Jean Stapleton
Acting
Biography
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".
Born: January 19, 1923
Place of Birth: Manhattan, New York, US
Known For
Filmography
as Self
as Irene Silverman
as Lorraine
as Lorrraine
as Byrd
as Birdie Conrad
as Mrs. Jenkins (voice)
as Mrs. Dunbar
as Gloria Utley
as Pansy Milbank
as Aunt Alda
as Self
as Mrs. Coons
as Aunt Mary Kosky
as Emma
as Self
as Mildred
as Landlady (uncredited)
as Beakman's Mom
as Lenora Tolliver
as Narrator (Voice)
as Henry Dutton
as Mother Goose
as Jasmine Zweibel
as Ariadne Oliver
as Fairy Godmother
as Fairy Godmother
as Mrs. Price
as Irene Wallin
as The Giantess
as The Giantess
as The Fairy Godmother
as Eleanor Roosevelt
as Isabel Cooper
as Betty Eaton
as Mary Dobkin
as Self
as Penny Sycamore
as Mrs. DeCamp
as Self - Special Guest Star
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
as Self
as Self
as Gina's Mother
as Goldfarb’s Secretary
as Mrs. Wappler
as Helen
as Edith Bunker
as Self - Guest
as Self
as Self - Guest / Various Characters
as Sadie Finch
as Self
as Mrs. Montgomery
as Shirley Johnson
as Self
as Nurse Whitney
as Mrs. Larsen
as Sue
as Marilyn Konish
as Mrs. Trellis
as Sister Miller
as Self - Presenter
as Self - Host
as Mary Dobkin
as Bus Girl