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Jean Stapleton

Jean Stapleton

Actor · Born 1923-01-19 · Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

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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".

Movies & TV Shows

  1. You've Got Mail (1998) — Birdie Conrad
  2. Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World (1998) — Mrs. Jenkins (voice)
  3. Michael (1996) — Pansy Milbank
  4. Everybody Loves Raymond (1996) — Aunt Alda
  5. Klute (1971) — Goldfarb's Secretary
  6. Saturday Night Live (1975) — Self - Cameo (uncredited)
  7. The Muppet Show (1976) — Self - Special Guest Star
  8. The Love Boat (1977)
  9. Touched by an Angel (1994) — Emma
  10. All in the Family (1971) — Edith Bunker
  11. Murphy Brown (1988)
  12. E! True Hollywood Story (1996)
  13. The Carol Burnett Show (1967) — Self - Guest / Various Characters
  14. Dead Man's Folly (1986) — Ariadne Oliver
  15. Bells Are Ringing (1960) — Sue
  16. Beakman's World (1992) — Beakman's Mom
  17. Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1983)
  18. Damn Yankees (1958) — Sister Miller
  19. My Three Sons (1960)
  20. Something Wild (1961) — Shirley Johnson
  21. The Trial (1993) — Landlady (uncredited)
  22. Grace Under Fire (1993)
  23. The Ray Bradbury Theater (1985)
  24. Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1968) — Self
  25. Caroline in the City (1995) — Aunt Mary Kosky
  26. Dennis the Menace (1959)
  27. Cold Turkey (1971) — Mrs. Wappler
  28. Up the Down Staircase (1967) — Sadie Finch
  29. The Muppets Go Hollywood (1979) — Self
  30. The Electric Company (1971)
  31. Great Performances (1971) — Helen
  32. Faerie Tale Theatre (1982) — The Giantess
  33. The Dick Cavett Show (1968) — Self - Guest
  34. The Last Laugh (2016) — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
  35. Route 66 (1960)
  36. Golden Globe Awards (1944) — Self - Nominee
  37. Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme (1990) — Mother Goose
  38. Dr. Kildare (1961) — Nurse Whitney
  39. The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1996) — Self
  40. The Patty Duke Show (1963)