Maureen Stapleton

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

2003
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There poster

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

Movie · as Self

1998
Wilbur Falls poster

Wilbur Falls

Movie · as Wilbur Falls High Secretary

1998
Snow Cat poster

Snow Cat

Movie · as Grandma (voice)

1997
Addicted to Love poster

Addicted to Love

Movie · as Nana

1996
Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman poster

Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman

Movie · as Self

1994
Trading Mom poster

Trading Mom

Movie · as Mrs. Cavour, the Gardener

1994
The Last Good Time poster

The Last Good Time

Movie · as Ida Cutler

1994
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage poster

Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage

Movie · as Self

1992
Miss Rose White poster

Miss Rose White

Movie · as Tanta Perla

1992
Last Wish poster

Last Wish

Movie · as Ida Rollin

1992
Passed Away poster

Passed Away

Movie · as Mary Scanlan

1992
Lincoln

Lincoln

Movie · as Sarah Bush Lincoln (voice)

1989
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre

Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre

Movie · as Self (voice)

1989
When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen poster

When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen

Movie · as Self

1989
B.L. Stryker poster

B.L. Stryker

TV · as Auntie Sue · 1 ep

1988
Cocoon: The Return poster

Cocoon: The Return

Movie · as Mary Luckett

1988
Liberace: Behind the Music poster

Liberace: Behind the Music

Movie · as Frances Liberace

1988
Hello Actors Studio poster

Hello Actors Studio

Movie · as Self

1988
Doin' Time on Planet Earth poster

Doin' Time on Planet Earth

Movie · as Helium Balloon Saleslady

1987
Nuts poster

Nuts

Movie · as Rose Kirk

1987
Made in Heaven poster

Made in Heaven

Movie · as Aunt Lisa

1987
Sweet Lorraine poster

Sweet Lorraine

Movie · as Lillian Garber

1986
The Money Pit poster

The Money Pit

Movie · as Estelle

1986
Heartburn poster

Heartburn

Movie · as Vera

1986
The Cosmic Eye poster

The Cosmic Eye

Movie · as Mother Earth (voice)

1985
Cocoon poster

Cocoon

Movie · as Mary Luckett

1985
Private Sessions poster

Private Sessions

Movie · as Dr. Liz Bolger

1985
Night of 100 Stars II poster

Night of 100 Stars II

Movie · as Self

1985
The Equalizer poster

The Equalizer

TV · as Emmy Rutherford · 1 ep

1984
Johnny Dangerously poster

Johnny Dangerously

Movie · as Mom

1984
America and Lewis Hine

America and Lewis Hine

Movie · as Voice

1984
Sentimental Journey poster

Sentimental Journey

Movie · as Ruthie

1984
Family Secrets poster

Family Secrets

Movie · as Maggie Lukauer

1983
Alice in Wonderland poster

Alice in Wonderland

Movie · as White Queen

1983
Montgomery Clift poster

Montgomery Clift

Movie · as Self

1982
The Electric Grandmother poster

The Electric Grandmother

Movie · as Grandmother

1982
Night of 100 Stars poster

Night of 100 Stars

Movie · as Self

1982
Little Gloria... Happy at Last poster

Little Gloria... Happy at Last

TV · as Nurse Emma Kieslich · 2 eps

1981
Reds poster

Reds

Movie · as Emma Goldman

1981
On the Right Track poster

On the Right Track

Movie · as Mary the Bag Lady

1981
The Fan poster

The Fan

Movie · as Belle Goldman

1979
The Runner Stumbles poster

The Runner Stumbles

Movie · as Mrs. Shandig

1979
Lost and Found poster

Lost and Found

Movie · as Jemmy

1979
The Gathering, Part II poster

The Gathering, Part II

Movie · as Kate Thornton

1979
Letters from Frank poster

Letters from Frank

Movie · as Betty Miller

1979
The Muppets Go Hollywood poster

The Muppets Go Hollywood

Movie · as Self (uncredited)

1979
Arthur Miller on Home Ground poster

Arthur Miller on Home Ground

Movie · as Self

1978
Interiors poster

Interiors

Movie · as Pearl

1977
The Gathering poster

The Gathering

Movie · as Kate

1976
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof poster

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Movie · as Big Mama

1976
A Mother's Tale

A Mother's Tale

Movie · as Narrator

1976
Laurence Olivier Presents poster

Laurence Olivier Presents

TV · as Big Mama · 1 ep

1975
Queen of the Stardust Ballroom poster

Queen of the Stardust Ballroom

Movie · as Bea Asher

1975
Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live

TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep

1974
Voyage to Next poster

Voyage to Next

Movie · as Mother Earth (voice)

1974
Tell Me Where It Hurts poster

Tell Me Where It Hurts

Movie · as Connie

1974
A Sunday Dinner poster

A Sunday Dinner

Movie

1974
NOVA poster

NOVA

TV · as Narrator (voice) · 1 ep

1973
Tennessee Williams' South poster

Tennessee Williams' South

Movie · as Self - Amanda Wingfield

1972
Dig: A Journey Into Earth poster

Dig: A Journey Into Earth

Movie · as Mother (voice)

1971
Plaza Suite poster

Plaza Suite

Movie · as Karen Nash

1971
Summer of '42 poster

Summer of '42

Movie · as Hermie's Mother (voice) (uncredited)

1971
Great Performances poster

Great Performances

TV · as White Queen · 1 ep

1970
Airport poster

Airport

Movie · as Inez Guerrero

1969
Trilogy poster

Trilogy

Movie · as Mary O'Meaghan

1969
Mirror, Mirror Off the Wall poster

Mirror, Mirror Off the Wall

Movie · as Ruthie Maxwell

1968
The Dick Cavett Show poster

The Dick Cavett Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

1963
Bye Bye Birdie poster

Bye Bye Birdie

Movie · as Mama Mae Peterson

1962
A View from the Bridge poster

A View from the Bridge

Movie · as Beatrice Carbone

1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1961
The Mike Douglas Show poster

The Mike Douglas Show

TV · as Self, Self - Taped Tribute · 3 eps

1960
The Fugitive Kind poster

The Fugitive Kind

Movie · as Vee Talbot

1959
For Whom the Bell Tolls poster

For Whom the Bell Tolls

Movie · as Pilar

1959
Lonelyhearts poster

Lonelyhearts

Movie · as Fay Doyle

1958
All the King's Men poster

All the King's Men

Movie · as Sadie Burke

1958
Naked City poster

Naked City

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

1956
Playhouse 90 poster

Playhouse 90

TV · as Pilar · 2 eps

1956
Tony Awards poster

Tony Awards

TV · as Self - Nominee · 1 ep

1953
Main Street to Broadway poster

Main Street to Broadway

Movie · as Self (uncredited)

1953
General Electric Theater poster

General Electric Theater

TV · as Ethel · 1 ep

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame poster

Hallmark Hall of Fame

TV · as Tanta Perla · 1 ep

1948
Studio One poster

Studio One

TV · as Rachel Jackson · 1 ep

1948
The Philco Television Playhouse poster

The Philco Television Playhouse

TV · as Daughter, Mrs. Johnson · 1 ep