Eileen Dietz
Biography
Eileen Dietz is an American actress known for horror films and soap operas. She began in commercials as a child and trained at the Neighborhood Playhouse from age 12. She debuted in 1963 on The Doctors and soon had a recurring role on Love of Life. Her film debut was Teenage Gang Debs in 1966, followed by David Holzman's Diary. In the late 1960s and early 1970s she worked in theater, including an Off-Broadway premiere of Steambath in 1970 and a 1972 premiere of Ontological Proof of My Existence, by Joyce Carol Oates. That part led to a screen test for The Exorcist, where she played the demon Pazuzu and the possessed Regan in scenes too violent for Linda Blair. Later she guest starred on many television series, played Linette Waterman on The Guiding Light, and joined General Hospital as Sarah Abbott in 1980. Her films include You Light Up My Life, Parts: The Clonus Horror (1979), and Constantine.
81years old
Turns 82 on January 11in 99 days
- Born Bayside
- Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19
Movie Career
- Films
- 13
- Career span
- 44 years1979 to 2023
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Big break
Dietz took the part of an androgynous runaway in 1972, when Joyce Carol Oates' Ontological Proof of My Existence had its premiere. That portrayal in the play earned her an invitation to screen test for The Exorcist.
Early training
Eileen Dietz started studying acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse when she was 12 years old, beginning her training there at that age.
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