Eileen Heckart: movies and TV shows
Eileen Heckart has 99 credits in the archive: 38 films and 61 TV series, from 1948 to 1996. Highest rated: Hallmark Hall of Fame (8.8/10).
Career timeline
1948 – 1996 · busiest year: 1948 (7 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | The First Wives Club | Catherine MacDuggan | Film | 6.7 | 77 |
| 1995 | Cybill | Marge | TV | 5.9 | 76 |
| 1995 | Murder One | TV | 7.7 | 76 | |
| 1994 | Ellen | Grandma | TV | 6.1 | 75 |
| 1994 | The 5 Mrs. Buchanans | Mother Emma Buchanan | TV | 9.0 | 75 |
| 1994 | Breathing Lessons | Mabel | Film | 5.6 | 75 |
| 1994 | Ultimate Betrayal | Sarah McNeil | Film | 7.3 | 75 |
| 1993 | Stephen King's Golden Tales | Rose Pennywell | Film | 4.0 | 74 |
| 1993 | Triumph Over Disaster: The Hurricane Andrew Story | Shelly | Film | 6.5 | 74 |
| 1993 | Triumph Over Disaster: The Hurricane Andrew Story | Shelley | Film | 6.5 | 74 |
| 1992 | Love & War | TV | 6.4 | 73 | |
| 1991 | Home Improvement | Elaine Jenkins | TV | 7.4 | 72 |
| 1989 | Stuck with Each Other | Fay Cass | Film | 9.0 | 70 |
| 1988 | Annie McGuire | TV | 7.5 | 69 | |
| 1986 | Heartbreak Ridge | Little Mary Jackson | Film | 6.9 | 67 |
| 1984 | The Cosby Show | Mrs. Hickson | TV | 7.0 | 65 |
| 1984 | Tales from the Darkside | Rose Pennywell | TV | 7.2 | 65 |
| 1984 | Highway to Heaven | Helen Spencer | TV | 7.4 | 65 |
| 1984 | Partners in Crime | Jeanine | TV | 6.5 | 65 |
| 1983 | Trauma Center | Amy Decker | TV | 7.0 | 64 |
| 1982 | 9 to 5 | TV | 7.2 | 63 | |
| 1982 | Table Settings | Film | 5.0 | 63 | |
| 1982 | Games Mother Never Taught You | Martha Brewster | Film | 8.0 | 63 |
| 1981 | Joe Dancer: The Big Black Pill | Sister Clara | Film | 6.8 | 62 |
| 1980 | F.D.R.: The Last Year | Eleanor Roosevelt | Film | 6.9 | 61 |
| 1980 | White Mama | Three Bag Lady | Film | 8.0 | 61 |
| 1979 | Trapper John, M.D. | TV | 6.6 | 60 | |
| 1979 | Backstairs at the White House | Eleanor Roosevelt | TV | 6.1 | 60 |
| 1979 | Out of the Blue | The Boss Angel | TV | 7.3 | 60 |
| 1979 | The Sorrows of Gin | Rosemary | Film | 10.0 | 60 |
| 1978 | Flying High | TV | 6.3 | 59 | |
| 1978 | The Honeymooners Christmas Special | Mildred | Film | 7.0 | 59 |
| 1978 | Suddenly, Love | Mrs. Malloy | Film | 8.3 | 59 |
| 1977 | Lou Grant | TV | 7.3 | 58 | |
| 1977 | Sunshine Christmas | Bertha Hayden | Film | 8.0 | 58 |
| 1976 | Alice | TV | 7.0 | 57 | |
| 1976 | Burnt Offerings | Roz Allardyce | Film | 6.5 | 57 |
| 1975 | Switch | Annie Warren | TV | 6.6 | 56 |
| 1975 | The Hiding Place | Katje | Film | 6.9 | 56 |
| 1974 | Little House on the Prairie | Amanda Cooper | TV | 7.9 | 55 |
| 1974 | Rhoda | Aunt Lillian Fiedler | TV | 6.3 | 55 |
| 1974 | Zandy's Bride | Ma Allan | Film | 6.3 | 55 |
| 1974 | The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One | Ma Barker | Film | 8.0 | 55 |
| 1974 | Wedding Band | Herman's Mother | Film | — | 55 |
| 1973 | Barnaby Jones | Virginia Lennox / Steele | TV | 7.0 | 54 |
| 1972 | The Streets of San Francisco | Stella 'Stell' Charnovski | TV | 7.0 | 53 |
| 1972 | Banyon | Mrs. Shaw | TV | 8.0 | 53 |
| 1972 | Butterflies Are Free | Mrs. Florence Baker | Film | 6.7 | 53 |
| 1972 | The Victim | Mrs. Hawkes | Film | 6.3 | 53 |
| 1971 | All the Way Home | Aunt Hannah Lynch | Film | 10.0 | 52 |
| 1970 | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | Flo Meredith | TV | 7.6 | 51 |
| 1969 | The Tree | Sally Dunning | Film | 7.0 | 50 |
| 1968 | Hawaii Five-O | Agatha Henderson | TV | 7.2 | 49 |
| 1968 | No Way to Treat a Lady | Mrs. Brummel | Film | 6.6 | 49 |
| 1967 | Up the Down Staircase | Henrietta Pastorfield | Film | 7.1 | 48 |
| 1966 | Felony Squad | TV | 6.5 | 47 | |
| 1966 | CBS Playhouse | Janet Ferguson | TV | 7.0 | 47 |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. | Mrs. Creighton | TV | 5.6 | 46 |
| 1963 | The Fugitive | Sister Veronica | TV | 7.3 | 44 |
| 1963 | My Six Loves | Ethel | Film | 5.7 | 44 |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self | TV | 5.8 | 42 |
| 1961 | Dr. Kildare | Nurse Jenny Freesmith | TV | 5.7 | 42 |
| 1961 | Ben Casey | TV | 5.9 | 42 | |
| 1961 | The New Breed | Harriet Dawson | TV | 7.7 | 42 |
| 1960 | Heller in Pink Tights | Lorna Hathaway | Film | 5.8 | 41 |
| 1959 | Play of the Week | Myrtle | TV | 8.0 | 40 |
| 1959 | A Doll's House | Kristine | Film | 10.0 | 40 |
| 1958 | Naked City | Mildred Pepper | TV | 5.7 | 39 |
| 1958 | Naked City | Virginia Cort | TV | 5.7 | 39 |
| 1958 | Hot Spell | Fan | Film | 5.9 | 39 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Nominee | TV | — | 37 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Winner | TV | — | 37 |
| 1956 | The Bad Seed | Hortense Daigle | Film | 7.1 | 37 |
| 1956 | Bus Stop | Vera | Film | 6.1 | 37 |
| 1956 | Somebody Up There Likes Me | Ma Barbella | Film | 7.2 | 37 |
| 1956 | Miracle in the Rain | Grace Ullman | Film | 6.9 | 37 |
| 1956 | The Little Foxes | Birdie | Film | — | 37 |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Hattie Silks | TV | 6.7 | 36 |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Athena Partridge Royce | TV | 6.7 | 36 |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Lucy Baldwin | TV | 7.8 | 36 |
| 1953 | Kraft Television Theatre | TV | 10.0 | 34 | |
| 1953 | The Trip to Bountiful | Jessie Mae Watts | Film | 10.0 | 34 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Birdie | TV | 8.8 | 32 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Mabel | TV | 8.8 | 32 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Kristine Linde | TV | 8.8 | 32 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Aunt Hannah Lynch | TV | 8.8 | 32 |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Florie | TV | 6.7 | 31 |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Miss Green | TV | 6.7 | 31 |
| 1949 | Suspense | Mollie | TV | 5.1 | 30 |
| 1949 | Suspense | TV | 5.1 | 30 | |
| 1949 | Suspense | Margaret Quartermain | TV | 5.1 | 30 |
| 1949 | Suspense | Mrs. Haskell | TV | 5.1 | 30 |
| 1948 | Studio One | TV | 5.4 | 29 | |
| 1948 | Studio One | Evie Jackson | TV | 5.4 | 29 |
| 1948 | The Philco Television Playhouse | TV | 6.6 | 29 | |
| 1948 | The Philco Television Playhouse | Jessie Mae | TV | 6.6 | 29 |
| 1948 | The Philco Television Playhouse | Ruthie | TV | 6.6 | 29 |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | TV | 6.8 | 29 |
| 1948 | The Ford Theatre Hour | Carrie | TV | — | 29 |