Jean Stapleton

Died at 103

born January 19, 1923

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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, in the summer of 1941, and her New York stage debut in "The Corn Is Green" (1948). She appeared on Broadway in the musicals "Damn Yankees" (1955) and "Bells Are Ringing" (1956), and later repeated her roles in the movie versions (Damn Yankees (1958) and Bells Are Ringing (1960)). Her other Broadway roles included the original companies of "Rhinoceros" (1961) and "Funny Girl" (1964). Stapleton also played Abby Brewster in the 1986-87 revival of "Arsenic and Old Lace".

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Wicked Witch

Gumby Adventures

Wicked Witch

Jean Stapleton

Television Stars

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Television Stars

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Katie Bueller

Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1976)

Katie Bueller

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Aunt May

The Amazing Spider-Man (1988)

Aunt May

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Aunt May

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (1990)

Aunt May

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Nell Jones

Observe and Report (1979)

Nell Jones

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The Muppet Show

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The Muppet Show

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Cheese

Foster’s Home For Imaginary Friends (1984-1989)

Cheese

Jean Stapleton

1923

Best Actor/Actress by year of birth

1923

Jean Stapleton

Mrs. Puff

SpongeBob SquarePants trilogy (1994-2011)

Mrs. Puff

Jean Stapleton

Marge Simpson

The Simpsons (1970’s)

Marge Simpson

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Lois Griffin

Family Guy (1970’s)

Lois Griffin

Jean Stapleton

Granny

Into the Woods (1993 film)

Granny

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May Parker

Avengers (1970's)

May Parker

Jean Stapleton

Carla Tortelli Lebec

Cheers (1982 Alternative Casting)

Carla Tortelli Lebec

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Berthe

Pippin (1989 film)

Berthe

Jean Stapleton

Widow Lucas/Granny

Once Upon A Time (1991-1998)

Widow Lucas/Granny

Jean Stapleton

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Jean Stapleton

Wicked Witch

The Adventures of Gumby

Wicked Witch

Jean Stapleton

Mrs. Kirke

Little Women (TV film)

Mrs. Kirke

Jean Stapleton

Mrs. Crenshaw

Sorority Row (1979)

Mrs. Crenshaw

Jean Stapleton

Granny

One Hundred and One Cartoons (1971)

Granny

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