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Jean Stapleton (born Jeanne Murray on January 19, 1923 in New York City) is an American actress of stage, television and film.

She is best known for her portrayal of the long-suffering, yet devoted wife and mother Edith Bunker on the popular and groundbreaking 1970s sitcom All in the Family, and occasionally in the sequel Archie Bunker's Place. Her awards for the show include three Emmys and three Golden Globes. Jean was offered a role in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, but declined because it coincided with the production of the All in the Family pilot.

She began her New York career Off-Broadway in American Gothic. She has been featured on Broadway in several famous musicals (Damn Yankees, Funny Girl , Bells Are Ringing, Juno) and in many other stage productions.

She has also acted in made-for-TV movies and feature films such as Klute, which starred Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland, and Cold Turkey, which starred Bob Newhart. She also had a recurring role on TV's Scarecrow and Mrs. King as an English spy. Stapleton appeared in the 1999 movie You've Got Mail. She played Birdie Conrad, a friend of Meg Ryan's character's mother.

Her husband, William H. Putch, by whom she had two children, (actor/writer/director John Putch and actress Pamela Putch), died in 1983. She had been dating comic actor Howard Morton until he died of a stroke in 1997. Starting in the 1970s, she was good friends with the semi-openly gay actor Hurd Hatfield.

Stapleton is not related to actress Maureen Stapleton; she acquired her professional name of Jean Stapleton as many other actors have done, by using her mother's maiden name. Jean Stapleton has numerous relatives in show business, including actress cousin, Betty Jane Watson (born in 1921), who appeared on Winner Take All (1951).

External links

• All about Jean Stapleton as Edith Bunker on All in the Family and Archie Bunker's Place
• Jean Stapleton at TV.com

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