Biographies: Eileen Ryan - Actor

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An American actress, born on October 15, 1927 in New York, USA. Her mother was a nurse of Irish-American descent and her father, a dentist, was Italian-American. In 1957, she married Leo Penn, an actor and active union member, who was blacklisted from the late 1940s to the late 1950s. In 1953, she made her Broadway debut in Sing Till Tomorrow. She's known for Feast (2005), Parenthood (1989) and Eight Legged Freaks (2002). She appeared with her sons Sean Penn and Chris Penn in At Close Range (1986).

• 29 November 2022
• Shaimaa Saied