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Spent her later years portraying Susan Lucci's much-beleaguered mother on the long-running daytime soap opera, All My Children. Susan Lucci loved her in real life and consequently portrayed the grief-stricken daughter quite convincingly when Frances Heflin's character died (upon the actual death of Ms. Heflin). Although she bore a slight resemblance to her more-famous brother Van, one would not realize this resemblance without knowing her last name.

Sister of <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0001336/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Van Heflin</a>

Her husband, Sol Kaplan, was a film composer.

According to Daytime TV magazine in 1972, while backstage at the <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/title/tt0065272/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">All My Children (1970)</a> studios during rehearsal lulls, she filled the time knitting.

Sister-in-law of <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0623610/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Frances E. Neal</a>.

Aunt of <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0373624/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Kate Heflin</a>, <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0639875/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Vana O&#39;Brien</a> and <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm1499319/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Tracy Heflin</a>.

Mother of director <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0438279/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Jonathan Kaplan</a>, <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0438306/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Mady Kaplan</a> and <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0373628/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Nora Heflin</a>. aunt of <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0373627/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Marta Heflin</a> .

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