Trivia

Mother of actors Sean Penn and Chris Penn and musician Michael Penn.

Her stage name Eileen Ryan comes from her real first name Eileen and her mother's maiden name Ryan.

Appeared with her sons Sean Penn and Chris Penn in At Close Range (1986), in which she portrayed their grandmother.

She is the daughter of Rose Isabel (Ryan) and Amerigo/Americus Giuseppe/William Annucci. She is of half Italian and half Irish descent.

First met the recently divorced Leo Penn in 1957 during rehearsals for a Circle in the Square production of The Iceman Cometh in New York.

Former mother-in-law of Madonna and Robin Wright.

Made her Broadway debut in 1953 in Sing Till Tomorrow.

Grandmother of Dylan Penn and Hopper Penn.

Often appears in films directed by and/or starring her son, Sean Penn.

Mother-in-law of Aimee Mann.