Born in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA — Jan 19 1923• Died May 31 2013

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…
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Helen


Aunt Alda


Emma


Nurse Whitney

Marilyn Konish

Self

Mrs. Larsen

Self


Aunt Mary Kosky


Self - Guest / Various Characters

Edith Bunker


Bus Girl

The Giantess


Self - Special Guest Star

Self




Beakman's Mom
Teacher


Mrs. Montgomery

Self


Gloria Utley

Birdie Conrad

Mary Dobkin

Narrator (voice)

Jasmine Zweibel

Goldfarb’s Secretary

Pansy Milbank

Mrs. Jenkins (voice)


Self

Mary Dobkin

Ariadne Oliver

Shirley Johnson

Self

Byrd

Mrs. Wappler

Landlady (uncredited)
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle

Sadie Finch

Mrs. Coons

Lorraine

Mrs. Dunbar

Sue

Self

Mrs. DeCamp

Penny Sycamore

The Giantess

Lenora Tolliver

Gina's Mother

Betty Eaton

Fairy Godmother

Mother Goose

Henry Dutton

Mrs. Price

Sister Miller

Fairy Godmother

Irene Wallin

Isabel Cooper

Irene Silverman


Eleanor Roosevelt

Mildred

Narrator
Self

Self

Self

Miss Tweed