Jean Stapleton
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderFemale
Birthday19 January 1923
Died31 May 2013 (age 90)
Place of birthManhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Known credits90
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…
The Last Laugh
2016 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Television Revolution Begins: "All in the Family" Is On the Air
2009 · Self
Those Were the Days: The Birth of "All in the Family"
2009 · Self
TV Land Top 10
2004
TV Land Awards: A Celebration of Classic TV
2003
Like Mother Like Son: The Strange Story of Sante and Kenny Kimes
2001 · Irene Silverman
Pursuit of Happiness
2001 · Lorraine
Pursuit of Happiness
2001 · Lorrraine
Baby
2000 · Byrd
You've Got Mail
1998 · Birdie Conrad
Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World
1998 · Mrs. Jenkins (voice)
Chance of a Lifetime
1998 · Mrs. Dunbar
Style & Substance
1998 · Gloria Utley
Michael
1996 · Pansy Milbank
Everybody Loves Raymond
1996 · Aunt Alda
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996 · Self
Lily Dale
1996 · Mrs. Coons
Caroline in the City
1995 · Aunt Mary Kosky
Touched by an Angel
1994 · Emma
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle
1994 · Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle
Intimate Portrait
1993 · Self
Bury Me in Niagara
1993 · Mildred
Grace Under Fire
1993
The Trial
1993 · Landlady (uncredited)
Beakman's World
1992 · Beakman's Mom
The Habitation of Dragons
1992 · Lenora Tolliver
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
1992 · Narrator (voice)
Fire in the Dark
1991 · Henry Dutton
Funny Ladies: A Portrait of Women Cartoonists
1991 · Narrator
All in the Family: 20th Anniversary Special
1991
The General Motors Playwrights Theater
1991 · Emilie
Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme
1990 · Mother Goose
Bagdad Cafe
1990 · Jasmine Zweibel
Murphy Brown
1988
Trying Times
1987
Dead Man's Folly
1986 · Ariadne Oliver
Cinderella
1985 · Fairy Godmother
Gonzo Presents Muppet Weird Stuff
1985 · Self
The Ray Bradbury Theater
1985
The Buddy System
1984 · Mrs. Price
A Matter of Sex
1984 · Irene Wallin
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983
Jack and the Beanstalk
1983 · The Giantess
Something's Afoot
1982 · Miss Tweed
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982 · The Giantess
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982 · The Fairy Godmother
Eleanor, First Lady of the World
1982 · Eleanor Roosevelt
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