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