Editing Eileen Heckart (section)

===Stage===
Heckart acted with the Blackfriars Guild and studied for four years at the [[American Theatre Wing]].<ref name="nytrev" />

Heckart began her Broadway career as the assistant stage manager and an understudy for ''[[The Voice of the Turtle (play)|The Voice of the Turtle]]'' in 1943. Her many credits include ''[[Picnic (play)|Picnic]]'', ''[[The Bad Seed (play)|The Bad Seed]]'', ''[[A View from the Bridge]]'', ''[[A Memory of Two Mondays]]'', ''[[The Dark at the Top of the Stairs]]'', ''[[A Family Affair (musical)|A Family Affair]]'', ''[[And Things That Go Bump in the Night]]'', ''[[Barefoot in the Park]]'', ''[[Butterflies Are Free (play)|Butterflies Are Free]]'', ''[[You Know I Can't Hear You When the Water's Running]]'', and ''[[The Cemetery Club]]''.{{Citation needed |date=August 2024}} 

Heckart won the 1953 [[Theatre World Award]] for ''Picnic''. Her nominations include Tony Award nominations for ''Butterflies Are Free'', ''Invitation to a March'', and ''The Dark at the Top of the Stairs''.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://playbill.com/article/2000-tony-award-winner-special-tony-for-eileen-heckart-com-89680 | title=2000 TONY AWARD WINNER: Special Tony for Eileen Heckart }}</ref>

In 2000, at age 81, she appeared off-Broadway in [[Kenneth Lonergan]]'s ''[[The Waverly Gallery]]''. For this performance, she won several awards, including the [[Drama Desk Award]], the [[Lucille Lortel Award]], the [[Drama League Award]] and the [[Outer Critics Circle Award]]. That same year, she was inducted into the [[American Theatre Hall of Fame]] and received an honorary [[Tony Award]] for lifetime achievement.{{Citation needed |date=August 2024}} 

She was granted three honorary doctorates by Sacred Heart University, Niagara University, and Ohio State University.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/tonyawardspersoninfo.php?nomname=Eileen%20Heckart|title=Eileen Heckart Tony Awards Info|website=www.broadwayworld.com|language=en|access-date=January 17, 2018}}</ref>