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Maureen Stapleton

Acting

Born June 21, 1925 · Troy, New York, United States

Died March 12, 2006

Also known as Lois 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.

Awards & recognition

  • Academy AwardBest Supporting Actress · 1982
  • Tony AwardBest Actress in a Play · 1971
  • Theatre World Award · 1951
  • Tony AwardBest Featured Actress in a Play · 1951
  • Academy AwardBest Supporting Actress · 1982 · nominated
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  • Tony AwardBest Featured Actress in a Play · 1981 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Supporting Actress · 1979 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Supporting Actress · 1971 · nominated
  • Tony AwardBest Actress in a Play · 1968 · nominated
  • Tony AwardBest Actress in a Play · 1960 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Supporting Actress · 1959 · nominated
  • Tony AwardBest Actress in a Play · 1959 · nominated

Filmography30 titles

Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman

1996as Self

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962as Self

NOVA

1974as Narrator (voice)

Reds

1981as Emma Goldman

Saturday Night Live

1975as Self - Host

The Fugitive Kind

1960as Vee Talbot

Interiors

1978as Pearl

The Dick Cavett Show

1968as Self - Guest

Summer of '42

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

Cocoon: The Return

1988as Mary Luckett

Made in Heaven

1987as Aunt Lisa

The Money Pit

1986as Estelle

Airport

1970as Inez Guerrero

Nuts

1987as Rose Kirk

Queen of the Stardust Ballroom

1975as Bea Asher

A View from the Bridge

1962as Beatrice Carbone

Lonelyhearts

1958as Fay Doyle

Addicted to Love

1997as Nana

America and Lewis Hine

1984as Voice

Plaza Suite

1971as Karen Nash

Great Performances

1971as White Queen

Trading Mom

1994as Mrs. Cavour, the Gardener

Heartburn

1986as Vera

The Gathering, Part II

1979as Kate Thornton

The Fan

1981as Belle Goldman

Bye Bye Birdie

1963as Mama Mae Peterson

Naked City

1958as Abilene Hutchinson Bick

Passed Away

1992as Mary Scanlan

The Gathering

1977as Kate

Liberace: Behind the Music

1988as Frances Liberace