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Mar 29, 2011 · Robert Duvall and Cloris Leachman presenting Eileen Heckart with the Oscar® for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in "Butterflies are Free" at the ...
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Eileen Heckart, the Tony Award-honored actress whose stage farewell at age 81 in 2000 was as an ailing grandmother in The Waverly Gallery, Off-Broadway, died Dec. 31 after a battle with cancer ...
Eileen Heckart worked nearly until the end of her life. Her last performance was as an Alzheimer patient in The Waverly Gallery in 2000. She was diagnosed with lung cancer and passed away in Connecticut, in December 2001 at the age of 82.
E ileen Heckart played the Oscar-winning role of overprotective mother to Edward Albert's blind character in love with kooky Goldie Hawn in "Butterflies Are Free.". She was also nominated for two Emmys for playing Aunt Flo Meredith, the globe-trotting international correspondent of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and "Lou Grant."
Eileen Heckart (March 29, 1919 – December 31, 2001) was an American movie, television and stage actress. She was born Anna Eileen Herbert . "Heckart" is the last name by which she was known for most of her life.
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