Known For
Acting
Born
Jan 19, 1923
Died
May 31, 2013
Place of Birth
Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Credits
89 titles
Jean Stapleton
Biography
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".
Known For
Filmography
The Last Laugh
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Television Revolution Begins: "All in the Family" Is On the Air
Self
Those Were the Days: The Birth of "All in the Family"
Self
TV Land Top 10
TV Land Awards: A Celebration of Classic TV
Like Mother Like Son: The Strange Story of Sante and Kenny Kimes
Irene Silverman
Pursuit of Happiness
Lorraine
Baby
Byrd
You've Got Mail
Birdie Conrad
Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World
Mrs. Jenkins (voice)
Chance of a Lifetime
Mrs. Dunbar
Style & Substance
Gloria Utley
Michael
Pansy Milbank
Everybody Loves Raymond
Aunt Alda
E! True Hollywood Story
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self
Lily Dale
Mrs. Coons
Caroline in the City
Aunt Mary Kosky
Touched by an Angel
Emma
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle
Intimate Portrait
Self
Bury Me in Niagara
Mildred
Grace Under Fire
The Trial
Landlady (uncredited)
Beakman's World
Beakman's Mom
The Habitation of Dragons
Lenora Tolliver
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
Narrator (voice)
Fire in the Dark
Henry Dutton
Funny Ladies: A Portrait of Women Cartoonists
Narrator
All in the Family: 20th Anniversary Special
The General Motors Playwrights Theater
Emilie
Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme
Mother Goose
Bagdad Cafe
Jasmine Zweibel
Murphy Brown
Trying Times
Dead Man's Folly
Ariadne Oliver
Cinderella
Fairy Godmother
Gonzo Presents Muppet Weird Stuff
Self
The Ray Bradbury Theater
The Buddy System
Mrs. Price
A Matter of Sex
Irene Wallin
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
Jack and the Beanstalk
The Giantess
Something's Afoot
Miss Tweed
Faerie Tale Theatre
The Giantess
Eleanor, First Lady of the World
Eleanor Roosevelt
Isabel's Choice
Isabel Cooper
Good Evening Captain
Self
Angel Dusted
Betty Eaton
Aunt Mary
Mary Dobkin