Eileen Ryan, a veteran actress, was also a mother to Michael Penn and Sean Penn. Her reps say that she died at home at the age of94.
Ryan was born in New York City in 1927. After meeting Leo Penn at rehearsals, Ryan married Leo Penn in 1956. “The Iceman Cometh,” remaining together until Penn’s death in 1998. Ryan was a bit role on several episodes of many famous TV shows over her almost 60-year television career, including The Apprentice. “Twilight Zone”Episode “A World of Difference”In this role, she plays the exwife of a businessman.
Ryan appeared on various shows as a cameo. “Bonanza,” “Little House on the Prairie,” “Matlock,” “CSI:,” “Without a Trace”And “Grey’s Anatomy.”She was last seen in an episode on HBO. “Getting On”2014
Ryan and Sean shared scenes together on the big screen with Chris’s sons in the 1986 film “At Close Range,” playing the grandmother of a family of criminals with Sean and Chris playing two brothers who want to join their family’s unsavory business. Ryan appeared with Sean in the 1988 drama “Judgment at Berlin,”Leo Penn directed the movie and wrote it with Martin Sheen. In addition, she had bit roles in Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Magnolia”In the 1995 film “The Crossing Guard,”Penn directed.
It was not possible to immediately determine the cause of death.