Acting
Jean Stapleton
EN cinema · 40 credits
Born
19 January 1923
Died
31 May 2013 (aged 90)
Birthplace
Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Also known as Джин Стэплтон · جین استاپلتون
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".
Known for
Filmography
The Last Laugh
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Pursuit of Happiness
as Lorraine, as Lorrraine
Baby
as Byrd
You've Got Mail
as Birdie Conrad
Chance of a Lifetime
as Mrs. Dunbar
Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World
as Mrs. Jenkins (voice)
Michael
as Pansy Milbank
Lily Dale
as Mrs. Coons
Bury Me in Niagara
as Mildred
The Trial
as Landlady (uncredited)
The Habitation of Dragons
as Lenora Tolliver
Fire in the Dark
as Henry Dutton
Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme
as Mother Goose
Dead Man's Folly
as Ariadne Oliver
Cinderella
as Fairy Godmother
The Buddy System
as Mrs. Price
A Matter of Sex
as Irene Wallin
Jack and the Beanstalk
as The Giantess
Eleanor, First Lady of the World
as Eleanor Roosevelt
Something's Afoot
as Miss Tweed
Angel Dusted
as Betty Eaton
Isabel's Choice
as Isabel Cooper
Aunt Mary
as Mary Dobkin
You Can't Take it With You
as Penny Sycamore
The Muppets Go Hollywood
as Self (uncredited)
Tail Gunner Joe
as Mrs. DeCamp
Acts of Love and Other Comedies
as Gina's Mother
Cold Turkey
as Mrs. Wappler
Klute
as Goldfarb's Secretary
Up the Down Staircase
as Sadie Finch
Something Wild
as Shirley Johnson
Damn Yankees
as Sister Miller