Jean Stapleton
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
The Love Boat
Great Performances
Helen
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
Tony Awards
Self - Host
Everybody Loves Raymond
Aunt Alda
Dr. Kildare
Nurse Whitney
The Carol Burnett Show
Self - Guest / Various Characters
Intimate Portrait
Self
Touched by an Angel
Emma
Naked City
Marilyn Konish
Naked City
Mrs. Trellis
The Philco Television Playhouse
Bus Girl
Robert Montgomery Presents
Route 66
Murphy Brown
Caroline in the City
Aunt Mary Kosky
My Three Sons
The Defenders
Mrs. Larsen
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
All in the Family
Edith Bunker
Faerie Tale Theatre
The Giantess
Faerie Tale Theatre
The Fairy Godmother
Dinah!
Self
The Muppet Show
Self - Special Guest Star
Dennis the Menace
The Ray Bradbury Theater
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self
You've Got Mail
Birdie Conrad
Grace Under Fire
Archie Bunker's Place
Lux Video Theatre
Teacher
Bells Are Ringing
Sue
Pursuit of Happiness
Lorraine
Pursuit of Happiness
Lorrraine
Cher
Self
Up the Down Staircase
Sadie Finch
The Nurses
Mrs. Montgomery
The Patty Duke Show
Beakman's World
Beakman's Mom
Funny Ladies: A Portrait of Women Cartoonists
Narrator
Tail Gunner Joe
Mrs. DeCamp
Michael
Pansy Milbank
The Eleventh Hour
The Electric Company
Cinderella
Fairy Godmother
Lily Dale
Mrs. Coons
Aunt Mary
Mary Dobkin
Baby
Byrd
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
Narrator (voice)
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Mary Dobkin
Bury Me in Niagara
Mildred
Bagdad Cafe
Jasmine Zweibel
Klute
Goldfarb’s Secretary
Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World
Mrs. Jenkins (voice)
Style & Substance
Gloria Utley
Trying Times
E! True Hollywood Story
Woman With A Past
Dead Man's Folly
Ariadne Oliver
Cold Turkey
Mrs. Wappler
Gonzo Presents Muppet Weird Stuff
Self
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle
Good Evening Captain
Self
TV Land Awards: A Celebration of Classic TV
The Last Laugh
Self
The Trial
Landlady (uncredited)
Damn Yankees
Sister Miller
Chance of a Lifetime
Mrs. Dunbar
The Muppets Go Hollywood
Self
A Matter of Sex
Irene Wallin
Something Wild
Shirley Johnson
TV Land Top 10
Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme
Mother Goose
Isabel's Choice
Isabel Cooper
The Buddy System
Mrs. Price
You Can't Take it With You
Penny Sycamore
Fire in the Dark
Henry Dutton
Jack and the Beanstalk
The Giantess
Like Mother Like Son: The Strange Story of Sante and Kenny Kimes
Irene Silverman
Angel Dusted
Betty Eaton
The Habitation of Dragons
Lenora Tolliver
Faerie Tale Theatre: Cinderella
Fairy Godmother
All in the Family: 20th Anniversary Special
Acts of Love and Other Comedies
Gina's Mother
Eleanor, First Lady of the World
Eleanor Roosevelt
The Television Revolution Begins: "All in the Family" Is On the Air
Self
Those Were the Days: The Birth of "All in the Family"
Self
Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self