Eileen Ryan

Eileen married actor and director Leo Penn in 1957, and stayed wed to the star until he died in 1998.

In it, she played the grandmother of characters played by her real-life sons Sean and Christopher. Following the news of her death, fans took to social media to send messages of condolence. You might know her from The Twilight Zone marathons that air (that's how I remember her). Her first TV appearance came several years before she tied the knot, when she appeared on drama series Goodyear Television Playhouse in 1955, "She was the widow of actor and director Leo Penn, and the mother of actor Sean Penn, singer Michael Penn and the late actor Chris Penn." After marrying Leo, she starred in a number of projects her husband worked on on the small screen, including episodes of Cannon, Matlock as well as Little House On The Prairie.

Eileen Ryan, who is the mother of actor Sean Penn, has died aged 94 at her home in Malibu, after enjoying a successful career in acting that spanned almost ...

content from breaking news to Royals and TV - CLICK HERE](https://www.ok.co.uk/) She was married to her sons' father, actor and director Leo Penn, from 1957 until he passed away in 1998. Following the news of Eileen's death, fans rushed to social media to pay their respects, with one writing: "RIP actress Eileen Ryan. Another wrote: "RIP Sweet woman. "She was the widow of actor and director Leo Penn, and the mother of actor Sean Penn, singer Michael Penn and the late actor Chris Penn." Eileen was best known for her roles in Little House On The Prairie and At Close Range, and she was also mother to successful actor Sean Penn, 62, musician Michael Penn, 64, and late actor Chris Penn, who died in 2006 at age 40.

Eileen Ryan, the actor and mother of composer Michael Penn and actors Sean Penn and Chris Penn, died at her home on Oct. 9. She was 94.

16, 1927, in New York, the daughter of nurse Rose Isabel and dentist Amerigo Giuseppe Annucci. During her screen career, which spanned nearly six decades, Ryan guest starred on series such as “Goodyear Playhouse,” “Studio One,” “The Detectives,” “The Twilight Zone,” “Outlaws,” “Bonanza,” “Matlock,” “NYPD Blue” and “Men of a Certain Age.” In 1957, Ryan met director and actor Leo Penn at rehearsals for the play “Iceman Cometh.” They married a few months later, and remained together for 41 years until Leo’s death in 1998.

Eileen Ryan, the mother of Sean Penn and star of Little House On The Prairie, has died at the age of 94.

[sadly died](/latest/celebrity-deaths) in her Malibu home at the age of 94. The singer gushed Amelia has inspired his latest album, Marry Me, after a four-year creative dry spell. By 1955, she had her first television credit on the drama series Goodyear Television Playhouse, and continued to star on Broadway when she performed in 1958’s Comes a Day. Eileen Ryan, the mother of Sean Penn and star of Little House On The Prairie, has died at the age of 94. She first appeared on Broadway in 1953, where she made her debut in 1953's Sing Till Tomorrow at the age of 25. Eileen Ryan dead: Legendary Little House On The Prairie star and mother of Sean Penn dies

According to Variety, Hollywood actress died on October 9 at her home in Malibu.

Ryan was born on October 16, 1927, in New York, the daughter of nurse Rose Isabel and dentist Amerigo Giuseppe Annucci. She also guest starred on series such as ‘Goodyear Playhouse,’ ‘Studio One,’ ‘The Detectives,’ ‘The Twilight Zone,’ ‘Outlaws,’ ‘Bonanza,’ ‘Matlock,’ “NYPD Blue’ and ‘Men of a Certain Age.’ Eileen Ryan, the actress and mother of composer Michael Penn and actors Sean Penn and Chris Penn, has died at the age of 94.

The actress who was mum to actors Sean and Chris Penn died at her Malibu home on Sundat.

After having children she slowed down her acting career although she did appear on At Close Range in 1986, playing the grandmother of characters played by sons Sean and Chris. And she was the widow of actor and director Leo Penn who died in 1998. Her husband directed the 1988 movie Judgment In Berlin, in which Eileen starred as Gerta X.

Eileen Ryan, a veteran actress and matriarch of the Hollywood family that includes actor Sean Penn, died at her home on Sunday, according to a statement ...

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Tributes have been pouring in for actress Eileen Ryan, the mother of actors Sean and Christopher Penn and musician Michael Penn, who has died at 94.

The world lost a giant. Director Dean Devlin, who worked with Ryan on the film Eight Legged Freaks, tweeted, “I had the pleasure and privilege to work with extremely talented and gifted woman on the film 8 Legged Freaks. Ryan starred alongside her sons Sean and Chris in the 1986 film At Close Range, where she portrayed the brothers’ grandmother. “We lost mom yesterday,” he wrote alongside a broken-heart emoji and a picture of his mother in her younger years. Born on October 16, 1927, in New York City, Ryan made her first on-screen appearance in 1955 in an episode of Goodyear Television Playhouse. She had roles in numerous classic TV shows, including The Twilight Zone, Bonanza, Matlock, ER, Little House of the Prairie, Ally McBeal, Private Practice, NYPD Blue, Without a Trace, and Grey’s Anatomy.

Actress Eileen Ryan (born Eileen Annucci), best known as Mary in 1999's Magnolia, has reportedly passed away. She was 94 years old.

The late actress shares her sons with actor and director Leo Penn, who also passed away in 1998 of cancer at the age of 77. However, there is a possibility that the family has decided to keep her cause of death within the family. What was Eileen Ryan’s cause of death?

Malibu, Calif. (AP) -- Eileen Ryan, an actor who appeared on TV, in films and on Broadway and the matriarch of the steeped-in-the-arts Penn family, ...

Ryan, whose acting career spanned more than six decades, was a few days away from her 95th birthday.

Chris Penn, who appeared in "Reservoir Dogs," [died in 2006](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/actor-chris-penn-found-dead/) at the age of 40. On TV, Ryan had roles on "The Twilight Zone," "ER" and "Grey's Anatomy." Her movie credits include "Magnolia," "I Am Sam," "Eight Legged Freaks" and "All the King's Men."