The veteran actress, whose film and television career spanned over 50 years, died on Sunday, October 9 just a week before what would have been her 95th birthday.
- Oct 11, 2022
AceShowbiz - Sean Penn's mother Eileen Ryan sadly passed away at the age of 94. The actress, whose film and television career spanned over 50 years, died on Sunday, October 9 just a week before what would have been her 95th birthday.
Confirming Eileen's passing was her representative Mara Buxbaum. Her oldest son Michael Penn also shared the devastating news on Twitter. Sharing a throwback photo of his late mom, Michael wrote, "We lost mom yesterday [hearbroken emoji]."
Eileen was born in New York in 1927. She was the daughter of Rose Isabel, a nurse, and Amerigo Giuseppe Annucci, a dentist. The late star tied the knot with actor Leo Penn in 1957 and shared three kids together, Michael, 4, Sean, 62 and Chris Penn, the latter of whom died at the age of 40 in 2006 from cardiomyopathy.
Having numerous acting credits under her belt, Eileen appeared in TV shows like "The Twilight Zone", "Bonanza", "Matlock", "Little House on the Prairie", ""NYPD Blue", ""ER" as well as "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation". She also starred as Marjorie Reed on "Grey's Anatomy".
Eileen's final role was in 2016's "Rules Don't Apply", in which she appeared alongside Warren Beatty, Lily Collins, Annette Bening, Matthew Broderick and Alden Ehrenreich. In the romance/drama movie, she portrayed the grandmother of Alden's character Frank Forbes.
Eileen is survived by her two sons Michael and Sean as well as her grandchildren. They include Sean's daughter Dylan Penn and son Hopper Penn, whom he shares with ex-wife Robin Wright, and Michael's son Liam Penn.
