Cast & creator
Maureen Stapleton
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The Mike Douglas Show, The Mike Douglas Show
Lois Maureen Stapleton (June 21, 1925 – March 13, 2006) was an American actress. She was the recipient of an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, two Tony Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award, and is one of the few performers to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting.
Also known as: Lois Maureen Stapleton
66
film credits
20
television credits
86
1948–2003 · acting roles
6.6
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (86)
Showing 86 of 86 credits
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Taped Tribute
1961
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
1975
Great Performances
White Queen
1971
NOVA
Narrator (voice)
1974
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee
1956
Naked City
Abilene Hutchinson Bick
1958Naked City
Ruth Callan
1958
Studio One
Rachel Jackson
1948
The Philco Television Playhouse
Daughter
1948The Philco Television Playhouse
Mrs. Johnson
1948
The Equalizer
Emmy Rutherford
1985
Playhouse 90
Pilar
1956
The Money Pit
Estelle
1986
B.L. Stryker
Auntie Sue
1989
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Tanta Perla
1951
General Electric Theater
Ethel
1953
Cocoon
Mary Luckett
1985
Cocoon: The Return
Mary Luckett
1988
Laurence Olivier Presents
Big Mama
1976
Airport
Inez Guerrero
1970
Heartburn
Vera
1986
Addicted to Love
Nana
1997
Little Gloria... Happy at Last
Nurse Emma Kieslich
1982
Bye Bye Birdie
Mama Mae Peterson
1963
Reds
Emma Goldman
1981
Johnny Dangerously
Mom
1984
The Gathering
Kate
1977
Interiors
Pearl
1978
Night of 100 Stars
Self
1982
Summer of '42
Hermie's Mother (voice) (uncredited)
1971
Night of 100 Stars II
Self
1985
Made in Heaven
Aunt Lisa
1987
Passed Away
Mary Scanlan
1992
The Fan
Belle Goldman
1981
The Fugitive Kind
Vee Talbot
1960
The Muppets Go Hollywood
Self (uncredited)
1979
Nuts
Rose Kirk
1987Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
Self (voice)
1989
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Self
2003
Hello Actors Studio
Self
1988
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
Self
1994
Trading Mom
Mrs. Cavour, the Gardener
1994
On the Right Track
Mary the Bag Lady
1981
Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman
Self
1996
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Big Mama
1976
The Last Good Time
Ida Cutler
1994
Doin' Time on Planet Earth
Helium Balloon Saleslady
1988
All the King's Men
1958
Main Street to Broadway
Self (uncredited)
1953
Queen of the Stardust Ballroom
Bea Asher
1975
Last Wish
Ida Rollin
1992
Arthur Miller on Home Ground
Self
1979
The Runner Stumbles
Mrs. Shandig
1979
The Gathering, Part II
Kate Thornton
1979
Wilbur Falls
Wilbur Falls High Secretary
1998
Snow Cat
Grandma (voice)
1998
Letters from Frank
Betty Miller
1979
When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen
Self
1989
Liberace: Behind the Music
Frances Liberace
1988
Plaza Suite
Karen Nash
1971
Lost and Found
Jemmy
1979
A View from the Bridge
Beatrice Carbone
1962America and Lewis Hine
Voice
1984
Family Secrets
Maggie Lukauer
1984
Tell Me Where It Hurts
Connie
1974
Alice in Wonderland
White Queen
1983
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Pilar
1959
Private Sessions
Dr. Liz Bolger
1985
Sweet Lorraine
Lillian Garber
1987A Mother's Tale
Narrator
1976
Lonelyhearts
Fay Doyle
1959
Tennessee Williams' South
1973
Trilogy
Mary O'Meaghan
1969
Dig: A Journey Into Earth
Mother (voice)
1972Lincoln
Sarah Bush Lincoln (voice)
1992
Mirror, Mirror Off the Wall
Ruthie Maxwell
1969
Miss Rose White
Tanta Perla
1992
Montgomery Clift
Self
1983
The Electric Grandmother
Grandmother
1982
Voyage to Next
Mother Earth (voice)
1974
The Cosmic Eye
Mother Earth (voice)
1986
A Sunday Dinner
1974
Sentimental Journey
Ruthie
1984