Who starred in a 1956 American psychological horror-thriller film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and was first became known for her role as schoolteacher Rosemary Sydney?
Eileen Heckart Eileen Heckart (March 29, 1919 – December 31, 2001) was an American actress of film, stage, and television. Primarily known as a character actress, her career spanned nearly 60 years. She first became known for her role as schoolteacher Rosemary Sydney in the original 1953 cast of William Inge's play "Picnic" on Broadway. She won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as the overprotective mother of a blind adult son in "Butterflies Are Free" (1972), a role she originated on Broadway before playing it in the film.
The Headless Ghost The Headless Ghost is a 1959 British comedy horror film, produced by Herman Cohen and directed by Peter Graham Scott. It stars Richard Lyon, Liliane Sottane, David Rose, and Clive Revill. The films tells of three young people who spend the night in a haunted English castle. With the help of a friendly ghost, they reunite the head of the Headless Ghost with its body, thus ending its 600 years of wandering about headless. The film was made specifically as the second feature for an American double bill with "Horrors of the Black Museum" (1959).