Maureen Stapleton
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
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Saturday Night Live
The Mike Douglas Show
The Mike Douglas Show
NOVA
Tony Awards
Great Performances
The Equalizer
All Movies (66)
- Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There2003 · as Self
- Wilbur Falls1998 · as Wilbur Falls High Secretary
- Snow Cat1998 · as Grandma (voice)
- Addicted to Love1997 · as Nana
- Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman1996 · as Self
- Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage1994 · as Self
- The Last Good Time1994 · as Ida Cutler
- Trading Mom1994 · as Mrs. Cavour, the Gardener
- Lincoln1992 · as Sarah Bush Lincoln (voice)
- Miss Rose White1992 · as Tanta Perla
- Passed Away1992 · as Mary Scanlan
- Last Wish1992 · as Ida Rollin
- When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen1989 · as Self
- Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre1989 · as Self (voice)
- Hello Actors Studio1988 · as Self
- Liberace: Behind the Music1988 · as Frances Liberace
- Doin' Time on Planet Earth1988 · as Helium Balloon Saleslady
- Cocoon: The Return1988 · as Mary Luckett
- Nuts1987 · as Rose Kirk
- Made in Heaven1987 · as Aunt Lisa
- Sweet Lorraine1987 · as Lillian Garber
- Heartburn1986 · as Vera
- The Cosmic Eye1986 · as Mother Earth (voice)
- The Money Pit1986 · as Estelle
- Cocoon1985 · as Mary Luckett
- Private Sessions1985 · as Dr. Liz Bolger
- Night of 100 Stars II1985 · as Self
- Johnny Dangerously1984 · as Mom
- America and Lewis Hine1984 · as Voice
- Family Secrets1984 · as Maggie Lukauer
- Sentimental Journey1984 · as Ruthie
- Alice in Wonderland1983 · as White Queen
- Montgomery Clift1983 · as Self
- Night of 100 Stars1982 · as Self
- The Electric Grandmother1982 · as Grandmother
- Reds1981 · as Emma Goldman
- The Fan1981 · as Belle Goldman
- On the Right Track1981 · as Mary the Bag Lady
- The Gathering, Part II1979 · as Kate Thornton
- Letters from Frank1979 · as Betty Miller
- The Runner Stumbles1979 · as Mrs. Shandig
- Arthur Miller on Home Ground1979
- Lost and Found1979 · as Jemmy
- The Muppets Go Hollywood1979 · as Self
- Interiors1978 · as Pearl
- The Gathering1977 · as Kate
- Cat on a Hot Tin Roof1976 · as Big Mama
- A Mother's Tale1976 · as Narrator
- Queen of the Stardust Ballroom1975 · as Bea Asher
- Voyage to Next1974 · as Mother Earth (voice)
- Tell Me Where It Hurts1974 · as Connie
- A Sunday Dinner1974
- Tennessee Williams' South1973
- Dig: A Journey Into Earth1972 · as Mother (voice)
- Plaza Suite1971 · as Karen Nash
- Summer of '421971 · as Hermie's Mother (voice) (uncredited)
- Airport1970 · as Inez Guerrero
- Mirror, Mirror Off the Wall1969 · as Ruthie Maxwell
- Trilogy1969 · as Mary O'Meaghan
- Bye Bye Birdie1963 · as Mama Mae Peterson
- A View from the Bridge1962 · as Beatrice Carbone
- The Fugitive Kind1960 · as Vee Talbot
- For Whom the Bell Tolls1959 · as Pilar
- Lonelyhearts1959 · as Fay Doyle
- All the King's Men1958
- Main Street to Broadway1953 · as Self (uncredited)
All TV Shows (20)
- B.L. Stryker1989 · as Auntie Sue
- The Equalizer1985 · as Emmy Rutherford
- Little Gloria... Happy at Last1982 · as Nurse Emma Kieslich
- Laurence Olivier Presents1976 · as Big Mama
- Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Host
- NOVA1974 · as Narrator (voice)
- Great Performances1971 · as White Queen
- The Dick Cavett Show1968 · as Self - Guest
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self
- The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self
- The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self - Taped Tribute
- Naked City1958 · as Abilene Hutchinson Bick
- Naked City1958 · as Ruth Callan
- Playhouse 901956 · as Pilar
- Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Nominee
- General Electric Theater1953 · as Ethel
- Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Tanta Perla
- Studio One1948 · as Rachel Jackson
- The Philco Television Playhouse1948 · as Daughter
- The Philco Television Playhouse1948 · as Mrs. Johnson