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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 19, 1923
Died
May 31, 2013
Place of Birth
Manhattan, New York, US
Also Known As
- Джин Стэплтон
- جین استاپلتون
Jean Stapleton
1.4 Popularity
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
6.9
Self
The Last Laugh
2016
0.0
Self
The Television Revolution Begins: "All in the Family" Is On the Air
2009
0.0
Self
Those Were the Days: The Birth of "All in the Family"
2009
🎬
0.0
TV Land Top 10
2004
🎬
0.0
TV Land Awards: A Celebration of Classic TV
2003
7.0
Irene Silverman
Like Mother Like Son: The Strange Story of Sante and Kenny Kimes
2001
4.7
Lorraine
Pursuit of Happiness
2001
4.7
Lorrraine
Pursuit of Happiness
2001
7.0
Byrd
Baby
2000
6.7
Birdie Conrad
You've Got Mail
1998
Credits
The Last Laugh
as Self
2016
6.9
The Television Revolution Begins: "All in the Family" Is On the Air
as Self
2009
0.0
Those Were the Days: The Birth of "All in the Family"
as Self
2009
0.0
🎬
TV Land Top 10
2004
0.0
🎬
TV Land Awards: A Celebration of Classic TV
2003
0.0
Like Mother Like Son: The Strange Story of Sante and Kenny Kimes
as Irene Silverman
2001
7.0
Pursuit of Happiness
as Lorraine
2001
4.7
Pursuit of Happiness
as Lorrraine
2001
4.7
Baby
as Byrd
2000
7.0
You've Got Mail
as Birdie Conrad
1998
6.7
Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World
as Mrs. Jenkins (voice)
1998
5.5
Chance of a Lifetime
as Mrs. Dunbar
1998
8.0
Style & Substance
as Gloria Utley
1998
0.0
Michael
as Pansy Milbank
1996
5.7
Everybody Loves Raymond
as Aunt Alda
1996
6.8
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
8.1
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
as Self
1996
3.9
Lily Dale
as Mrs. Coons
1996
2.0
Caroline in the City
as Aunt Mary Kosky
1995
6.4
Touched by an Angel
as Emma
1994
7.2
🎬
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle
as Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle
1994
0.0
Intimate Portrait
as Self
1993
4.5
Bury Me in Niagara
as Mildred
1993
4.0
Grace Under Fire
1993
5.6
The Trial
as Landlady (uncredited)
1993
5.9
Beakman's World
as Beakman's Mom
1992
8.1
The Habitation of Dragons
as Lenora Tolliver
1992
6.0
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
as Narrator (voice)
1992
10.0
Fire in the Dark
as Henry Dutton
1991
0.0
Funny Ladies: A Portrait of Women Cartoonists
as Narrator
1991
0.0
All in the Family: 20th Anniversary Special
1991
9.0
Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme
as Mother Goose
1990
4.6
Bagdad Cafe
as Jasmine Zweibel
1990
5.0
Murphy Brown
1988
6.4
🎬
Trying Times
1987
6.5
Dead Man's Folly
as Ariadne Oliver
1986
6.2
Cinderella
as Fairy Godmother
1985
7.0
Faerie Tale Theatre: Cinderella
as Fairy Godmother
1985
0.0
Gonzo Presents Muppet Weird Stuff
as Self
1985
0.0
The Ray Bradbury Theater
1985
6.8
The Buddy System
as Mrs. Price
1984
4.5
A Matter of Sex
as Irene Wallin
1984
7.5
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983
6.4
Jack and the Beanstalk
as The Giantess
1983
5.0
Faerie Tale Theatre
as The Giantess
1982
8.1
Faerie Tale Theatre
as The Fairy Godmother
1982
8.1
Eleanor, First Lady of the World
as Eleanor Roosevelt
1982
6.0
Isabel's Choice
as Isabel Cooper
1981
0.0
🎬
Good Evening Captain
as Self
1981
0.0
Angel Dusted
as Betty Eaton
1981
0.0
Aunt Mary
as Mary Dobkin
1979
7.0
Archie Bunker's Place
1979
6.5
The Muppets Go Hollywood
as Self
1979
6.2
You Can't Take it With You
as Penny Sycamore
1979
0.0
The Love Boat
1977
6.3
Tail Gunner Joe
as Mrs. DeCamp
1977
6.0
The Muppet Show
as Self - Special Guest Star
1976
8.0
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975
7.0
Cher
as Self
1975
6.2
Dinah!
as Self
1974
6.7
Acts of Love and Other Comedies
as Gina's Mother
1973
7.0
The Electric Company
1971
7.1
Klute
as Goldfarb’s Secretary
1971
6.7
Cold Turkey
as Mrs. Wappler
1971
6.2
Great Performances
as Helen
1971
5.8
All in the Family
as Edith Bunker
1971
7.8
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
1968
6.8
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self
1968
6.6
The Carol Burnett Show
as Self - Guest / Various Characters
1967
7.7
Up the Down Staircase
as Sadie Finch
1967
7.0
The Patty Duke Show
1963
5.6
The Eleventh Hour
1962
6.0
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
6.2
The Nurses
as Mrs. Montgomery
1962
4.2
Something Wild
as Shirley Johnson
1961
6.2
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4
Dr. Kildare
as Nurse Whitney
1961
5.5
The Defenders
as Mrs. Larsen
1961
5.9
Route 66
1960
6.3
My Three Sons
1960
6.5
Bells Are Ringing
as Sue
1960
6.3
Dennis the Menace
1959
6.5
Naked City
as Marilyn Konish
1958
5.5
Naked City
as Mrs. Trellis
1958
5.5
Damn Yankees
as Sister Miller
1958
6.4
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
1956
5.9
Tony Awards
as Self - Host
1956
5.9
🎬
Woman With A Past
1954
5.0
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Mary Dobkin
1951
8.6
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as Teacher
1950
6.3
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
5.6
The Philco Television Playhouse
as Bus Girl
1948
6.3
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
1944
7.2