Eileen Ryan is a NYC-born (circa 1928) American actress who has appeared in a number of movies and TV series. She was the wife of the late actor and director Leo Penn. She is also mother of actor Sean Penn, singer Michael Penn and the late actor Chris Penn. New York, New York redirects here. ... Leo Penn (August 27, 1921 – September 5, 1998) was an American actor and Emmy Award-winning director of such popular television shows as St. ... Sean Justin Penn (born August 17, 1960) is an Academy Award-winning American film actor & director. ... Michael Penn in a promotional photograph for his 2005 album Michael Penn (born August 1, 1958, in Greenwich Village, New York City) is an American singer and songwriter. ... Christopher Shannon Penn (October 10, 1965 – January 24, 2006) was an American film actor. ...

Born to an Irish-Italian (see[1]) Roman Catholic family under the name Eileen Annucci, she married Penn, a Jewish actor and active union member who was once blacklisted. They were married from 1957 until his death in 1998. The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination... Protestors opposing the jailing of the Hollywood Ten in 1950 (from the 1987 documentary Legacy of the Hollywood Blacklist). ...

Eileen Ryan appeared with her two actor sons Sean Penn and Chris Penn in the 1986 film At Close Range. She played the part of their grandmother in the film. At Close Range is based on the real life rural Pennsylvania crime family led by Bruce Johnston, Sr. ...

Selected filmography

Movies

• Feast (2005) as Grandma
• Zodiac Killer (2005) as Venice Beach Victim
• Eight Legged Freaks (2002) as Gladys
• I Am Sam (2001) as Estelle Dawson
• Magnolia (1999) as Mary
• Benny & Joon (1993) as Mrs. Smail
• Parenthood (1989) as Marilyn Buckman

Feast is a horror film that is a result of the third season Project Greenlight contest. ... For the 2005 film starring Justin Chambers and Robin Tunney see The Zodiac Zodiac, a Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros. ... Eight Legged Freaks is a 2002 horror/comedy film directed by Ellory Elkayem and starring David Arquette and Kari Wührer. ... I Am Sam DVD cover I am Sam is a 2001 film about a man with a developmental disability, Sam Dawson who is singularly raising his seven year old daughter Lucy . ... Magnolia is a 1999 motion picture, written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, which tells the story of a peculiar interaction among several individuals during one apparently normal day in the San Fernando Valley, California. ... Benny & Joon is a 1993 romantic comedy about how two misfits, Sam (Johnny Depp) and Joon (Mary Stuart Masterson), find and fall in love with one another. ... Parenthood is a 1989 film starring Steve Martin, Dianne Wiest, Dennis Dugan, Mary Steenburgen, Paul Linke, Jason Robards, Rick Moranis, Tom Hulce, Martha Plimpton, Zachary La Voy, Keanu Reeves, and Joaquin Phoenix. ...

Television

• Project Greenlight 3 (as herself)
• Without a Trace
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
• NYPD Blue
• ER
• Matlock
• Little House on the Prairie
• Bonanza
• The Twilight Zone

Project Greenlight is a contest and documentary series focusing on amateur filmmaking. ... Without a Trace is an American television show set in New York City. ... CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is a popular Alliance Atlantis/CBS police procedural television series, running since October 2000, about a team of forensic scientists. ... NYPD Blue was a long-running American television police drama set in New York City. ... ER is a long-running American serial medical drama created by novelist Michael Crichton and set primarily in the emergency room of fictional County General Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. ... Matlock is the county town of Derbyshire, UK. It is situated at the south eastern edge of the Peak District, and is twinned with Eaubonne in France. ... Little House On The Prairie was an American one-hour dramatic television program that aired on the NBC network from September 11, 1974 to March 21, 1983. ... The Bonanza logo was superimposed upon a map of a wild west frontier area. ... The Twilight Zones original opening The Twilight Zone was a television anthology series created (and often written) by its narrator and host Rod Serling. ...

External links

• Eileen Ryan at the Internet Movie Database