Jean Stapleton
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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
Credits
You've Got Mail (1998)
as Birdie Conrad
Klute (1971)
as Goldfarb's Secretary
Michael (1996)
as Pansy Milbank
Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World (1998)
as Mrs. Jenkins (voice)
Aunt Mary (1979)
as Mary Dobkin
Cold Turkey (1971)
as Mrs. Wappler
Lily Dale (1996)
as Mrs. Coons
Dead Man's Folly (1986)
as Ariadne Oliver
The Trial (1993)
as Landlady (uncredited)
Up the Down Staircase (1967)
as Sadie Finch
Bells Are Ringing (1960)
as Sue
The Last Laugh (2016)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Something Wild (1961)
as Shirley Johnson
Baby (2000)
as Byrd
Damn Yankees (1958)
as Sister Miller
The Muppets Go Hollywood (1979)
as Self
Pursuit of Happiness (2001)
as Lorraine
The Buddy System (1984)
as Mrs. Price
Tail Gunner Joe (1977)
as Mrs. DeCamp
Cinderella (1985)
as Fairy Godmother
Fire in the Dark (1991)
as Henry Dutton
Angel Dusted (1981)
as Betty Eaton
Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme (1990)
as Mother Goose
Gonzo Presents Muppet Weird Stuff (1985)
as Self
Isabel's Choice (1981)
as Isabel Cooper
A Matter of Sex (1984)
as Irene Wallin
Like Mother Like Son: The Strange Story of Sante and Kenny Kimes (2001)
as Irene Silverman
The Habitation of Dragons (1992)
as Lenora Tolliver
Bury Me in Niagara (1993)
as Mildred
Chance of a Lifetime (1998)
as Mrs. Dunbar
Good Evening Captain (1981)
as Self
You Can't Take it With You (1979)
as Penny Sycamore
Eleanor, First Lady of the World (1982)
as Eleanor Roosevelt
All in the Family: 20th Anniversary Special (1991)
Actor
Those Were the Days: The Birth of "All in the Family" (2009)
as Self
Acts of Love and Other Comedies (1973)
as Gina's Mother
Jack and the Beanstalk (1983)
as The Giantess
The Television Revolution Begins: "All in the Family" Is On the Air (2009)
as Self
Funny Ladies: A Portrait of Women Cartoonists (1991)
as Narrator
Something's Afoot (1982)
as Miss Tweed