Jean Stapleton
Acting
Born 1923-01-19
Died 2013-05-31
Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
89 credits
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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".
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Saturday Night Live
The Mike Douglas Show
The Love Boat
Golden Globe Awards
Great Performances
Tony Awards
Everybody Loves Raymond
The Dick Cavett Show
Robert Montgomery Presents
The Merv Griffin Show
Touched by an Angel
My Three Sons
Murphy Brown
All in the Family
Dr. Kildare
Intimate Portrait
Naked City
The Carol Burnett Show
Route 66
The Philco Television Playhouse
Caroline in the City
The Defenders
Dinah!
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Faerie Tale Theatre
The Muppet Show
Grace Under Fire
The Ray Bradbury Theater
You've Got Mail
The Electric Company
The Patty Duke Show
Dennis the Menace
The Nurses
Lux Video Theatre
Beakman's World
The Eleventh Hour
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World
Cher
Michael
Klute
Lily Dale
E! True Hollywood Story
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Style & Substance
Bagdad Cafe
Gonzo Presents Muppet Weird Stuff
Aunt Mary
The General Motors Playwrights Theater
Tail Gunner Joe
Trying Times
Cold Turkey
The Last Laugh
Dead Man's Folly
The Trial
TV Land Awards: A Celebration of Classic TV
The Muppets Go Hollywood
Woman With A Past
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