Jean Stapleton
Acting
1923-01-19 · Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
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".
Filmography
The Last Laugh
2016 · Movie
The Television Revolution Begins: "All in the Family" Is On the Air
2009 · Movie
Those Were the Days: The Birth of "All in the Family"
2009 · Movie
TV Land Top 10
2004 · Series
TV Land Awards: A Celebration of Classic TV
2003 · Series
Like Mother Like Son: The Strange Story of Sante and Kenny Kimes
2001 · Movie
Pursuit of Happiness
2001 · Movie
Baby
2000 · Movie
You've Got Mail
1998 · Movie
Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World
1998 · Movie
Chance of a Lifetime
1998 · Movie
Style & Substance
1998 · Series
Michael
1996 · Movie
Everybody Loves Raymond
1996 · Series
E! True Hollywood Story
1996 · Series
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996 · Series
Lily Dale
1996 · Movie
Caroline in the City
1995 · Series
Touched by an Angel
1994 · Series
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle
1994 · Series
Intimate Portrait
1993 · Series
Bury Me in Niagara
1993 · Movie
Grace Under Fire
1993 · Series
The Trial
1993 · Movie
Beakman's World
1992 · Series
The Habitation of Dragons
1992 · Movie
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
1992 · Series
Fire in the Dark
1991 · Movie
Funny Ladies: A Portrait of Women Cartoonists
1991 · Movie
All in the Family: 20th Anniversary Special
1991 · Movie
The General Motors Playwrights Theater
1991 · Series
Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme
1990 · Movie
Bagdad Cafe
1990 · Series
Murphy Brown
1988 · Series
Trying Times
1987 · Series
Dead Man's Folly
1986 · Movie
Cinderella
1985 · Movie
Gonzo Presents Muppet Weird Stuff
1985 · Movie
The Ray Bradbury Theater
1985 · Series
The Buddy System
1984 · Movie
A Matter of Sex
1984 · Movie
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983 · Series
Jack and the Beanstalk
1983 · Movie
Something's Afoot
1982 · Movie
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982 · Series
Eleanor, First Lady of the World
1982 · Movie
Isabel's Choice
1981 · Movie
Good Evening Captain
1981 · Movie
Angel Dusted
1981 · Movie
Aunt Mary
1979 · Movie
The Muppets Go Hollywood
1979 · Movie
You Can't Take it With You
1979 · Movie
The Love Boat
1977 · Series
Tail Gunner Joe
1977 · Movie
The Muppet Show
1976 · Series
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Series
Cher
1975 · Series
Dinah!
1974 · Series
Acts of Love and Other Comedies
1973 · Movie
The Electric Company
1971 · Series
Klute
1971 · Movie
Cold Turkey
1971 · Movie
Great Performances
1971 · Series
All in the Family
1971 · Series
The Dick Cavett Show
1968 · Series
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968 · Series
The Carol Burnett Show
1967 · Series
Up the Down Staircase
1967 · Movie
The Patty Duke Show
1963 · Series
The Eleventh Hour
1962 · Series
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Series
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Series
The Nurses
1962 · Series
Something Wild
1961 · Movie
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Series
Dr. Kildare
1961 · Series
The Defenders
1961 · Series
Route 66
1960 · Series
My Three Sons
1960 · Series
Bells Are Ringing
1960 · Movie
Dennis the Menace
1959 · Series
Naked City
1958 · Series
Damn Yankees
1958 · Movie
Tony Awards
1956 · Series
Woman With A Past
1954 · Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Series
Lux Video Theatre
1950 · Series
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950 · Series
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948 · Series
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · Series