Eileen Ryan
Eileen Ryan ( born October 16, 1928 in New York City as Eileen Rose Annucci ) is an American actress. She is the mother of actor Michael, Chris and Sean Penn.
Life
Eileen Ryan was born as Eileen Rose Annucci, daughter of the nurse Rose Isabel Ryan and dental Amerigo Giuseppe Annucci, in New York City. Her mother had Irish American and her father Italian-Americans. She grew up with her two sisters on a farm in New York. After graduating from college she could prevail on Broadway in 1959 and moved to Los Angeles where she wanted to concentrate on her film career. When they had a year earlier Leo Penn had married, they moved back to the birth of the common three children to pursue their education in the first place.
From 1958 until his death in 1998, she was married to the actor and director Leo Penn. Their three children are the actors Michael, Chris and Sean Penn. In particular, from 1986 Ryan came increasingly during the productions of their sons. So she starred opposite Sean Penn in films such as the short distance and I Am Sam, as well as in the staged films Crossing Guard - It happened on the open road and the promise with.