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Jun 1, 2013 · Jean Stapleton, the stage-trained character actress who played Archie Bunker's far better half, the sweetly naive Edith, in TV's groundbreaking 1970s comedy "All in the Family," has died. She was 90.
Jun 2, 2013 · Stapleton, 90, who died Friday of natural causes at her New York City home, was the sweet, trusting counterpoint to Carroll O’Connor’s irascible Archie on the 1970s groundbreaking show from producers Norman Lear and Bud Yorkin. “No one gave more profound ‘How to be a Human Being’ lessons than Jean Stapleton,” Lear said Saturday.
Jun 2, 2013 · June 2, 2013. It’s not easy playing dumb. But Jean Stapleton, who died on Friday in Manhattan at 90, did it spectacularly for more than 200 episodes of “All in the Family,” a watershed ...
May 31, 2013 · Jean Stapleton was an American character actress of stage, television, and film. Stapleton is best known for having portrayed Edith Bunker, the long-suffering, yet devoted wife of Archie Bunker, on the 1970s sitcom All in the Family. Stapleton was a three-time recipient of the Emmy Award for leading actress in a comedy series and won two Golden ...
Jun 1, 2013 · Jean Stapleton portrays First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt on her progression from socialite wife to activist and feminist in Rhoda Lerman’s one-woman play “Eleanor: Her Secret Journey” in 2000.
Jean Stapleton was born Jeanne Murray, on January 19, 1923, in Manhattan, New York. Her father, Joseph Edward Murray, was an advertising salesman. Her mother, Marie A. (née Stapleton), was a concert and opera singer. Jean followed in her mother’s footsteps. She attended the ‘Wadleigh High School’ in New York City.
Jun 2, 2013 · NEW YORK (Reuters) - Actress Jean Stapleton, best known for her Emmy-winning role as the good-hearted housewife Edith Bunker in the groundbreaking 1970s television comedy "All in the Family," has ...
