Jean Stapleton
Acting
Born January 19, 1923 · Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
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 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…
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The Mike Douglas Show
The Love Boat
Saturday Night Live
Great Performances
Tony Awards
Golden Globe Awards
The Merv Griffin Show
Murphy Brown
Robert Montgomery Presents
My Three Sons
The Dick Cavett Show
Everybody Loves Raymond
The Philco Television Playhouse
Touched by an Angel
The Carol Burnett Show
Dr. Kildare
Naked City
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
The Defenders
Intimate Portrait
Route 66
Caroline in the City
Dinah!
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
All in the Family
Dennis the Menace
Grace Under Fire
Faerie Tale Theatre
The Electric Company
The Muppet Show
The Ray Bradbury Theater
The Patty Duke Show
The Nurses
Lux Video Theatre
Beakman's World
The Eleventh Hour
Woman With A Past
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
You've Got Mail
Cher