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Jean Stapleton
Actor
Born January 19, 1923Died May 31, 2013 (90 years)
Jean Stapleton was born Jeanne Murray in Manhattan, New York City, to Marie A. (Stapleton), an opera singer, and Joseph Edward Murray, a billboard advertising salesman. Her paternal grandparents were Irish. She was a cousin of actress Betty Jane Watson. Other relatives in show business were her uncle, Joseph E. Deming, a vaudevillian; and her brother Jack Stapleton, a stage actor. She graduated from Wadleigh High School, NYC, in 1939, and attended Hunter College. She worked as a secretary before becoming an actress. Stapleton made her stage debut at the Greenwood Playhouse, Peaks Island, Maine, in the summer of 1941, and her New York stage debut in "The Corn Is Green" (1948). She appeared on Broadway in the musicals "Damn Yankees" (1955) and "Bells Are Ringing" (1956), and later repeated her roles in the movie versions (Damn Yankees (1958) and Bells Are Ringing (1960)). Her other Broadway roles included the original companies of "Rhinoceros" (1961) and "Funny Girl" (1964). Stapleton also played Abby Brewster in the 1986-87 revival of "Arsenic and Old Lace".
Filmography
| 2017 | Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me · as Edith Bunker - All In The Family |
| 2004 | Hit Celebrity TV Commercials · as Mother - For Gain Detergent |
| 2001 | Like Mother Like Son: The Strange Story of Sante and Kenny Kimes · as Irene Silverman |
| 2001 | Pursuit of Happiness · as Lorrraine |
| 2000 | Baby · as Byrd |
| 1998 | You've Got Mail · as Birdie Conrad |
| 1998 | Those Were the Days · as Edith Justice |
| 1998 | Pocahontas 2: Journey to a New World (1998) (V) · as Mrs. Jenkins (voice) |
| 1998 | Chance of a Lifetime · as Mrs. Dunbar |
| 1998 | Style and Substance (TV Series) · as Gloria Utley |
| 1996 | Michael · as Pansy Milbank |
| 1996 | The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century (TV Series) · as Edith Wilson |
| 1996 | Everybody Loves Raymond (TV Series) · as Aunt Alda |
| 1996 | |
| 1996 | E! True Hollywood Story (TV Series) |
| 1995 | Caroline in the City (TV Series) · as Aunt Mary Kosky |
| 1994 | Touched by an Angel (TV Series) · as Emma |
| 1994 | Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle (TV Series) · as Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle |
| 1993 | Bury Me in Niagara · as Mildred |
| 1993 | Grace Under Fire (TV Series) |
| 1993 | The Trial · as Landlady (uncredited) |
| 1992 | Beakman's World (TV Series) · as Beakman's Mom |
| 1992 | The Habitation of Dragons · as Lenora Tolliver |
| 1992 | Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories (TV Series) · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1991 | Fire in the Dark · as Henry Dutton |
| 1991 | Funny Ladies · as Narrator |
| 1991 | |
| 1990 | Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme · as Mother Goose |
| 1990 | Das Buch meines Lebens (TV Series) · as Jasmine Zweibel |
| 1988 | Murphy Brown (TV Series) |
| 1987 | Trying Times (TV Series) |
| 1986 | Dead Man's Folly · as Ariadne Oliver |
| 1985 | Cinderella · as Fairy Godmother |
| 1985 | The Ray Bradbury Theater (TV Series) |
| 1984 | The Buddy System · as Mrs. Price |
| 1984 | A Matter of Sex · as Irene Wallin |
| 1983 | Scarecrow and Mrs. King (TV Series) |
| 1982 | Faerie Tale Theatre (TV Series) · as The Giantess |
| 1982 | Eleanor, First Lady of the World · as Eleanor Roosevelt |
| 1981 | Angel Dusted · as Betty Eaton |
| 1979 | Aunt Mary · as Mary Dobkin |
| 1979 | Archie Bunker's Place (TV Series) |
| 1979 | You Can't Take It with You · as Penny Sycamore |
| 1977 | The Love Boat (TV Series) |
| 1977 | Tail Gunner Joe · as Mrs. Decamp |
| 1971 | The Electric Company (TV Series) |
| 1971 | Klute · as Goldfarb’s Secretary |
| 1971 | Cold Turkey · as Mrs. Wappler |
| 1971 | Great Performances (TV Series) · as Helen |
| 1971 | All in the Family (TV Series) · as Edith Bunker |
| 1968 | Justice for All · as Edith Justice |
| 1967 | Up the Down Staircase · as Sadie Finch |
| 1963 | The Patty Duke Show (TV Series) |
| 1962 | The Eleventh Hour (TV Series) |
| 1962 | Jackie Gleason and his American Scene Magazine (TV Series) · as Nagging Wife |
| 1962 | The Doctors and the Nurses (TV Series) · as Mrs. Montgomery |
| 1961 | Something Wild · as Shirley Johnson |
| 1961 | Dr. Kildare (TV Series) · as Nurse Whitney |
| 1961 | Car 54, Where Are You? (TV Series) · as Mrs. Duggan |
| 1961 | The Defenders (TV Series) · as Mrs. Larsen |
| 1960 | |
| 1960 | My Three Sons (TV Series) |
| 1960 | Bells Are Ringing · as Sue |
| 1959 | Dennis the Menace (TV Series) |
| 1958 | Damn Yankees · as Sister Miller |
| 1958 | Naked City (TV Series) · as Marilyn Konish |
| 1955 | Captain Kangaroo (TV Series) · as Freddie's Mom |
| 1954 | Camera Three (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1952 | Omnibus (TV Series) · as (segment "a House Of Cards") |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall Of Fame (TV Series) · as Mary Dobkin |
| 1950 | The Lux Video Theatre (TV Series) · as Teacher |
| 1950 | Danger (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1950 | |
| 1948 | Studio One (TV Series) · as 2nd Nursemaid |
| 1948 | The Philco Television Playhouse (TV Series) · as Bus Girl |