Actor
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 ...

Known For
Acting
2016 -- The Last Laugh | Self
2009 -- Those Were the Days: The Birth of "All in the Family" | Self
2009 -- The Television Revolution Begins: "All in the Family" Is On the Air | Self
2001 -- Like Mother Like Son: The Strange Story of Sante and Kenny Kimes | Irene Silverman
2001 -- Pursuit of Happiness | Lorrraine
2001 -- Pursuit of Happiness | Lorraine
2000 -- Baby | Byrd
1998 -- You've Got Mail | Birdie Conrad
1998 -- Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World | Mrs. Jenkins (voice)
1998 -- Chance of a Lifetime | Mrs. Dunbar
1996 -- Michael | Pansy Milbank
1996 -- Lily Dale | Mrs. Coons
1993 -- Bury Me in Niagara | Mildred
1993 -- The Trial | Landlady (uncredited)
1992 -- The Habitation of Dragons | Lenora Tolliver
1991 -- Fire in the Dark | Henry Dutton
1991 -- Funny Ladies: A Portrait of Women Cartoonists | Narrator
1991 -- All in the Family: 20th Anniversary Special |
1990 -- Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme | Mother Goose
1986 -- Dead Man's Folly | Ariadne Oliver
1985 -- Cinderella | Fairy Godmother
1985 -- Faerie Tale Theatre: Cinderella | Fairy Godmother
1985 -- Gonzo Presents Muppet Weird Stuff | Self
1984 -- The Buddy System | Mrs. Price
1984 -- A Matter of Sex | Irene Wallin
1983 -- Jack and the Beanstalk | The Giantess
1982 -- Eleanor, First Lady of the World | Eleanor Roosevelt
1981 -- Isabel's Choice | Isabel Cooper
1981 -- Good Evening Captain | Self
1981 -- Angel Dusted | Betty Eaton
1979 -- Aunt Mary | Mary Dobkin
1979 -- The Muppets Go Hollywood | Self
1979 -- You Can't Take it With You | Penny Sycamore
1977 -- Tail Gunner Joe | Mrs. DeCamp
1973 -- Acts of Love and Other Comedies | Gina's Mother
1971 -- Klute | Goldfarb’s Secretary
1971 -- Cold Turkey | Mrs. Wappler
1967 -- Up the Down Staircase | Sadie Finch
1961 -- Something Wild | Shirley Johnson
1960 -- Bells Are Ringing | Sue
1958 -- Damn Yankees | Sister Miller
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