
Maureen Stapleton
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 21, 1925
- Died
- March 13, 2006 (aged 80)
- Birthplace
- Troy, New York, USA
Biography
Lois Maureen Stapleton (June 21, 1925 – March 13, 2006) was an American actress. She was the recipient of an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, two Tony Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award, and is one of the few performers to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting.
Known For
Filmography

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Movie · as Self

Wilbur Falls
Movie · as Wilbur Falls High Secretary

Snow Cat
Movie · as Grandma (voice)

Addicted to Love
Movie · as Nana

Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman
Movie · as Self

Trading Mom
Movie · as Mrs. Cavour, the Gardener

The Last Good Time
Movie · as Ida Cutler

Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
Movie · as Self

Miss Rose White
Movie · as Tanta Perla

Last Wish
Movie · as Ida Rollin

Passed Away
Movie · as Mary Scanlan
Lincoln
Movie · as Sarah Bush Lincoln (voice)
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
Movie · as Self (voice)

When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen
Movie · as Self

B.L. Stryker
TV · as Auntie Sue · 1 ep

Cocoon: The Return
Movie · as Mary Luckett

Liberace: Behind the Music
Movie · as Frances Liberace

Hello Actors Studio
Movie · as Self

Doin' Time on Planet Earth
Movie · as Helium Balloon Saleslady

Nuts
Movie · as Rose Kirk

Made in Heaven
Movie · as Aunt Lisa

Sweet Lorraine
Movie · as Lillian Garber

The Money Pit
Movie · as Estelle

Heartburn
Movie · as Vera

The Cosmic Eye
Movie · as Mother Earth (voice)

Cocoon
Movie · as Mary Luckett

Private Sessions
Movie · as Dr. Liz Bolger

Night of 100 Stars II
Movie · as Self

The Equalizer
TV · as Emmy Rutherford · 1 ep

Johnny Dangerously
Movie · as Mom
America and Lewis Hine
Movie · as Voice

Sentimental Journey
Movie · as Ruthie

Family Secrets
Movie · as Maggie Lukauer

Alice in Wonderland
Movie · as White Queen

Montgomery Clift
Movie · as Self

The Electric Grandmother
Movie · as Grandmother

Night of 100 Stars
Movie · as Self

Little Gloria... Happy at Last
TV · as Nurse Emma Kieslich · 2 eps

Reds
Movie · as Emma Goldman

On the Right Track
Movie · as Mary the Bag Lady

The Fan
Movie · as Belle Goldman

The Runner Stumbles
Movie · as Mrs. Shandig

Lost and Found
Movie · as Jemmy

The Gathering, Part II
Movie · as Kate Thornton

Letters from Frank
Movie · as Betty Miller

The Muppets Go Hollywood
Movie · as Self (uncredited)

Arthur Miller on Home Ground
Movie · as Self

Interiors
Movie · as Pearl

The Gathering
Movie · as Kate

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Movie · as Big Mama
A Mother's Tale
Movie · as Narrator

Laurence Olivier Presents
TV · as Big Mama · 1 ep

Queen of the Stardust Ballroom
Movie · as Bea Asher

Saturday Night Live
TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep

Voyage to Next
Movie · as Mother Earth (voice)

Tell Me Where It Hurts
Movie · as Connie

A Sunday Dinner
Movie

NOVA
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 1 ep

Tennessee Williams' South
Movie · as Self - Amanda Wingfield

Dig: A Journey Into Earth
Movie · as Mother (voice)

Plaza Suite
Movie · as Karen Nash

Summer of '42
Movie · as Hermie's Mother (voice) (uncredited)

Great Performances
TV · as White Queen · 1 ep

Airport
Movie · as Inez Guerrero

Trilogy
Movie · as Mary O'Meaghan

Mirror, Mirror Off the Wall
Movie · as Ruthie Maxwell

The Dick Cavett Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

Bye Bye Birdie
Movie · as Mama Mae Peterson

A View from the Bridge
Movie · as Beatrice Carbone

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self · 2 eps

The Mike Douglas Show
TV · as Self, Self - Taped Tribute · 3 eps

The Fugitive Kind
Movie · as Vee Talbot

For Whom the Bell Tolls
Movie · as Pilar

Lonelyhearts
Movie · as Fay Doyle

All the King's Men
Movie · as Sadie Burke

Naked City
TV · as Abilene Hutchinson Bick, Ruth Callan · 1 ep

Playhouse 90
TV · as Pilar · 2 eps

Tony Awards
TV · as Self - Nominee · 1 ep

Main Street to Broadway
Movie · as Self (uncredited)

General Electric Theater
TV · as Ethel · 1 ep

Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · as Tanta Perla · 1 ep

Studio One
TV · as Rachel Jackson · 1 ep

The Philco Television Playhouse
TV · as Daughter, Mrs. Johnson · 1 ep