Actor

Jean Stapleton

4 Movies

4 Credits

Personal Info

Known For Acting

Known Credits 4

Birthday January 19, 1923 (103 years old)

Place of Birth Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As Джин Стэплтон, جین استاپلتون

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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".

Filmography (88)

The Last Laugh 2016

The Television Revolution Begins: "All in the Family" Is On the Air 2009

Those Were the Days: The Birth of "All in the Family" 2009

TV Land Top 10 2004

TV Land Awards: A Celebration of Classic TV 2003

Pursuit of Happiness 2001

Like Mother Like Son: The Strange Story of Sante and Kenny Kimes 2001

Baby 2000

You've Got Mail 1998

Chance of a Lifetime 1998

Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World 1998

Style & Substance 1998

Michael 1996

Lily Dale 1996

The Rosie O'Donnell Show 1996

Everybody Loves Raymond 1996

E! True Hollywood Story 1996

Caroline in the City 1995

Touched by an Angel 1994

Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle 1994

Bury Me in Niagara 1993

The Trial 1993

Grace Under Fire 1993

Intimate Portrait 1993

The Habitation of Dragons 1992

Beakman's World 1992

Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories 1992

Funny Ladies: A Portrait of Women Cartoonists 1991

Fire in the Dark 1991

All in the Family: 20th Anniversary Special 1991

Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme 1990

Bagdad Cafe 1990

Murphy Brown 1988

Trying Times 1987

Dead Man's Folly 1986

Gonzo Presents Muppet Weird Stuff 1985

Cinderella 1985

The Ray Bradbury Theater 1985

The Buddy System 1984

A Matter of Sex 1984

Jack and the Beanstalk 1983

Scarecrow and Mrs. King 1983

Eleanor, First Lady of the World 1982

Something's Afoot 1982

Faerie Tale Theatre 1982

Good Evening Captain 1981

Angel Dusted 1981

Isabel's Choice 1981

Aunt Mary 1979

You Can't Take it With You 1979

The Muppets Go Hollywood 1979

Tail Gunner Joe 1977

The Love Boat 1977

The Muppet Show 1976

Cher 1975

Saturday Night Live 1975

Dinah! 1974

Acts of Love and Other Comedies 1973

Cold Turkey 1971 Klute 1971

All in the Family 1971

The Electric Company 1971

Great Performances 1971

The Dick Cavett Show 1968

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In 1968

Up the Down Staircase 1967

The Carol Burnett Show 1967

The Patty Duke Show 1963

The Eleventh Hour 1962

The Nurses 1962

The Merv Griffin Show 1962

Something Wild 1961

The Defenders 1961

Dr. Kildare 1961

The Mike Douglas Show 1961

Bells Are Ringing 1960

My Three Sons 1960

Route 66 1960

Dennis the Menace 1959

Damn Yankees 1958

Naked City 1958

Tony Awards 1956

Woman With A Past 1954

Hallmark Hall of Fame 1951

Lux Video Theatre 1950

Robert Montgomery Presents 1950

The Philco Television Playhouse 1948

Golden Globe Awards 1944

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