Acting
Eileen Heckart
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
The First Wives Club
Film · 1996
Murder One
Series · 1995
Cybill
Series · 1995
Breathing Lessons
Film · 1994
Ultimate Betrayal
Film · 1994
The 5 Mrs. Buchanans
Series · 1994
Ellen
Series · 1994
Triumph Over Disaster: The Hurricane Andrew Story
Film · 1993
Stephen King's Golden Tales
Film · 1993
Triumph Over Disaster: The Hurricane Andrew Story
Film · 1993
Love & War
Series · 1992
Home Improvement
Series · 1991
Stuck with Each Other
Film · 1989
Annie McGuire
Series · 1988
Heartbreak Ridge
Film · 1986
The Cosby Show
Series · 1984
Highway to Heaven
Series · 1984
Tales from the Darkside
Series · 1984
Partners in Crime
Series · 1984
Trauma Center
Series · 1983
Games Mother Never Taught You
Film · 1982
Table Settings
Film · 1982
9 to 5
Series · 1982
Joe Dancer: The Big Black Pill
Film · 1981
White Mama
Film · 1980
F.D.R.: The Last Year
Film · 1980
The Sorrows of Gin
Film · 1979
Trapper John, M.D.
Series · 1979
Backstairs at the White House
Series · 1979
Out of the Blue
Series · 1979
Suddenly, Love
Film · 1978
The Honeymooners Christmas Special
Film · 1978
Flying High
Series · 1978
Sunshine Christmas
Film · 1977
Lou Grant
Series · 1977
Burnt Offerings
Film · 1976
Alice
Series · 1976
The Hiding Place
Film · 1975
Switch
Series · 1975
Zandy's Bride
Film · 1974
Wedding Band
Film · 1974
The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One
Film · 1974
Rhoda
Series · 1974
Little House on the Prairie
Series · 1974
Barnaby Jones
Series · 1973
Butterflies Are Free
Film · 1972
The Victim
Film · 1972
The Streets of San Francisco
Series · 1972
Banyon
Series · 1972
All the Way Home
Film · 1971
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Series · 1970
The Tree
Film · 1969
Hawaii Five-O
Series · 1969
No Way to Treat a Lady
Film · 1968
Up the Down Staircase
Film · 1967
Felony Squad
Series · 1966
CBS Playhouse
Series · 1966
The F.B.I.
Series · 1965
My Six Loves
Film · 1963
The Fugitive
Series · 1963
Ben Casey
Series · 1961
The New Breed
Series · 1961
Dr. Kildare
Series · 1961
The Mike Douglas Show
Series · 1961
Heller in Pink Tights
Film · 1960
A Doll's House
Film · 1959
Play of the Week
Series · 1959
Hot Spell
Film · 1958
Naked City
Series · 1958
Naked City
Series · 1958
Bus Stop
Film · 1956
Somebody Up There Likes Me
Film · 1956
The Bad Seed
Film · 1956
Miracle in the Rain
Film · 1956
The Little Foxes
Film · 1956
Tony Awards
Series · 1956
Tony Awards
Series · 1956
Gunsmoke
Series · 1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Series · 1955
Gunsmoke
Series · 1955
The Trip to Bountiful
Film · 1953
Kraft Television Theatre
Series · 1953
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Series · 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Series · 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Series · 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Series · 1951
Lux Video Theatre
Series · 1950
Lux Video Theatre
Series · 1950
Suspense
Series · 1949
Suspense
Series · 1949
Suspense
Series · 1949
Suspense
Series · 1949
Studio One
Series · 1948
The Philco Television Playhouse
Series · 1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
Series · 1948
Studio One
Series · 1948
The Philco Television Playhouse
Series · 1948
The Philco Television Playhouse
Series · 1948
The Ford Theatre Hour
Series · 1948