Eileen Ryan, Veteran Actress and Sean Penn’s Mother, Dead at 94
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Eileen Ryan, veteran Broadway, film and TV actress and mother to Sean Penn, died at her home in Malibu Sunday, according to a statement from Penn's rep. She was 94.
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Ryan made her Broadway debut in 1953's Sing Till Tomorrow before appearing in over 60 television shows and films over her storied career,
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including 2002’s Eight Legged Freaks and Feast in 2005. She also starred in the film Magnolia in 1999 and alongside her son Sean in 2001's I Am Sam.
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She would go on to star in several films alongside her son, including The Indian Runner, The Crossing Guard,
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The Pledge, The Assassination of Richard Nixon and All the King’s Men.
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As far as TV goes, Ryan appeared on the Twilight Zone episode "A World of Difference" as well as The Detectives, E.R.,
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Ally McBeal and also 1972's Ben Casey and Bonanza, where she was directed by her husband, the late Leo Penn.
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He also helped direct her on episodes of Cannon, Little House on the Prairie, Marcus Welby, M.D., Matlock and in the 1988 movie Judgment in Berlin.