A great, talented lady.
Jean Stapleton, who played Archie Bunker's wife Edith in the TV series "All in the Family," died yesterday (May 31) in New York. She was 90.
According to the Chicago Tribune,Stapleton's family announced she had died of natural causes.
Stapleton won three Emmys for her work on "All in the Family," reports TMZ. She was nominated for two additional Emmy awards, adds The Hollywood Reporter, for portraying Eleanor Roosevelt in the 1982 CBS telefilm "Eleanor, First Lady of the World," and as Aunt Vivian on the ABC series "Grace Under Fire." Stapleton was last seen on screen in the 1998 movie "You've Got Mail" (as Meg Ryan's co-worker).
Stapleton is survived by her children -- TV producer Pamela Putch and film and TV director John Putch, notes the L.A. Times.
Most people know her as her character noted above (which was a very good role for her). Jean was a Broadway staple (no pun intended) from the 1950s through the 1980s:
Damn Yankees with Gwen Verdon
Bells Are Ringing with Judy Holliday
Juno with Shirley Booth
Funny Girl with Barbra Streisand
And so much more. I always loved watching her work. She was so good.
And so it goes.
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She was wonderful. A true authentic.
ReplyDeleteno dingbat fer sure! and she didn't stifle herself either!
ReplyDeleteshe was a part of my high school/college years.
RIP, jean.
she played a marvelous loving character.
ReplyDeleteI loved her as the owner of SuzAnswerphone in Bells r Ringing!
ReplyDeleteOff to go play "Salzburg by the Sea"...lol