Hollywood star Sean Penn’s mother, actress Eileen Ryan, dies at age 94

Eileen Ryan, the actress and mother of composer Michael Penn and actors Sean Penn and Chris Penn, has died at the age of 94.

According to Variety, Ryan died on October 9 at her home in Malibu.

Sharing the news, Michael took to Twitter and shared a picture of Ryan.

“We lost mom yesterday,” Michael tweeted.

Ryan was born on October 16, 1927, in New York, the daughter of nurse Rose Isabel and dentist Amerigo Giuseppe Annucci. In 1957, she met director and actor Leo Penn at rehearsals for the play ‘Iceman Cometh.’ They married a few months later, and remained together for 41 years until Leo’s death in 1998.

Ryan’s acting work included portraying Sean and Chris’ grandmother in 1986’s ‘At Close Range,’ as well as appearing in 1995’s ‘The Crossing Guard,’ directed and written by Sean. She also guest starred on series such as ‘Goodyear Playhouse,’ ‘Studio One,’ ‘The Detectives,’ ‘The Twilight Zone,’ ‘Outlaws,’ ‘Bonanza,’ ‘Matlock,’ “NYPD Blue’ and ‘Men of a Certain Age.’

Ryan’s last onscreen credit came in Warren Beatty’s ‘Rules Don’t Apply’ (2016).