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Retro Vic · 09-20-2019, 08:38 PM

Loved Eileen in this role. She was the infamous Mrs. Daigle from the motion picture “The Bad Seed”. I also saw her in an episode of Barnaby Jones during this same 1970s era. She is hilariously unbearable Mother-In-Lawish as Alice’s late husband’s Mother.

TV Guy · 09-20-2019, 08:59 PM

Eileen Heckart elevated pretty much everything she appeared in. A wonderful character actress.

Wawwie · 10-03-2019, 01:55 AM

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Loved Eileen in this role. She was the infamous Mrs. Daigle from the motion picture “The Bad Seed”. I also saw her in an episode of Barnaby Jones during this same 1970s era. She is hilariously unbearable Mother-In-Lawish as Alice’s late husband’s Mother.

She was definitely conniving and kind of unbearable, but she was also somewhat likable. I actually liked the mother-in-law a lot better than Alice's actual mother played by Doris Roberts. I COULD NOT STAND that woman! She was manipulative, annoying, pushy and mentally abusive. She did not have one redeeming quality about her. I wanted to shove turkey in her face when she was force feeding Alice's boyfriend at Thanksgiving after she got rid of his steak. She was tacky, selfish and obnoxious.

Wawwie · 10-03-2019, 01:59 AM

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Eileen Heckart elevated pretty much everything she appeared in. A wonderful character actress.

She had a small part in a '70s television movie called "Burnt Offerings" with Burgess Merideth, Karen Black and Oliver Reed. It was a pretty good movie, very dark and freaky.

Retro Vic · 10-03-2019, 09:43 AM

Is that the movie about a Haunted Mansion? I vaguely remember watching this as a made for TV movie back in the 70s.

Wawwie · 10-03-2019, 06:19 PM

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Is that the movie about a Haunted Mansion? I vaguely remember watching this as a made for TV movie back in the 70s.

Yes. It was about a haunted mansion that would crumble to the ground all on it's own and then rebuild itself.

Retro Vic · 10-03-2019, 07:07 PM

Yes! Was Bette Davis in this?

Wawwie · 10-03-2019, 07:18 PM

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Yes! Was Bette Davis in this?

OH YEAH!!! I almost forgot since it has been decades since I've seen the movie. Bette plays the husband's mother.

09-20-2019, 08:38 PM	#1
Retro Vic >-\|-< \ /ANTENNA TV\ / >-\|-< Frequent Poster Join Date: Dec 13, 2011 Location: Missouri Posts: 369	Eileen Heckart as Mother Hyatt Loved Eileen in this role. She was the infamous Mrs. Daigle from the motion picture “The Bad Seed”. I also saw her in an episode of Barnaby Jones during this same 1970s era. She is hilariously unbearable Mother-In-Lawish as Alice’s late husband’s Mother.
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TV Guy Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Jun 25, 2001 Location: Boston, MA, USA Posts: 3,419	Eileen Heckart elevated pretty much everything she appeared in. A wonderful character actress.

10-03-2019, 09:43 AM	#5
Retro Vic >-\|-< \ /ANTENNA TV\ / >-\|-< Frequent Poster Join Date: Dec 13, 2011 Location: Missouri Posts: 369	Is that the movie about a Haunted Mansion? I vaguely remember watching this as a made for TV movie back in the 70s.

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Retro Vic >-\|-< \ /ANTENNA TV\ / >-\|-< Frequent Poster Join Date: Dec 13, 2011 Location: Missouri Posts: 369	Yes! Was Bette Davis in this?