Jean Stapleton
Known for: Acting
Born: January 19, 1923
Died: May 31, 2013
Place of birth: Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
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".
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Filmography
40 movies · 50 TV shows, newest first
7.0
The Last Laugh
2016
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The Television Revolution Begins: "All in the Family" Is On the Air
2009
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Those Were the Days: The Birth of "All in the Family"
2009NR
TV Land Top 10
2004NR
TV Land Awards: A Celebration of Classic TV
2003
7.3
Like Mother Like Son: The Strange Story of Sante and Kenny Kimes
2001
5.4
Pursuit of Happiness
2001
8.0
Baby
2000
6.7
You've Got Mail
1998
5.6
Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World
1998
7.7
Chance of a Lifetime
1998
8.0
Style & Substance
1998
5.7
Michael
1996
6.8
Everybody Loves Raymond
1996
8.1
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
4.1
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
3.7
Lily Dale
1996
6.6
Caroline in the City
1995
7.2
Touched by an Angel
19948.0
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle
1994
4.5
Intimate Portrait
1993
6.5
Bury Me in Niagara
1993
5.6
Grace Under Fire
1993
6.0
The Trial
1993
8.4
Beakman's World
1992
6.0
The Habitation of Dragons
1992
9.5
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
1992
9.0
Fire in the Dark
1991
9.0
Funny Ladies: A Portrait of Women Cartoonists
1991
9.0
All in the Family: 20th Anniversary Special
1991NR
The General Motors Playwrights Theater
1991
5.3
Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme
1990
5.6
Bagdad Cafe
1990
6.5
Murphy Brown
19887.3
Trying Times
1987
6.4
Dead Man's Folly
1986
6.7
Cinderella
1985
8.5
Gonzo Presents Muppet Weird Stuff
1985
6.9
The Ray Bradbury Theater
1985
4.9
The Buddy System
1984
7.3
A Matter of Sex
1984
6.7
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983
5.0
Jack and the Beanstalk
1983
9.0
Something's Afoot
1982
8.1
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982
7.0
Eleanor, First Lady of the World
1982
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Isabel's Choice
1981
10.0
Good Evening, Captain
1981
9.0
Angel Dusted
1981
7.3
Aunt Mary
1979
7.0
You Can't Take it With You
1979
6.2
The Muppets Go Hollywood
1979
6.3
The Love Boat
1977
6.0
Tail Gunner Joe
1977
8.0
The Muppet Show
1976
6.9
Saturday Night Live
1975
7.0
Cher
1975
7.0
Dinah!
1974
7.0
Acts of Love and Other Comedies
1973
7.3
The Electric Company
1971
6.8
Klute
1971
6.3
Cold Turkey
1971
6.1
Great Performances
1971
7.8
All in the Family
1971
6.8
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
6.8
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
7.7
The Carol Burnett Show
1967
7.1
Up the Down Staircase
1967
6.2
The Patty Duke Show
1963
6.7
The Eleventh Hour
1962
6.8
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
5.8
The Nurses
1962
6.2
Something Wild
1961
5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
5.7
Dr. Kildare
1961
6.3
The Defenders
1961
6.7
Route 66
1960
6.6
My Three Sons
1960
6.5
Bells Are Ringing
1960
6.6
Dennis the Menace
1959
5.7
Naked City
1958
6.5
Damn Yankees
1958
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Tony Awards
19566.5
Woman With A Past
1954
8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
19516.7
Lux Video Theatre
1950
6.0
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
6.6
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
7.0
Golden Globe Awards
1944