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Jean Stapleton
Actor
Died 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
| 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 |
| 2000 | Baby · as Byrd |
| 1998 | You've Got Mail · as Birdie Conrad |
| 1998 | Pocahontas 2: Journey to a New World · 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 | Lily Dale · as Mrs. Coons |
| 1996 | E! True Hollywood Story (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 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 |
| 1995 | Caroline in the City (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1994 | Touched by an Angel (TV Series) · as Emma |
| 1994 | Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle (TV Series) · as Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle |
| 1993 | The Trial · as Landlady (uncredited) |
| 1993 | Grace Under Fire (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1992 | Beakman's World (TV Series) · as Beakman's Mom |
| 1992 | The Habitation of Dragons · as Lenora Tolliver |
| 1991 | Fire in the Dark · as Henry Dutton |
| 1990 | Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme · as Mother Goose |
| 1988 | Murphy Brown (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1986 | Dead Man's Folly · as Ariadne Oliver |
| 1985 | The Ray Bradbury Theater (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1984 | The Buddy System · as Mrs. Price |
| 1984 | A Matter of Sex · as Irene |
| 1983 | Scarecrow and Mrs. King (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1982 | Eleanor, First Lady of the World · as Eleanor Roosevelt |
| 1982 | Faerie Tale Theatre (TV Series) · as The Giantess |
| 1979 | Aunt Mary · as Mary Dobkin |
| 1979 | You Can't Take It with You · as Penny Sycamore |
| 1979 | Archie Bunker's Place (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1977 | The Love Boat (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1971 | Klute · as Strassberg's Secretary |
| 1971 | Cold Turkey · as Mrs. Wappler |
| 1971 | The Electric Company (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1971 | Great Performances (TV Series) · as Helen |
| 1971 | All in the Family (TV Series) · as Edith Bunker |
| 1967 | Up the Down Staircase · as Sadie Finch |
| 1967 | The Carol Burnett Show (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1967 | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1963 | The Patty Duke Show (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1962 | Jackie Gleason and his American Scene Magazine (TV Series) · as Nagging Wife |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1961 | Car 54, Where Are You? (TV Series) · as Mrs. Duggan |
| 1960 | Bells Are Ringing · as Sue |
| 1960 | My Three Sons (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1960 | Route 66 (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1959 | Dennis the Menace (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1958 | Damn Yankees · as Sister Miller |
| 1958 | Naked City (TV Series) · as Mrs. Trellis |
| 1955 | Captain Kangaroo (TV Series) · as Freddie's Mom |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall Of Fame (TV Series) · as Mary Dobkin |
| 1950 | The Lux Video Theatre (TV Series) · as Teacher |