Jean StapletonJean StapletonJean Stapleton (born Jeanne Murray on January 19, 1923 in New York City) is an American actress. She best known for her portrayal of the long-suffering yet devoted wife and mother Edith Bunker on the popular and groundbreaking 1970s sitcom All in the Family. Her awards for the show include three Emmys and three Golden Globes. Stapleton is not related to Maureen Stapleton. She has also acted on Broadway (Damn Yankees, Bells Are Ringing) and in many other stage productions, as well as acting in made-for-TV movies and feature films such as Cold Turkey. This page about Jean Stapleton includes information from a Wikipedia article. Additional articles about Jean Stapleton News stories about Jean Stapleton External links for Jean Stapleton Videos for Jean Stapleton Wikis about Jean Stapleton Discussion Groups about Jean Stapleton Blogs about Jean Stapleton Images of Jean Stapleton |
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She has also acted on Broadway (Damn Yankees, Bells Are Ringing) and in many other stage productions, as well as acting in made-for-TV movies and feature films such as Cold Turkey. She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6125 Hollywood Blvd. Stapleton is not related to Maureen Stapleton. Howard Lee. Her awards for the show include three Emmys and three Golden Globes. She had two daughters by Oleg Cassini -- Daria, who was born mentally handicapped, and Christina -- and miscarried one child while married to W. She best known for her portrayal of the long-suffering yet devoted wife and mother Edith Bunker on the popular and groundbreaking 1970s sitcom All in the Family. His previous wife had been the film star Hedy Lamarr. Jean Stapleton (born Jeanne Murray on January 19, 1923 in New York City) is an American actress. Howard Lee, whom she married in 1963. She is interred in the Glenwood Cemetery in Houston, next to her second husband, oilman W. Gene Tierney died from emphysema in Houston, Texas at age 70. Kennnedy and Prince Aly Khan -- had taken their toll. She returned to the screen in 1963 in Advise and Consent. A failed marriage to fashion designer Oleg Cassini, the premature birth of a partially blind and mentally retarded daughter (Tierney had contracted German measles from one of her fans while pregnant), and several failed love affairs -- the men included John F. By 1955, Tierney was in a hospital, being treated for depression. Muir (1947). Tierney was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for the following year's Leave Her to Heaven, and later starred in Dragonwyck, The Razor's Edge (both 1946), and The Ghost and Mrs. In 1944 she appeared in what became her most famous role, that of the murder victim and title character in Laura. Her popularity began to peak with her role in 1943's Heaven Can Wait. The following year she was extremely busy, making The Shanghai Gesture, Sundown, Tobacco Road and Belle Starr. Her first movie was in 1940 in Hudson's Bay, and later that year, she starred in The Return of Frank James. By 1939, she was on Broadway; her wealthy father set up a corporation to help fund her pursuit of an acting career. Born in Brooklyn, New York and schooled in Switzerland, she was acclaimed as one of the beauties of her day. Gene Eliza Tierney (November 19, 1920 - November 6, 1991) was an American film actress. |