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Acting

Eileen Heckart

Career: Active from 1953 to 1994, busiest in 1956 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles: 14
top three billing

Average score: 66/100

Highest rated: White Mama
84/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 48 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Eileen Heckart Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Violence
2.8, average 4.1
Adrenaline
3.5, average 4.8
Absurdist Humor
1.0, average 2.0
Fantasy
0.9, average 1.7

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 5
Psychological Thriller 3
Classic Sitcom 3
Lighthearted 3
Family Comedy 2
Nostalgic 2
Family-Friendly 2
Emotional Journey 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

81

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

1990s

11 titles · average score 63

The First Wives Club

63

as Catherine MacDuggan

Cybill

69

TV show · as Marge

Murder One

81

TV show

The 5 Mrs. Buchanans

TV show · as Mother Emma Buchanan

Ellen

53

TV show · as Grandma

Breathing Lessons

60

as Mabel

Ultimate Betrayal

65

as Sarah McNeil

Triumph Over Disaster: The Hurricane Andrew Story

as Shelly / Shelley

Stephen King's Golden Tales

as Rose Pennywell

Love & War

43

TV show

Home Improvement

71

TV show · as Elaine Jenkins

1980s

13 titles · average score 71

Stuck with Each Other

as Fay Cass

TV show

Heartbreak Ridge

62

as Little Mary Jackson

Partners in Crime

65

TV show · as Jeanine

The Cosby Show

74

TV show · as Mrs. Hickson

Highway to Heaven

73

TV show · as Helen Spencer

Tales from the Darkside

72

TV show · as Rose Pennywell

Trauma Center

TV show · as Amy Decker

9 to 5

68

TV show

Joe Dancer: The Big Black Pill

as Sister Clara

White Mama

84

as Three Bag Lady

F.D.R.: The Last Year

as Eleanor Roosevelt

1970s

25 titles · average score 66

Out of the Blue

TV show · as The Boss Angel

Suddenly, Love

as Mrs. Malloy

Sunshine Christmas

as Bertha Hayden

Lou Grant

73

TV show

Burnt Offerings

54

as Roz Allardyce

Alice

46

TV show

Zandy's Bride

62

as Ma Allan

Little House on the Prairie

82

TV show · as Amanda Cooper

Barnaby Jones

70

TV show · as Virginia Lennox / Steele

Butterflies Are Free

71

as Mrs. Florence Baker

The Victim

62

as Mrs. Hawkes

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

85

TV show · as Flo Meredith

1960s

13 titles · average score 65

Hawaii Five-O

48

TV show · as Agatha Henderson

No Way to Treat a Lady

79

as Mrs. Brummel

Up the Down Staircase

74

as Henrietta Pastorfield

Felony Squad

69

TV show

TV show · as Janet Ferguson

The F.B.I.

65

TV show · as Mrs. Creighton

The Fugitive

84

TV show · as Sister Veronica

My Six Loves

57

as Ethel

Dr. Kildare

63

TV show · as Nurse Jenny Freesmith

Ben Casey

65

TV show

The New Breed

TV show · as Harriet Dawson

Heller in Pink Tights

48

as Lorna Hathaway

1950s

15 titles · average score 73

A Doll's House

as Kristine

Naked City

69

TV show · as Virginia Cort / Mildred Pepper

Hot Spell

64

as Fan

The Bad Seed

64

as Hortense Daigle

Bus Stop

66

as Vera

Somebody Up There Likes Me

81

as Ma Barbella

Miracle in the Rain

70

as Grace Ullman

The Little Foxes

as Birdie

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

86

TV show · as Lucy Baldwin

Gunsmoke

76

TV show · as Athena Partridge Royce / Hattie Silks

The Trip to Bountiful

as Jessie Mae Watts

Lux Video Theatre

TV show · as Florie / Miss Green

1940s

4 titles · average score 63

Suspense

62

TV show · as Mollie / Margaret Quartermain

Studio One

65

TV show · as Evie Jackson

The Philco Television Playhouse

TV show · as Jessie Mae / Ruthie

The Ford Theatre Hour

TV show · as Carrie