Maureen Stapleton

Known For: Acting
Born: June 21, 1925
Place of Birth: Troy, New York, United States
Died: March 13, 2006

Maureen Stapleton

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.

Filmography

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

2003 · Self

Wilbur Falls

1998 · Wilbur Falls High Secretary

Snow Cat

1998 · Grandma (voice)

Addicted to Love

1997 · Nana

Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman

1996 · Self

Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage

1994 · Self

The Last Good Time

1994 · Ida Cutler

Trading Mom

1994 · Mrs. Cavour, the Gardener

Lincoln

1992 · Sarah Bush Lincoln (voice)

Miss Rose White

1992 · Tanta Perla

Passed Away

1992 · Mary Scanlan

Last Wish

1992 · Ida Rollin

When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen

1989 · Self

Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre

Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre

1989 · Self (voice)

B.L. Stryker

1989 · Auntie Sue

Hello Actors Studio

1988 · Self

Liberace: Behind the Music

1988 · Frances Liberace

Doin' Time on Planet Earth

1988 · Helium Balloon Saleslady

Cocoon: The Return

1988 · Mary Luckett

Nuts

1987 · Rose Kirk

Made in Heaven

1987 · Aunt Lisa

Sweet Lorraine

1987 · Lillian Garber

Heartburn

1986 · Vera

The Cosmic Eye

1986 · Mother Earth (voice)

The Money Pit

1986 · Estelle

The Equalizer

1985 · Emmy Rutherford

Cocoon

1985 · Mary Luckett

Private Sessions

1985 · Dr. Liz Bolger

Night of 100 Stars II

1985 · Self

Johnny Dangerously

1984 · Mom

America and Lewis Hine

America and Lewis Hine

1984 · Voice

Family Secrets

1984 · Maggie Lukauer

Sentimental Journey

1984 · Ruthie

Alice in Wonderland

1983 · White Queen

Montgomery Clift

1983 · Self

Little Gloria... Happy at Last

1982 · Nurse Emma Kieslich

Night of 100 Stars

1982 · Self

The Electric Grandmother

1982 · Grandmother

Reds

1981 · Emma Goldman

The Fan

1981 · Belle Goldman

On the Right Track

1981 · Mary the Bag Lady

The Gathering, Part II

1979 · Kate Thornton

Letters from Frank

1979 · Betty Miller

The Runner Stumbles

1979 · Mrs. Shandig

Arthur Miller on Home Ground

1979

Lost and Found

1979 · Jemmy

The Muppets Go Hollywood

1979 · Self

Interiors

1978 · Pearl

The Gathering

1977 · Kate

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

1976 · Big Mama

Laurence Olivier Presents

1976 · Big Mama

A Mother's Tale

A Mother's Tale

1976 · Narrator

Saturday Night Live

1975 · Self - Host

Queen of the Stardust Ballroom

1975 · Bea Asher

Voyage to Next

1974 · Mother Earth (voice)

Tell Me Where It Hurts

1974 · Connie

NOVA

1974 · Narrator (voice)

A Sunday Dinner

1974

Tennessee Williams' South

1973

Dig: A Journey Into Earth

1972 · Mother (voice)

Plaza Suite

1971 · Karen Nash

Summer of '42

1971 · Hermie's Mother (voice) (uncredited)

Great Performances

1971 · White Queen

Airport

1970 · Inez Guerrero

Mirror, Mirror Off the Wall

1969 · Ruthie Maxwell

Trilogy

1969 · Mary O'Meaghan

The Dick Cavett Show

1968 · Self - Guest

Bye Bye Birdie

1963 · Mama Mae Peterson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962 · Self

A View from the Bridge

1962 · Beatrice Carbone

The Mike Douglas Show

1961 · Self, Self - Taped Tribute

The Fugitive Kind

1960 · Vee Talbot

For Whom the Bell Tolls

1959 · Pilar

Lonelyhearts

1959 · Fay Doyle

Naked City

1958 · Abilene Hutchinson Bick, Ruth Callan

All the King's Men

1958

Playhouse 90

1956 · Pilar

Tony Awards

1956 · Self - Nominee

Main Street to Broadway

1953 · Self (uncredited)

General Electric Theater

1953 · Ethel

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951 · Tanta Perla

Studio One

1948 · Rachel Jackson

The Philco Television Playhouse

1948 · Daughter, Mrs. Johnson

Maureen Stapleton · Virelixia