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Eileen Heckart
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American actress (1919–2001)
OverviewAI-generated
Eileen Heckart (1919–2001) was an American stage, film, and television actor. Born in Columbus, Ohio, she began her professional work period in 1943. Her education included studies at Ohio State University, Ohio University, and HB Studio. She died of lung cancer in Norwalk.
Heckart received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and a Theatre World Award. She also won Primetime Emmy Awards, including one for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series. Additionally, she was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play. Her work is recognized in the Academy Award Best Supporting Actress collection and the Hollywood Walk of Fame collection.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 2
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · 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…
Known for
- The First Wives Club — Catherine MacDuggan1996
- Murder One1995
- Cybill — Marge1995
- Breathing Lessons — Mabel1994
- Ultimate Betrayal — Sarah McNeil1994
- The 5 Mrs. Buchanans — Mother Emma Buchanan1994
- Ellen — Grandma1994
- Triumph Over Disaster: The Hurricane Andrew Story — Shelly1993
- Stephen King's Golden Tales — Rose Pennywell1993
- Triumph Over Disaster: The Hurricane Andrew Story — Shelley1993
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 7
- Total plays
- 13
Tags
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Technical Summary
· 2000 · cited 8,919x
- Dapagliflozin in Patients with Heart Failure and Reduced Ejection Fraction
· 2019 · cited 6,221x
- THE SEVENTH DATA RELEASE OF THE SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY
· 2009 · cited 4,691x
- Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)
· 2016 · cited 4,417x
- The structure of the nervous system of the nematode
<i>Caenorhabditis elegans</i>
· 1986 · cited 4,304x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- Anna Eileen Herbert , ( 1919-03-29 ) March 29, 1919, Columbus, Ohio , U.S.
- Died
- December 31, 2001 (2001-12-31) (aged 82), Norwalk, Connecticut , U.S.
- Alma mater
- Ohio State University (B.A.)
- Occupation
- Actress
- Years active
- 1943–2001
- Spouse s
- John Harrison Yankee, Jr. ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1942 ; died 1997 )
- Children
- 3, including Luke Yankee
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Anna Eileen Heckart (née Herbert; March 29, 1919 – December 31, 2001) was an American stage and screen actress whose career spanned nearly 60 years. Heckart won an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and two Emmy Awards, as well as was nominated for three Tony Awards. In 2000, she received the Tony Honor for Excellence in Theatre.
Early life
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Eileen Heckart” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.