Jean Stapleton

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Role

Actress

Date of birth

01/19/1923

Date of death

05/31/2013

Place of birth

Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Awards

5 wins & 14 nominations

Primetime Emmy Awards
Primetime Emmy Awards

3 wins & 7 nominations

Golden Globes, USA
Golden Globes, USA

2 wins & 7 nominations

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

Klute

Klute

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Michael

Michael

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You've Got Mail

You've Got Mail

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Role: Birdie Conrad
Klute

Klute

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Role: Goldfarb's Secretary
Michael

Michael

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Role: Pansy Milbank
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Role: Sue
Damn Yankees

Damn Yankees

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Role: Sister Miller
Cold Turkey

Cold Turkey

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Role: Mrs. Wappler
The Trial

The Trial

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Role: Landlady (uncredited)
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Role: Sadie Finch
Something Wild

Something Wild

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Role: Shirley Johnson
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Role: Mrs. Price
The Last Laugh

The Last Laugh

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Role: Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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Role: Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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Role: Lorraine
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Role: Edith Bunker - All in the Family (archiveFootage)
Waiting to Act

Waiting to Act

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Role: Self
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Role: Self (archiveFootage)
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Funny Ladies

Funny Ladies

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Role: Narrator (voice)
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