comedy
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    Heller in Pink Tights
    56.730000000000004 %|Mar 1, 1960
    Adventure, Romance, Western
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    A Doll's House
    100 %|Nov 15, 1959
    Drama, TV Movie
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    Hot Spell
    60 %|May 21, 1958
    Drama
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    The Little Foxes
    0 %|Dec 16, 1956
    Drama, TV Movie
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    The Bad Seed
    71.15 %|Sep 12, 1956
    Thriller, Drama, Horror
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    Bus Stop
    61 %|Aug 31, 1956
    Comedy, Drama, Romance
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    Somebody Up There Likes Me
    72.39 %|Jul 4, 1956
    Drama
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    Miracle in the Rain
    67 %|Mar 31, 1956
    Drama, Romance
    actor
    The Trip to Bountiful
    0 %|Mar 1, 1953
    Drama

    Series

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    Murder One
    77.5 %|Sep 20, 1995
    Drama
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    The 5 Mrs. Buchanans
    100 %|Sep 24, 1994
    Comedy
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    Ellen
    62.5 %|Mar 29, 1994
    Comedy, Talk
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    Love & War
    62 %|Sep 21, 1992
    Comedy
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    Home Improvement
    74 %|Sep 17, 1991
    Comedy
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    Annie McGuire
    50 %|Oct 26, 1988
    Comedy
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    Tales from the Darkside
    72 %|Sep 30, 1984
    Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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    Partners in Crime
    62 %|Sep 27, 1984
    Crime, Drama
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    The Cosby Show
    70.17999999999999 %|Sep 20, 1984
    Comedy, Family
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    Highway to Heaven
    74 %|Sep 19, 1984
    Family, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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    Trauma Center
    50 %|Sep 22, 1983
    Drama
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    Trapper John, M.D.
    63 %|Sep 23, 1979
    Drama
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    Out of the Blue
    60 %|Sep 9, 1979
    Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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    Backstairs at the White House
    59 %|Jan 29, 1979
    Drama, War & Politics
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    Flying High
    45 %|Sep 29, 1978
    Drama, Comedy
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    Lou Grant
    72.5 %|Sep 20, 1977
    Comedy, Drama
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    Alice
    70 %|Aug 31, 1976
    Comedy, Drama
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    Switch
    67 %|Sep 9, 1975
    Action & Adventure, Drama
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    Rhoda
    62 %|Sep 9, 1974
    Comedy
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    Barnaby Jones
    70 %|Jan 28, 1973
    Crime, Drama, Mystery
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    The Streets of San Francisco
    70 %|Sep 23, 1972
    Crime, Drama, Action & Adventure
    actor
    Banyon
    70 %|Sep 15, 1972
    Drama
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    Hawaii Five-O
    70.95 %|Sep 20, 1968
    Action & Adventure, Drama
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    CBS Playhouse
    70 %|Dec 8, 1966
    Drama
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    Felony Squad
    70 %|Sep 12, 1966
    Crime, Drama
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    The F.B.I.
    55.910000000000004 %|Sep 19, 1965
    Crime, Drama, Mystery
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    The Fugitive
    72 %|Sep 17, 1963
    Action & Adventure, Drama, Mystery
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    The Mike Douglas Show
    51 %|Dec 11, 1961
    Comedy, Talk
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    The New Breed
    70 %|Oct 3, 1961
    Drama
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    Ben Casey
    57 %|Oct 2, 1961
    Drama
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    Dr. Kildare
    54 %|Sep 27, 1961
    Drama
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    Play of the Week
    0 %|Oct 12, 1959
    Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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    Naked City
    53 %|Sep 30, 1958
    Drama, Crime, Action & Adventure
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    Naked City
    53 %|Sep 30, 1958
    Drama, Crime, Action & Adventure
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    Tony Awards
    46 %|Apr 1, 1956
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    Alfred Hitchcock Presents
    77.39 %|Oct 2, 1955
    Mystery, Drama, Crime
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    Gunsmoke
    66 %|Sep 10, 1955
    Western, Action & Adventure, Drama
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    Gunsmoke
    66 %|Sep 10, 1955
    Western, Action & Adventure, Drama
    actor
    Kraft Television Theatre
    0 %|Oct 15, 1953
    poster
    Hallmark Hall of Fame
    87 %|Dec 24, 1951
    Drama
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    Hallmark Hall of Fame
    87 %|Dec 24, 1951
    Drama
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    Hallmark Hall of Fame
    87 %|Dec 24, 1951
    Drama
    poster
    Hallmark Hall of Fame
    87 %|Dec 24, 1951
    Drama
    actor
    Lux Video Theatre
    60 %|Oct 2, 1950
    Drama, Comedy
    actor
    Lux Video Theatre
    60 %|Oct 2, 1950
    Drama, Comedy
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    Suspense
    46 %|Jan 6, 1949
    Drama
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    Suspense
    46 %|Jan 6, 1949
    Drama
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    Suspense
    46 %|Jan 6, 1949
    Drama
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    Suspense
    46 %|Jan 6, 1949
    Drama
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    Studio One
    47 %|Nov 7, 1948
    Drama
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    Studio One
    47 %|Nov 7, 1948
    Drama
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    The Philco Television Playhouse
    60 %|Oct 3, 1948
    Drama
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    The Philco Television Playhouse
    60 %|Oct 3, 1948
    Drama
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    The Philco Television Playhouse
    60 %|Oct 3, 1948
    Drama
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    The Ed Sullivan Show
    66 %|Jun 20, 1948
    Comedy, Talk