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Jean Stapleton

Cast & creator

Jean Stapleton

1923-01-19 (died at 90) Manhattan, New York City, New York, USAIMDb

Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The Mike Douglas Show, Saturday Night Live

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".

Also known as: Джин Стэплтон, جین استاپلتون

Movies

41

film credits

Series

54

television credits

Career

94

1944–2016 · acting roles

Credit score

6.8

average across scored titles

Signature credits

Known for

Ordered by popularity

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Self · 1962

The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show

Self · 1961

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

Self - Cameo (uncredited) · 1975

The Merv Griffin Show

The Merv Griffin Show

Self · 1962

The Love Boat

The Love Boat

Helen Branigan · 1977

Across film & television

Filmography (95)

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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Self

The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show

Self

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

Self - Cameo (uncredited)

The Merv Griffin Show

The Merv Griffin Show

Self

The Love Boat

The Love Boat

Helen Branigan

Great Performances

Great Performances

Helen

Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards

Self - Nominee

The Dick Cavett Show

The Dick Cavett Show

Self - Guest

Touched by an Angel

Touched by an Angel

Emma

Tony Awards

Tony Awards

Self - Host

Tony Awards

Tony Awards

Self - Presenter

Everybody Loves Raymond

Everybody Loves Raymond

Aunt Alda

Dr. Kildare

Dr. Kildare

Nurse Whitney

Robert Montgomery Presents

Robert Montgomery Presents

My Three Sons

My Three Sons

Naked City

Naked City

Marilyn Konish

Naked City

Naked City

Mrs. Trellis

Intimate Portrait

Intimate Portrait

Self

The Carol Burnett Show

The Carol Burnett Show

Self - Guest / Various Characters

Murphy Brown

Murphy Brown

The Philco Television Playhouse

The Philco Television Playhouse

Bus Girl

The Defenders

The Defenders

Mrs. Larsen

Route 66

Route 66

All in the Family

All in the Family

Edith Bunker

All in the Family

All in the Family

Theme Song Performance

Caroline in the City

Caroline in the City

Aunt Mary Kosky

Dinah!

Dinah!

Self

Scarecrow and Mrs. King

Scarecrow and Mrs. King

The Electric Company

The Electric Company

You've Got Mail

You've Got Mail

Birdie Conrad

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

Self

Dennis the Menace

Dennis the Menace

Grace Under Fire

Grace Under Fire

The Ray Bradbury Theater

The Ray Bradbury Theater

The Muppet Show

The Muppet Show

Self - Special Guest Star

The Patty Duke Show

The Patty Duke Show

Lux Video Theatre

Teacher

Faerie Tale Theatre

Faerie Tale Theatre

The Giantess

Faerie Tale Theatre

Faerie Tale Theatre

The Fairy Godmother

The Nurses

The Nurses

Mrs. Montgomery

Beakman's World

Beakman's World

Beakman's Mom

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

Self

The Eleventh Hour

The Eleventh Hour

The General Motors Playwrights Theater

Emilie

Woman With A Past

Cher

Cher

Self

Style & Substance

Style & Substance

Gloria Utley

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Mary Dobkin

Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories

Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories

Narrator (voice)

Bagdad Cafe

Bagdad Cafe

Jasmine Zweibel

Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World

Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World

Mrs. Jenkins (voice)

E! True Hollywood Story

E! True Hollywood Story

Trying Times

Michael

Michael

Pansy Milbank

Klute

Klute

Goldfarb's Secretary

TV Land Awards: A Celebration of Classic TV

Dead Man's Folly

Dead Man's Folly

Ariadne Oliver

Up the Down Staircase

Up the Down Staircase

Sadie Finch

Bells Are Ringing

Bells Are Ringing

Sue

The Last Laugh

The Last Laugh

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Cold Turkey

Cold Turkey

Mrs. Wappler

The Muppets Go Hollywood

The Muppets Go Hollywood

Self (uncredited)

Aunt Mary

Aunt Mary

Mary Dobkin

Fire in the Dark

Fire in the Dark

Henry Dutton

The Trial

The Trial

Landlady (uncredited)

Bury Me in Niagara

Bury Me in Niagara

Mildred

Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme

Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme

Mother Goose

Cinderella

Cinderella

Fairy Godmother

Acts of Love and Other Comedies

Acts of Love and Other Comedies

Gina's Mother

The Buddy System

The Buddy System

Mrs. Price

A Matter of Sex

A Matter of Sex

Irene Wallin

Gonzo Presents Muppet Weird Stuff

Gonzo Presents Muppet Weird Stuff

Self

Something Wild

Something Wild

Shirley Johnson

Tail Gunner Joe

Tail Gunner Joe

Mrs. DeCamp

Chance of a Lifetime

Chance of a Lifetime

Mrs. Dunbar

TV Land Top 10

Lily Dale

Lily Dale

Mrs. Coons

Like Mother Like Son: The Strange Story of Sante and Kenny Kimes

Like Mother Like Son: The Strange Story of Sante and Kenny Kimes

Irene Silverman

You Can't Take it With You

You Can't Take it With You

Penny Sycamore

The Habitation of Dragons

The Habitation of Dragons

Lenora Tolliver

Jack and the Beanstalk

Jack and the Beanstalk

The Giantess

Eleanor, First Lady of the World

Eleanor, First Lady of the World

Eleanor Roosevelt

Damn Yankees

Damn Yankees

Sister Miller

Pursuit of Happiness

Pursuit of Happiness

Lorraine

Pursuit of Happiness

Pursuit of Happiness

Lorrraine

The Television Revolution Begins: "All in the Family" Is On the Air

The Television Revolution Begins: "All in the Family" Is On the Air

Self

Those Were the Days: The Birth of "All in the Family"

Those Were the Days: The Birth of "All in the Family"

Self

All in the Family: 20th Anniversary Special

All in the Family: 20th Anniversary Special

Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle

Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle

Baby

Baby

Byrd

Isabel's Choice

Isabel's Choice

Isabel Cooper

Good Evening, Captain

Good Evening, Captain

Self

Angel Dusted

Angel Dusted

Betty Eaton

Funny Ladies: A Portrait of Women Cartoonists

Funny Ladies: A Portrait of Women Cartoonists

Narrator

Something's Afoot

Something's Afoot

Miss Tweed