Eileen Ryan died Sunday at the age of 94 at her home in Malibu, California, a spokesperson for the famous star’s family announced Monday.
Eileen Ryan was an American actress. She was the widow of actor and director Leo Penn, and the mother of actors Sean Penn, Chris Penn, and singer Michael Penn. Wikipedia
She would have turned 95 at the end of this month.
Additional information, including her cause and manner of death, was not immediately available.
October 1927, New York, New York, United States
The legendary actress was the mother of actors Sean Penn, 62, and Chris Penn, who died in 2006 at the age of 40, as well as musician Michael Penn, 64.
For 41 years, Ryan was the wife of actor and director Leo Penn, whom she met in New York in 1957 at rehearsals for “The Iceman Cometh.” The two married shortly after meeting and remained married until Leo’s death in 1998.
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Ryan also appeared on Broadway in “Sing Till Tomorrow” from 1953 to 1954 and then again in 1958 for “Comes a Day.”
Throughout her decades-long career, the multi-talented artist has appeared in more than 60 movies and television shows.
His best-known films include “Feast” (2005), “Parenthood” (1989), “Eight Legged Freaks” (2002), “Magnolia” (1999) and “All the King’s Men” (2006), although he also appeared in several of his children’s projects, including “At Close Range” (1986), “I Am Sam” (2001), “The Indian Runner” (1991) and “The Crossing Guard” (1995).
Enlarge ImageSean Penn hugs his mom Eileen Ryan at the 2004 Oscars
Ryan appeared in several of Penn’s projects.
On the small screen, she dominated guest roles on such shows as “The Twilight Zone,” “Bonanza,” “Little House on the Prairie,” “NYPD Blue,” “ER,” “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,” “Private Practice”, “Ally McBeal” and “Grey’s Anatomy”, among many others.
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