Versatile, award-winning character actress Eileen Heckert with the lean, horsey face and assured, fervent gait was born Anna Eileen Stark on March 29, 1919 in Columbus, Ohio, an only child. She lived with her mother after her parents separated when she was 2. Her childhood was an acutely unhappy one. Her mother, an alcoholic, was married five times, and her stern grandmother, whom Eileen was often shuttled off to stay with, was physically abusive. To survive, Eileen escaped into the joy and ...[Read Story]