Sean Penn’s mother, actress Eileen Ryan, has died at the age of 94, one week before her 95th birthday (via People). Ryan’s career as an actress included roles in “The Twilight Zone” and “At Close Range,” in which she played the grandmother of her real sons, Sean and Chris (via Variety).
In a 2005 interview with Oprah Winfrey for O, Sean said of his mother’s insistence that he take her to the Academy Awards ceremony in 2004. “Before I was nominated, my mother called me up and said, ‘Captain Kangaroo died today. He was 76. I’m 77. You’re taking me to the Oscars ball this year.’ I said, ‘Mom, I’m not even nominated.’ She said, ‘Don’t be silly!'” Ryan was right that her son would be nominated that year, and Sean went on to win an Oscar for Best Actor for his role in “Mystic River” (via YouTube).
At the time of publication, a cause of death was not given for Ryan; however, Deadline reports that she died at her home in Malibu, California.
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