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Stapleton, Jean
Stapleton, Jean [neé Jeanne Murray] (b. 1923), character actress. The bony, precise performer, forever remembered for her years on television, enjoyed a busy theatre career before, during, and after her glory days on the tube. She was born in New York and educated at Hunter College, after which she worked as a secretary while studying acting at the American Apprentice Theatre, the American Actors Company, and the American Theatre Wing. Stapleton was featured as the baseball fan Sister in Damn Yankees (1955) and as the answering service owner Sue in Bells Are Ringing (1956). While she played supporting roles on Broadway in the 1960s, Stapleton performed a variety of major characters in stock, particularly at the Totem Pole Playhouse in Pennsylvania. She returned there for many summers even after she became famous on television. When Stapleton reappeared on Broadway in 1986, she was a bona fide stage star in Arsenic and Old Lace (1986), though later she preferred the more intimate Off‐Broadway venue, where she acted in several dramas by Horton Foote.
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Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Stapleton, Jean." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Stapleton, Jean." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-StapletonJean.html Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Stapleton, Jean." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-StapletonJean.html |
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