Eileen Ryan : Ask Biography

Personal information

Birth name

Eileen Annucci

Birth date

October 16, 1928(age 87)

Place of birth

New York City, New York, U.S.

Nationality

American

Occupation

Actress

Spouse

Leo Penn (1958-1998; his death)

Children

Michael Penn
Sean Penn
Chris Penn (deceased)

Relatives

Aimee Mann (daughter-in-law)

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Eileen Ryan (born October 16, 1928) is an American actress who has appeared in a number of movies and TV series. She is the widow of actor and director, Leo Penn, and mother of singer, Michael Penn, and actors, Sean and Chris Penn who died in January 2006.

Ryan was born Eileen Annucci in New York City, the daughter of Rose Isabel (née Ryan), a nurse, and Amerigo Giuseppe Annucci, a dentist. Ryan's mother was an Irish American native of Plattsburgh, New York, and her father was Italian American.

She was married to Leo Penn, an actor and active union member, who was once blacklisted from 1957 until his death in 1998. Ryan appeared with her sons Sean and Chris in the 1986 film At Close Range, as their grandmother.