Jean Stapleton

About

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...

Known for

The Love BoatSeries • 1977Great PerformancesSeries • 1971Everybody Loves RaymondSeries • 1996Touched by an AngelSeries • 1994Dr. KildareSeries • 1961My Three SonsSeries • 1960Robert Montgomery PresentsSeries • 1950The Philco Television PlayhouseSeries • 1948Murphy BrownSeries • 1988Naked CitySeries • 1958Route 66Series • 1960All in the FamilySeries • 1971Scarecrow and Mrs. KingSeries • 1983The DefendersSeries • 1961Caroline in the CitySeries • 1995The Electric CompanySeries • 1971You've Got MailMovie • 1998Dennis the MenaceSeries • 1959Faerie Tale TheatreSeries • 1982Grace Under FireSeries • 1993The Ray Bradbury TheaterSeries • 1985The Patty Duke ShowSeries • 1963The NursesSeries • 1962Lux Video TheatreSeries • 1950