Editing Eileen Heckart (section)

===Film and television===
Heckart's television debut came in the mid-1940s when she had two lines in an episode of ''[[Suspense (American TV series)|Suspense]]''.<ref name="nytrev" />[[File:Eileen Heckart.jpg|thumb|upright|Heckart in 1956's ''[[Bus Stop (1956 film)|Bus Stop]]'']]
Heckart won the [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress]] for her work in the 1972 movie adaptation of ''[[Butterflies Are Free]]'' and was nominated in 1957 for her performance as the bereaved, besotted Mrs. Daigle in ''[[The Bad Seed (1956 film)|The Bad Seed]]'' (1956),<ref name="Nominee1957">{{cite web |title=The 29th Academy Awards 1957 |url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1957 |website=www.oscars.org |publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |access-date=8 March 2025 |language=en |date=26 March 2015}}</ref> both of which were roles Heckart originated on Broadway. Heckart appeared in ''[[The Hiding Place (film)|The Hiding Place]]'' (1976) as nurse, "Katje", working inside "Kamp Vught", the Dutch Concentration Camp. In 1977, Heckart played Bertha Hayden, mother of Sam Hayden in NBC's made for TV Christmas movie, "Sunshine Christmas". 1n 1978, Heckart appeared in the Resorts International Atlantic City New Jersey Christmas production, "Jackie Gleason Presents The Honeymooners", as Alice's mother, Mrs Gibson. She later appeared as a Vietnam War widow in the [[Clint Eastwood]] film ''[[Heartbreak Ridge]]'' (1986). She played [[Diane Keaton]]'s meddling mother in the 1996 comedy film ''[[The First Wives Club]]''.

On television, Heckart had starring roles in ''[[The 5 Mrs. Buchanans]]'', ''[[Out of the Blue (1979 TV series)|Out of the Blue]]'', ''[[Partners in Crime (American TV series)|Partners in Crime]]'', and ''[[Backstairs at the White House]]'' (Emmy nomination as [[Eleanor Roosevelt]]). In 1994, she won an Emmy Award for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series|Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series]] for her appearance as Rose Stein on ''[[Love & War (TV series)|Love & War]]''. In 1988, she appeared as Ruth in the ''[[Tales from the Darkside]]'' episode "Do Not Open This Box". Her other guest roles included ''[[The Fugitive (1963 TV series)|The Fugitive]]'' (where she appeared in three episodes as a nun, "Sister Veronica"), ''[[The Mary Tyler Moore Show]]'' (two Emmy nominations as journalist Flo Meredith, a role she carried over to a guest appearance on MTM's spinoff ''[[Lou Grant (TV series)|Lou Grant]]''), ''[[Love Story (1973 TV series)|Love Story]]'', ''[[Rhoda]]'', ''[[Alice (American TV series)|Alice]]'', ''[[Murder One (TV series)|Murder One]]'', ''[[Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series)|Hawaii Five-O]]'', ''[[Gunsmoke]]'', ''[[Cybill]]'', ''[[The Cosby Show]]'' (one Emmy nomination as Mrs. Hickson), and many others.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominations/award-search?search_api_views_fulltext=eileen+heckart&submit=Search&field_celebrity_details_field_display_name=&field_show_details_field_nominee_show_nr_title=&field_show_details_field_network=All&field_show_details_field_production_company=All&field_nominations_year=1949-01-01+00%3A00%3A00&field_nominations_year_1=2016-01-01+00%3A00%3A00&field_award_category=All |title=Awards Search: Eileen Heckart |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Emmys.com |publisher=[[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences|Television Academy]] |access-date=January 26, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203053240/http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominations/award-search?search_api_views_fulltext=eileen+heckart&submit=Search&field_celebrity_details_field_display_name=&field_show_details_field_nominee_show_nr_title=&field_show_details_field_network=All&field_show_details_field_production_company=All&field_nominations_year=1949-01-01+00%3A00%3A00&field_nominations_year_1=2016-01-01+00%3A00%3A00&field_award_category=All |archive-date=February 3, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

She appeared on two episodes of ''[[Gunsmoke]]''. In 1965, Heckart  appeared as Hattie Silks on the episode "The Lady." In 1969, Heckart appeared as Athena Partridge Royce on the episode "The Innocent".

Heckart played two unrelated characters on the daytime soap opera ''[[One Life to Live]]''. During the 1980s, she played Ruth Perkins, the mother of Allison Perkins, who had kidnapped the newborn baby of heroine [[Victoria Lord|Viki Lord Buchanan]] under orders from phony evangelist and mastermind criminal Mitch Laurence. During the early 1990s, she played the role of Wilma Bern, mother of upstate Pennsylvania mob boss [[Carlo Hesser]] and his meek twin, Mortimer Bern. She appeared in the 1954 legal drama ''[[Justice (1954 TV series)|Justice]]'', based on case files of New York's [[Legal Aid Society]].{{Citation needed |date=October 2020}} She appeared in an episode of the medical drama ''[[The Eleventh Hour (1962 TV series)|The Eleventh Hour]]'', titled "There Should Be an Outfit Called 'Families Anonymous!'" (1963), and an episode of ''[[Home Improvement (TV series)|Home Improvement]]'', titled "Losing My Religion". She also played the role of spinster Amanda Cooper on season 5 episode 17 in the ''[[Little House on the Prairie (TV series)|Little House on the Prairie]]'' episode "Dance With Me".

Heckart has a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] at 6140 Hollywood Blvd.<ref>{{cite web |title=Eileen Heckart |url=https://walkoffame.com/eileen-heckart/ |website=Hollywood Walk of Fame |access-date=August 1, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140125045230/http://www.walkoffame.com/eileen-heckart |archive-date=January 25, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>