
Jean Stapleton
- Date of Birth: 1923-01-19
- Date of Death: 2013-05-31
- Place of Birth: Manhattan, New York, US
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 ... 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".

All in the Family
Comedy • 1971 January

The Carol Burnett Show
Comedy, Family • 1967 September

A Matter of Sex
Drama, TV Movie • 1984 January

Touched by an Angel
Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama, Family • 1994 September

The Electric Company
Comedy, Family • 1971 October

Cinderella
Romance, Fantasy, TV Movie • 1985 August

Up the Down Staircase
Drama • 1967 June

Acts of Love and Other Comedies
Comedy, TV Movie • 1973 March

Like Mother Like Son: The Strange Story of Sante and Kenny Kimes
Drama, Crime, Thriller, TV Movie • 2001 May

The Ray Bradbury Theater
Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama • 1985 May