Jean Stapleton

Jean Stapleton

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

19/01/1923

Day of Death

31/05/2013
(90) years old

Place of Birth

Manhattan, New York, US

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 uncl... Read More

Filmography

Cast

2016

The Last Laugh

as Self

2001

Pursuit of Happiness

as Lorraine

2001

Pursuit of Happiness

as Lorrraine

2000

Baby

as Byrd

1998

You've Got Mail

as Birdie Conrad

1998

Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World

as Mrs. Jenkins (voice)

1998

Chance of a Lifetime

as Mrs. Dunbar

1996

Michael

as Pansy Milbank

1996

Lily Dale

as Mrs. Coons

1993

Bury Me in Niagara

as Mildred

1993

The Trial

as Landlady (uncredited)

1992

The Habitation of Dragons

as Lenora Tolliver

1991

Fire in the Dark

as Henry Dutton

1990

Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme

as Mother Goose

1986

Dead Man's Folly

as Ariadne Oliver

1985

Cinderella

as Fairy Godmother

1985

Faerie Tale Theatre: Cinderella

as Fairy Godmother

1984

The Buddy System

as Mrs. Price

1984

A Matter of Sex

as Irene Wallin

1983

Jack and the Beanstalk

as The Giantess

1982

Eleanor, First Lady of the World

as Eleanor Roosevelt

1981

Isabel's Choice

as Isabel Cooper

1981

Angel Dusted

as Betty Eaton

1979

Aunt Mary

as Mary Dobkin

1979

You Can't Take it With You

as Penny Sycamore

1977

Tail Gunner Joe

as Mrs. DeCamp

1971

Klute

as Goldfarb’s Secretary

1971

Cold Turkey

as Mrs. Wappler

1967

Up the Down Staircase

as Sadie Finch

1961

Something Wild

as Shirley Johnson

1958

Damn Yankees

as Sister Miller