Eileen Ryan, Veteran Actress and Sean Penn’s Mother, Dead at 94

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Eileen Ryan, veteran Broadway, film and TV actress and mother to Sean Penn, died at her home in Malibu Sunday, according to a statement from Penn's rep. She was 94.  

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Ryan made her Broadway debut in 1953's Sing Till Tomorrow before appearing in over 60 television shows and films over her storied career, 

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including 2002’s Eight Legged Freaks and Feast in 2005. She also starred in the film Magnolia in 1999 and alongside her son Sean in 2001's I Am Sam

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She would go on to star in several films alongside her son, including The Indian RunnerThe Crossing Guard,  

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The PledgeThe Assassination of Richard Nixon and All the King’s Men

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As far as TV goes, Ryan appeared on the Twilight Zone episode "A World of Difference" as well as The DetectivesE.R.

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Ally McBeal and also 1972's Ben Casey and Bonanza, where she was directed by her husband, the late Leo Penn.  

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He also helped direct her on episodes of CannonLittle House on the PrairieMarcus Welby, M.D.Matlock and in the 1988 movie Judgment in Berlin

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