Jean Stapleton
Highest Rated: 93% Klute (1971)
Lowest Rated: 29% The Trial (1993)
Birthday: Jan 19, 1923
Birthplace: New York, New York, USA
Having caterwauled her way into American livings rooms with her weekly rendition of "Those Were the Days" and her TV chair winding up residing in the Smithsonian along with her bigoted TV husband's, Jean Stapleton defied all Hollywood convention and played no small part in changing America's very culture with her integral role on the groundbreaking Norman Lear sitcom, "All in the Family" (CBS, 1971-79). A lifelong character actress who achieved household-name status weathering the baleful verbal assaults of her linear-thinking TV husband Archie Bunker, Stapleton played the shrill-voiced Edith with such comic yet empathetic aplomb that she became an almost ironic light in the women's rights movement. She would build upon her social-minded legacy after the show ended by way of a 20-year, off-and-on succession of jobs playing the social activist and diplomat Eleanor Roosevelt on stage and screen. Far from a typical leading-lady type, she nevertheless earned unqualified primacy as a television actress, garnering three Emmy Awards during her "All in the Family" run and endearing Edith in American households as a symbol of simple common decency steadfast amid troubled times and ignorant bluster. She effectively retired from screen acting in 2001 and died in May 2013 at the age of 90.
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Jean Stapleton
Filmography
Movies
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Pursuit of Happiness | Lorraine (Character) | - | 2001 |
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Like Mother, Like Son: The Strange Story of Sante and Kenny Kimes | Irene Silverman (Character) | - | 2001 |
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Baby | Byrd (Character) | - | 2000 |
70% |
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You've Got Mail | Birdie Conrad (Character) | $115.7M | 1998 |
29% |
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Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World | Mrs. Jenkins (Voice) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Chance of a Lifetime | Mrs. Dunbar (Character) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lily Dale | Mrs. Coons (Character) | - | 1996 |
36% |
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Michael | Pansy Milbank (Character) | $95.3M | 1996 |
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Ghost Mom | Mildred (Character) | - | 1993 |
29% |
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The Trial | Landlady (Character) | - | 1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Habitation of Dragons | Lenora Tolliver (Character) | - | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fire in the Dark | Henny (Character) | - | 1991 |
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Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme | Unknown (Character) | - | 1990 |
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Dead Man's Folly | Ariadne Oliver (Character) | - | 1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Something's Afoot | Miss Tweed (Character) | - | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Grown Ups | Helen (Character) | - | 1985 |
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A Matter of Sex | Irene (Character) | - | 1984 |
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The Buddy System | Mrs. Price (Character) | - | 1984 |
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Eleanor, First Lady of the World | Eleanor Roosevelt (Character) | - | 1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Angel Dusted | Betty Eaton (Character) | - | 1981 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Isabel's Choice | Isabel Cooper (Character) | - | 1981 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Aunt Mary | Mary Dobkin (Character) | - | 1979 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | You Can't Take It With You | Penny Sycamore (Character) | - | 1979 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tail Gunner Joe | Mrs. DeCamp (Character) | - | 1977 |
93% |
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Klute | Goldfarb's Secretary (Character) | - | 1971 |
60% |
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Cold Turkey | Mrs. Wappler (Character) | - | 1971 |
78% |
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Up the Down Staircase | Sadie Finch (Character) | - | 1967 |
50% |
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Something Wild | Shirley Johnson (Character) | - | 1961 |
82% |
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Bells Are Ringing | Sue (Character) | - | 1960 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Touched by an Angel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2000 |
33% | No Score Yet | Style & Substance | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1998 |
No Score Yet | 86% | Everybody Loves Raymond | Aunt Alda (Guest Star) | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Murphy Brown | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Caroline in the City | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Ray Bradbury Theater | Grandma (Character) | 1992 |
66% | No Score Yet | Archie Bunker's Place | Unknown (Character) | 1979 |
No Score Yet | 89% | All in the Family | Edith Bunker (Character) | 1971-1979 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Carol Burnett Show | Guest | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | Guest | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | My Three Sons | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1964 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dr. Kildare | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1961 |