Jean Stapleton
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".
88 acting credits
Acting · 88
Saturday Night Live
1975
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Golden Globe Awards
1944
The Love Boat
1977
Great Performances
1971
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
Dr. Kildare
1961
Everybody Loves Raymond
1996
Touched by an Angel
1994
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
Tony Awards
1956
Naked City
1958
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
The Carol Burnett Show
1967
My Three Sons
1960
Route 66
1960
Caroline in the City
1995
The Defenders
1961
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983
All in the Family
1971
Intimate Portrait
1993
Murphy Brown
1988
Dinah!
1974
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982
Dennis the Menace
1959
Grace Under Fire
1993
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
The Ray Bradbury Theater
1985
The Muppet Show
1976
The Electric Company
1971
The Patty Duke Show
1963
Lux Video Theatre
1950
The Eleventh Hour
1962
Beakman's World
1992
The Nurses
1962
Cher
1975
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
You've Got Mail
1998
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
1992
Style & Substance
1998
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Michael
1996
Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World
1998
Bagdad Cafe
1990
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Klute
1971
Woman With A Past
1954
The Last Laugh
2016
Trying Times
1987
TV Land Awards: A Celebration of Classic TV
2003
Dead Man's Folly
1986
The Muppets Go Hollywood
1979
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle
1994
Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme
1990
Something Wild
1961
Bells Are Ringing
1960
Baby
2000
Tail Gunner Joe
1977
You Can't Take it With You
1979
Cold Turkey
1971
Up the Down Staircase
1967
Lily Dale
1996
Fire in the Dark
1991
The Trial
1993
Angel Dusted
1981
The Habitation of Dragons
1992
Pursuit of Happiness
2001
Cinderella
1985
Damn Yankees
1958
Aunt Mary
1979
The Television Revolution Begins: "All in the Family" Is On the Air
2009
The Buddy System
1984
TV Land Top 10
2004
Chance of a Lifetime
1998
Gonzo Presents Muppet Weird Stuff
1985
Bury Me in Niagara
1993
Acts of Love and Other Comedies
1973
Isabel's Choice
1981
Like Mother Like Son: The Strange Story of Sante and Kenny Kimes
2001
All in the Family: 20th Anniversary Special
1991
Eleanor, First Lady of the World
1982
A Matter of Sex
1984
Those Were the Days: The Birth of "All in the Family"
2009
Jack and the Beanstalk
1983
Funny Ladies: A Portrait of Women Cartoonists
1991
Good Evening Captain
1981
Something's Afoot
1982