Jean Stapleton
Acting
Born: 1923-01-19 · Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Died: 2013-05-31
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
🎬 Movies (20)
The Last Laugh
2016
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Television Revolution Begins: "All in the Family" Is On the Air
2009
Self
Those Were the Days: The Birth of "All in the Family"
2009
Self
Like Mother Like Son: The Strange Story of Sante and Kenny Kimes
2001
Irene Silverman
Pursuit of Happiness
2001
Lorraine
Pursuit of Happiness
2001
Lorrraine
Baby
2000
Byrd
You've Got Mail
1998
Birdie Conrad
Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World
1998
Mrs. Jenkins (voice)
Chance of a Lifetime
1998
Mrs. Dunbar
Michael
1996
Pansy Milbank
Lily Dale
1996
Mrs. Coons
Bury Me in Niagara
1993
Mildred
The Trial
1993
Landlady (uncredited)
The Habitation of Dragons
1992
Lenora Tolliver
Fire in the Dark
1991
Henry Dutton
Funny Ladies: A Portrait of Women Cartoonists
1991
Narrator
All in the Family: 20th Anniversary Special
1991
Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme
1990
Mother Goose
Dead Man's Folly
1986
Ariadne Oliver
📺 TV Shows (20)
TV Land Top 10
2004
TV Land Awards: A Celebration of Classic TV
2003
Style & Substance
1998
Gloria Utley
Everybody Loves Raymond
1996
Aunt Alda
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
Self
Caroline in the City
1995
Aunt Mary Kosky
Touched by an Angel
1994
Emma
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle
1994
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle
Intimate Portrait
1993
Self
Grace Under Fire
1993
Beakman's World
1992
Beakman's Mom
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
1992
Narrator (voice)
Bagdad Cafe
1990
Jasmine Zweibel
Murphy Brown
1988
Trying Times
1987
The Ray Bradbury Theater
1985
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982
The Giantess
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982
The Fairy Godmother