Eileen Ryan, star of Little House on the Prairie and mum to Chris and Sean Penn, has died at her home in Malibu. As reported by the Mirror, a representative confirmed she died on Sunday, just days before her 95th birthday.
As well as sons Sean Penn, 62, and Chris Penn, who died aged 40 in 2006, she was also the mother of musician Michael Penn. And she was the widow of actor and director Leo Penn who died in 1998.
Eileen made her debut on stage in the 1953 production of Sing Till Tomorrow and then appeared on drama series Goodyear Television Playhouse in 1955. Her husband directed the 1988 movie Judgment In Berlin, in which Eileen starred as Gerta X.
