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