Sean Penn’s actress mother Eileen Ryan dead aged 94

Eileen Ryan Penn, a true showbiz veteran whose most recent role was in Grey’s Anatomy, has died aged 94, a spokesman has announced.

Eileen Ryan died on Sunday at the age of 94 in her home in Malibu, California, a spokesman for the star’s famous family announced.

She would have been 95 later this month.

Additional information, including the cause and manner of her death, was not immediately available.

The legendary actress was mum to actors Sean Penn, 62, and Chris Penn, who died in 2006 at the age of 40, as well as musician Michael Penn, 64.

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A 2004 photo of the Penn family, including ctor Sean Penn, Eileen Ryan Penn, Chris Penn (who died in 2006) and Michael Penn. Picture: Nancy Ostertag/AFI via Getty Images/AFP

For 41 years, Ryan was wife to actor and director Leo Penn, whom she met in New York in 1957 at rehearsals for the play The Iceman Cometh. The two tied the knot shortly after meeting and remained married until Leo’s death in 1998.

Ryan also appeared on Broadway in Sing Till Tomorrow from 1953 to 1954 and then again in 1958 for Comes a Day.

Throughout her decades-long career, the multi-talented entertainer appeared in over 60 movies and television shows.

Sean Penn had a close relationship with his mother. Picture: Joe Scarnici/Getty Images for J/P Haitian Relief Organization

Sean Penn and Eileen Ryan Penn seen chatting to Charlize Theron at the 3rd annual Sean Penn & Friends HELP HAITI HOME Gala in 2014. Picture: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for J/P Haitian Relief Organization

Her best-known films include Feast (2005), Parenthood (1989), Eight Legged Freaks (2002), Magnolia (1999) and All the King’s Men (2006), though she also appeared in several of her sons’ projects, including At Close Range (1986), I Am Sam (2001), The Indian Runner (1991) and The Crossing Guard (1995).

On the small screen, she dominated guest roles on shows such as The Twilight Zone, Bonanza, Little House on the Prairie, NYPD Blue, ER, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Private Practice, Ally McBeal and Grey’s Anatomy, among many others.

Sean has not yet spoken publicly on the matter, and his reps did not immediately respond to Page Six’s request for comment.

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