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Heckart began her Broadway career as the assistant stage manager and an understudy for The Voice of the Turtle in 1943.

Her many credits include Picnic, The Bad Seed, A View from the Bridge, A Memory of Two Mondays, The Dark at the Top of the Stairs, A Family Affair, Barefoot in the Park, Butterflies Are Free, You Know I Can't Hear You When the Water's Running, Ladies at the Alamo and The Cemetery Club.

In 2000, at the age of 81, she appeared Off Broadway in Kenneth Lonergan ’ s The Waverly Gallery and received more awards for a single performance in a single season than any actress in theatre history, including The Drama Desk Award, The Lucille Lortel Award, The Drama League Award and The Outer Critics Circle Award.

That same year, she was inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame and received an honorary Tony Award for lifetime achievement.

Her other awards include the 1953 Theatre World Award for Picnic.

Her nominations include a 1996 Drama Desk Award for Northeast Local and Tony nominations for Butterflies Are Free ( play ), Invitation to a March, and The Dark at the Top of the Stairs.

She was granted three honorary doctorates by Sacred Heart University, Niagara University and Ohio State University.