Eileen Ryan (born Eileen Annucci), an American actress and widow of actor and director Leo Penn, and the mother of actors Sean Penn, Chris Penn, and singer Michael Penn has died at age 94, a few days to her 95th birthday.
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Eileen Ryan died on Sunday, Oct. 9, 2022 at her home in Malibu, a representative for the star announced.
Eileen was born on October 16, 1927 in New York City on to parents Rose Isabel and Amerigo Giuseppe Annucci. Eileen’s mother was a nurse while her father was a dentist.
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Her mother was an Irish American native of Plattsburgh, New York, and her father was Italian American. There’s no further information about her parents.
Eileen appeared with her sons Sean and Chris in the 1986 film At Close Range, portraying the brothers’ grandmother.
She also made an appearance in The Crossing Guard, which Sean directed. On Broadway, she portrayed Evie in Sing Till Tomorrow (1953) and Lorraine in Comes a Day (1958).
Her last film was Rules Don’t Apply in 2016.
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