People
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... Read More
Movies:
Title | Release date |
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The Last Laugh as Self | 2016-04-18 |
The Television Revolution Begins: "All in the Family" Is On the Air as Self | 2009-06-09 |
Those Were the Days: The Birth of "All in the Family" as Self | 2009-06-09 |
Like Mother Like Son: The Strange Story of Sante and Kenny Kimes as Irene Silverman | 2001-05-20 |
Pursuit of Happiness as Lorraine | 2001-01-17 |
Pursuit of Happiness as Lorrraine | 2001-01-17 |
Baby as Byrd | 2000-10-08 |
You've Got Mail as Birdie Conrad | 1998-12-18 |
Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World as Mrs. Jenkins (voice) | 1998-08-04 |
Chance of a Lifetime as Mrs. Dunbar | 1998-03-29 |
Michael as Pansy Milbank | 1996-12-25 |
Lily Dale as Mrs. Coons | 1996-06-09 |
Bury Me in Niagara as Mildred | 1993-10-31 |
The Trial as Landlady (uncredited) | 1993-06-18 |
The Habitation of Dragons as Lenora Tolliver | 1992-09-08 |
Fire in the Dark as Henry Dutton | 1991-07-01 |
Funny Ladies: A Portrait of Women Cartoonists as Narrator | 1991-06-05 |
All in the Family: 20th Anniversary Special | 1991-02-16 |
Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme as Mother Goose | 1990-05-19 |
Dead Man's Folly as Ariadne Oliver | 1986-01-08 |
Cinderella as Fairy Godmother | 1985-08-14 |
Gonzo Presents Muppet Weird Stuff as Self | 1985-07-09 |
The Buddy System as Mrs. Price | 1984-05-04 |
A Matter of Sex as Irene Wallin | 1984-01-01 |
Jack and the Beanstalk as The Giantess | 1983-09-08 |
Eleanor, First Lady of the World as Eleanor Roosevelt | 1982-05-12 |
Isabel's Choice as Isabel Cooper | 1981-12-16 |
Angel Dusted as Betty Eaton | 1981-02-11 |
Aunt Mary as Mary Dobkin | 1979-12-05 |
You Can't Take it With You as Penny Sycamore | 1979-05-16 |
The Muppets Go Hollywood as Self | 1979-05-16 |
Tail Gunner Joe as Mrs. DeCamp | 1977-02-06 |
Acts of Love and Other Comedies as Gina's Mother | 1973-03-15 |
Klute as Goldfarb’s Secretary | 1971-06-23 |
Cold Turkey as Mrs. Wappler | 1971-02-19 |
Up the Down Staircase as Sadie Finch | 1967-06-28 |
Something Wild as Shirley Johnson | 1961-12-23 |
Bells Are Ringing as Sue | 1960-06-23 |
Damn Yankees as Sister Miller | 1958-09-26 |