Jean Stapleton
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 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
Pansy Milbank
Michael
Lorraine
Pursuit of Happiness
Ariadne Oliver
Dead Man's Folly
Birdie Conrad
You've Got Mail
Sister Miller
Damn Yankees
Mrs. Wappler
Cold Turkey
Sadie Finch
Up the Down Staircase
Sue
Bells Are Ringing
Self
Good Evening Captain
Mrs. Price
The Buddy System
Self
Gonzo Presents Muppet Weird Stuff
Shirley Johnson
Something Wild
Self
The Television Revolution Begins: "All in the Family" Is On the Air
Self
Those Were the Days: The Birth of "All in the Family"
Byrd
Baby
Mrs. Dunbar
Chance of a Lifetime
Betty Eaton
Angel Dusted
Mrs. Coons
Lily Dale
Self
The Last Laugh
Narrator
Funny Ladies: A Portrait of Women Cartoonists
Goldfarb’s Secretary
Klute
Mary Dobkin
Aunt Mary
Eleanor Roosevelt
Eleanor, First Lady of the World
Mrs. DeCamp
Tail Gunner Joe
Penny Sycamore
You Can't Take it With You
Henry Dutton
Fire in the Dark
Mrs. Jenkins (voice)
Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World
Irene Wallin
A Matter of Sex
Gina's Mother
Acts of Love and Other Comedies
Mildred
Bury Me in Niagara
The Giantess
Jack and the Beanstalk
Fairy Godmother
Cinderella
Irene Silverman
Like Mother Like Son: The Strange Story of Sante and Kenny Kimes
Lorrraine
Pursuit of Happiness
Landlady (uncredited)
The Trial
Isabel Cooper
Isabel's Choice
Mother Goose
Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme
Lenora Tolliver
The Habitation of Dragons
Self
The Muppets Go Hollywood
All in the Family: 20th Anniversary Special
Fairy Godmother
Faerie Tale Theatre: Cinderella
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
41
Gender
Female
Birthday
1923-01-19
Place of Birth
Manhattan, New York, US
Also Known As
Джин Стэплтон