Maureen Stapleton
- Acting
- June 21, 1925 · Troy, New York, United States
- March 13, 2006
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
- Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There · Self
- Wilbur Falls · Wilbur Falls High Secretary
- Snow Cat · Grandma (Voice)
- Addicted to Love · Nana
- Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman · Self
- Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage · Self
- The Last Good Time · Ida Cutler
- Trading Mom · Mrs. Cavour, the Gardener
- Lincoln · Sarah Bush Lincoln (Voice)
- Miss Rose White · Tanta Perla
- Passed Away · Mary Scanlan
- Last Wish · Ida Rollin
- When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen · Self
- Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre · Self
- B.L. Stryker · Auntie Sue
- Hello Actors Studio · Self
- Liberace: Behind the Music · Frances Liberace
- Doin' Time on Planet Earth · Helium Balloon Saleslady
- Cocoon: The Return · Mary Luckett
- Nuts · Rose Kirk
- Made in Heaven · Aunt Lisa
- Sweet Lorraine · Lillian Garber
- Heartburn · Vera
- The Cosmic Eye · Mother Earth (Voice)
- The Money Pit · Estelle
- The Equalizer · Emmy Rutherford
- Cocoon · Mary Luckett
- Private Sessions · Dr. Liz Bolger
- Night of 100 Stars II · Self
- Johnny Dangerously · Mom
- America and Lewis Hine · Voice
- Family Secrets · Maggie Lukauer
- Sentimental Journey · Ruthie
- Alice in Wonderland · White Queen
- Montgomery Clift · Self
- Little Gloria... Happy at Last · Nurse Emma Kieslich
- Night of 100 Stars · Self
- The Electric Grandmother · Grandmother
- Reds · Emma Goldman
- The Fan · Belle Goldman
- On the Right Track · Mary the Bag Lady
- The Gathering, Part II · Kate Thornton
- Letters from Frank · Betty Miller
- The Runner Stumbles · Mrs. Shandig
- Arthur Miller on Home Ground · Self
- Lost and Found · Jemmy
- The Muppets Go Hollywood · Self
- Interiors · Pearl
- The Gathering · Kate
- Cat on a Hot Tin Roof · Big Mama
- Laurence Olivier Presents · Big Mama
- A Mother's Tale · Narrator
- Saturday Night Live · Self
- Queen of the Stardust Ballroom · Bea Asher
- Voyage to Next · Mother Earth (Voice)
- Tell Me Where It Hurts · Connie
- NOVA · Narrator (Voice)
- A Sunday Dinner
- Tennessee Williams' South
- Dig: A Journey Into Earth · Mother (Voice)
- Plaza Suite · Karen Nash
- Summer of '42 · Hermie's Mother (voice) (uncredited)
- Great Performances · White Queen
- Airport · Inez Guerrero
- Mirror, Mirror Off the Wall · Ruthie Maxwell
- Trilogy · Mary O'Meaghan
- The Dick Cavett Show · Self
- Bye Bye Birdie · Mama Mae Peterson
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson · Self
- A View from the Bridge · Beatrice Carbone
- The Mike Douglas Show · Self
- The Fugitive Kind · Vee Talbot
- For Whom the Bell Tolls · Pilar
- Lonelyhearts · Fay Doyle
- Naked City · Abilene Hutchinson Bick, Ruth Callan
- All the King's Men
- Playhouse 90 · Pilar
- Tony Awards · Self
- Main Street to Broadway · Self
- General Electric Theater · Ethel