Eileen Ryan, actress and Sean Penn’s mother, died at 94

On Sunday, October 9, we were left by actress Eileen Ryan, who died at her home in Malibu, California at the age of 94. Ryan was the mother of actors Sean Penn and Chris Penn and composer Michael Penn. At the moment we do not know the causes of her death.

Michael Penn shared the news of his mother’s death through his Twitter accountwhere he paid tribute to the actress with a photo of the woman at a young age and a message: “We lost mom yesterday”. These words were accompanied by a broken heart emoji. Michael’s brothers Sean and Chris haven’t posted anything on their social media yet.

Did we lose mom yesterday? pic.twitter.com/r9XSKdEeE5

? Michael Penn (@MPenn) October 10, 2022

The actress was born in New York on October 16, 1927, her birth name was Eileen Annucci, and she was the daughter of a nurse named Rose Isabel and a dentist, Amerigo Giuseppe Annucci. At the age of 30, Ryan met actor and director Leo Penn during rehearsals for the comedy “The Iceman Cometh”. They soon fell in love and got married a few months later. The couple were together for 41 years of marriage until the actor’s death in 1998.

Her acting career spanned 60 years of working in the film industry, in which she participated in titles such as “Men face to face”, where she shared the screen with her sons Sean and Chris Penn, playing her grandmother in fiction., or “Crossing the Dark,” in which Sean Penn served as the film’s director and screenwriter. Ryan’s other titles include feature films such as’ Trial in Berlin ‘,’ Magnolia, ‘The Assassination of Richard Nixon’ or ‘All the King’s Men’, among other works by him. His last film appearance was acting in the romantic drama “The Exception to the Rule”, a film starring Lily Collins and Alden Ehrenreich.

His participation in series and Broadway

Ryan has not only made films, but has also been a guest star in major American series such as’ Goodyear Playhouse ‘,’ Studio One ‘,’ The Detectives’, ‘The Twilight Zone’, ‘Beyond the Law’, ‘Bonanza’, ‘ Attorney Matlock ‘,’ New York Police ‘and’ Older Men ‘. In addition to her participation in television series, the actress also worked on Broadway playing Evie in “Sing Till Tomorrow” in 1953 and in “Comes a Day” in 1958 playing Lorraine.