Jean Stapleton

Actor

Born: January 19, 1923
Died: May 31, 2013 (age 90)
From: Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

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…

Filmography (40)

The Last Laugh (2016)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Television Revolution Begins: "All in the Family" Is On the Air (2009)
Self
Those Were the Days: The Birth of "All in the Family" (2009)
Self
Like Mother Like Son: The Strange Story of Sante and Kenny Kimes (2001)
Irene Silverman
Pursuit of Happiness (2001)
Lorraine
Baby (2000)
Byrd
You've Got Mail (1998)
Birdie Conrad
Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World (1998)
Mrs. Jenkins (voice)
Chance of a Lifetime (1998)
Mrs. Dunbar
Michael (1996)
Pansy Milbank
Lily Dale (1996)
Mrs. Coons
Bury Me in Niagara (1993)
Mildred
The Trial (1993)
Landlady (uncredited)
The Habitation of Dragons (1992)
Lenora Tolliver
Fire in the Dark (1991)
Henry Dutton
Funny Ladies: A Portrait of Women Cartoonists (1991)
Narrator
All in the Family: 20th Anniversary Special (1991)
Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme (1990)
Mother Goose
Dead Man's Folly (1986)
Ariadne Oliver
Cinderella (1985)
Fairy Godmother
Gonzo Presents Muppet Weird Stuff (1985)
Self
The Buddy System (1984)
Mrs. Price
A Matter of Sex (1984)
Irene Wallin
Jack and the Beanstalk (1983)
The Giantess
Something's Afoot (1982)
Miss Tweed
Eleanor, First Lady of the World (1982)
Eleanor Roosevelt
Isabel's Choice (1981)
Isabel Cooper
Good Evening Captain
Good Evening Captain (1981)
Self
Angel Dusted (1981)
Betty Eaton
Aunt Mary (1979)
Mary Dobkin