Eileen Heckart

Over her long career, character actress Eileen Heckart has distinguished herself on stage, television, and in feature films. Tall and thin with sharp angular features, she often plays outspoken, strong-willed, and highly intelligent women. Fans of The Mary Tyler Moore show from the 1970s will remember Heckart for playing Mary's brassy Aunt Flo. Trained at the American Theater Wing following studies at Ohio State University, Heckart was on Broadway in the early '40s and appeared in numerous major productions. For the 1957-1958 theater season, Heckart earned a New York Drama Critics Award for her work in The Dark at the Top of the Stairs. She has won six Tony nominations during her stage career and in the late '90s was inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame. Heckart began her sporadic television career in 1952 and made her feature-film debut with Miracle in the Rain (1956). She earned a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination that year for her work in The Bad Seed (1956); she was also awarded a Golden Globe for the film. In 1972, she won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar in 1976 for her role in Butterflies Are Free. In 1967, Heckert received an Emmy for Win Me a Place at Forest Lawn. She won her second one in 1994 for a 1993 appearance on the sitcom Love & War. In addition to her many kudos, Heckart has also been awarded three honorary doctorates.

Highest Rated Movies

Rating	Title	Credit	Box Office	Year
49%	The First Wives Club	Catherine MacDuggan	—	1996
No Score Yet	Ultimate Betrayal	Sarah McNeil	—	1994
No Score Yet	Breathing Lessons	Mabel	—	1994
79%	Heartbreak Ridge	Little Mary	—	1986
No Score Yet	Seize the Day	Funeral Woman No. 1	—	1986
No Score Yet	Joe Dancer: The Big Black Pill	Actor	—	1981
No Score Yet	The Big Trade	Actor	—	1981
No Score Yet	White Mama	Three Bag Lady	—	1980
No Score Yet	Backstairs at the White House	Actor	—	1979
No Score Yet	Sorrows of Gin	Actor	—	1979
50%	Burnt Offerings	Roz Allardyce	—	1976
No Score Yet	The Hiding Place	Katje	—	1975
No Score Yet	Zandy's Bride (For Better, for Worse)	Ma Allan	—	1974
67%	Butterflies Are Free	Mrs. Baker	—	1972
89%	No Way to Treat a Lady	Mrs. Brummel	—	1968
80%	Up the Down Staircase	Henrietta Pastorfield	—	1967
No Score Yet	My Six Loves	Actor	—	1963
No Score Yet	Heller in Pink Tights	Lorna	—	1960
63%	The Bad Seed	Mrs. Daigle	—	1956
83%	Somebody Up There Likes Me	Ma Barbella	—	1956
No Score Yet	Miracle in the Rain	Grace Ullman	—	1956
79%	Bus Stop	Vera	—	1956

Rating	Title	Credit	Year
No Score Yet	Ellen 1994-1998		1997
No Score Yet	Home Improvement 1991-1999	Elaine	1997
91%	Murder One 1995-1997	Frances Wyler	1996
86%	The Five Mrs. Buchanans 1994-1995	Mother Buchanan	1995 1994
No Score Yet	Love & War 1992-1995	Rose Stein	1994
No Score Yet	The Cosby Show 1984-1992	Mrs. Hickson	1987
No Score Yet	Highway to Heaven 1984-1989	Guest Helen	1985
No Score Yet	Trapper John, M.D. 1979-1986	Lydia	1984 1981
No Score Yet	Little House on the Prairie 1974-1984	Amanda	1979
No Score Yet	Rhoda 1978	Lillian	1976 1975
No Score Yet	The Mary Tyler Moore Show 1970-1977	Aunt Flo	1976 1975
No Score Yet	The Streets of San Francisco 1972-1977	Stella	1972
No Score Yet	Gunsmoke 1955-1975	Athena Partridge Royce Hattie	1969 1965
No Score Yet	The Fugitive 1963-1967	Sister Veronica	1967 1965 1964
No Score Yet	Alfred Hitchcock Presents 1955-1962	Lucy Baldwin	1961
No Score Yet	Partners in Crime 1984	Jeanine
No Score Yet	Trauma Center 1983	Amy Decker

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