Jean Stapleton

Acting

Born: 1923-01-19
Died: 2013-05-31
From: Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Gender: Female
Popularity: 0.8

Also Known As

Джин Стэплтонجین استاپلتون

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".

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Awards & Nominations4 won · 0 nominated

🏆 Won

Jane Fonda Humanitarian Award

1985
🏆 Won

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

All in the Family

1978
🏆 Won

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

All in the Family

1972
🏆 Won

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

All in the Family

1971

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