Eileen Ryan, actress and mother of Michael, Sean and Chris Penn, has died, her son announced Monday. She was 94.
In a Twitter post, her eldest son, Michael, wrote: "We lost mom yesterday." Ryan died at her home on Sunday, a week before her birthday, People and CNN confirmed. No additional details about her cause of death have been released.
Ryan appeared in more than 60 movies and TV shows throughout her decades-long career, her IMDb page reads.
She appeared in several movies, including "Magnolia," "I Am Sam," and "Feast," and had television roles on shows like "Grey's Anatomy," "NYPD Blue," and "Bonanza."
Some of the projects she appeared in were directed by and starred her son Sean Penn, including "The Indian Runner" and "All the King's Men." In the 1986 film "At Close Range," Ryan played Sean's grandmother and Sean's youngest child, Chris.
Ryan's last role was in the 2016 film "Rules Don't Apply."
She met her husband, director Leo Penn, in 1957 and the couple married a few months later, CNN reports. Penn died in 1998 at the age of 77.
Together, Ryan and Penn have three children: Michael, a singer-songwriter known for his 1989 hit "No Myth"; the actor Juan; and actor Chris, who died in 2006.
