Jean Stapleton
Acting
- Born:
- 1923-01-19
- Died:
- 2013-05-31
- Place of birth:
- Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
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".
Known For
Filmography
The Last Laugh
The Television Revolution Begins: "All in the Family" Is On the Air
Those Were the Days: The Birth of "All in the Family"
TV Land Top 10
TV Land Awards: A Celebration of Classic TV
Like Mother Like Son: The Strange Story of Sante and Kenny Kimes
Pursuit of Happiness
Baby
You've Got Mail
Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World
Chance of a Lifetime
Style & Substance
Michael
Everybody Loves Raymond
E! True Hollywood Story
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Lily Dale
Caroline in the City
Touched by an Angel
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle
Intimate Portrait
Bury Me in Niagara
Grace Under Fire
The Trial
Beakman's World
The Habitation of Dragons
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
Fire in the Dark
Funny Ladies: A Portrait of Women Cartoonists
All in the Family: 20th Anniversary Special
The General Motors Playwrights Theater
Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme
Bagdad Cafe
Murphy Brown
Trying Times
Dead Man's Folly
Cinderella
Gonzo Presents Muppet Weird Stuff
The Ray Bradbury Theater
The Buddy System
A Matter of Sex
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
Jack and the Beanstalk
Something's Afoot
Faerie Tale Theatre
Eleanor, First Lady of the World
Isabel's Choice
Good Evening, Captain
Angel Dusted
Aunt Mary
You Can't Take it With You
The Muppets Go Hollywood
The Love Boat
Tail Gunner Joe
The Muppet Show
Saturday Night Live
Cher
Dinah!
Acts of Love and Other Comedies
The Electric Company
Klute
Cold Turkey
Great Performances
All in the Family
The Dick Cavett Show
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
The Carol Burnett Show
Up the Down Staircase
The Patty Duke Show
The Eleventh Hour
The Merv Griffin Show
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Nurses
Something Wild
The Mike Douglas Show
Dr. Kildare
The Defenders
Route 66
My Three Sons
Bells Are Ringing
Dennis the Menace
Naked City
Damn Yankees
Tony Awards
Woman With A Past
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Lux Video Theatre
Robert Montgomery Presents
The Philco Television Playhouse
Golden Globe Awards