Jean Stapleton

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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Michael

Pursuit of Happiness

Agatha Christie: Caccia al delitto

C'è post@ per te

Damn Yankees

Cold Turkey

Su per la discesa

Susanna agenzia squillo

Good Evening, Captain

La forza dell'amore

Gonzo Presents Muppet Weird Stuff

Momento selvaggio

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

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

Chance of a Lifetime

Angel Dusted

Lily Dale

The Last Laugh

Funny Ladies: A Portrait of Women Cartoonists

Una squillo per l'ispettore Klute

Aunt Mary

Tail Gunner Joe

Eleanor, First Lady of the World

You Can't Take it With You

Fire in the Dark

Pocahontas II - Viaggio nel nuovo mondo

A Matter of Sex

Acts of Love and Other Comedies

Bury Me in Niagara

Jack and the Beanstalk

Cinderella

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

The Trial

Isabel's Choice

Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme

The Habitation of Dragons

Tutti a Hollywood con i Muppet

All in the Family: 20th Anniversary Special

Baby

Something's Afoot

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

Io e i miei tre figli

Love Boat

Caroline in the City

Il tocco di un angelo

Tutti amano Raymond

Arcibaldo

Route 66

E! True Hollywood Story

Murphy Brown

La città in controluce

Grace Under Fire

Top Secret

Il castello delle fiabe

Beakman's World

The Electric Company

The Muppet Show

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Undicesima ora

Intimate Portrait

Dennis the Menace

Lux Video Theatre

La parola alla difesa

The Patty Duke Show

The Philco Television Playhouse

Robert Montgomery Presents

TV Land Top 10

Dottor Kildare

Bagdad Cafe

Cher

Trying Times

Woman With A Past

TV Land Awards: A Celebration of Classic TV

The Ray Bradbury Theater

Saturday Night Live