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

Self

NOVA

Narrator (voice)

Tony Awards

Self - Nominee

Saturday Night Live

Self - Host

Naked City

Abilene Hutchinson Bick

Naked City

Ruth Callan

The Mike Douglas Show

Self

The Philco Television Playhouse

Daughter

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2003	Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There	Self
1998	Wilbur Falls	Wilbur Falls High Secretary
1998	Snow Cat	Grandma (voice)
1997	Addicted to Love	Nana
1996	Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman	Self
1994	Trading Mom	Mrs. Cavour, the Gardener
1994	The Last Good Time	Ida Cutler
1994	Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage	Self
1992	Miss Rose White	Tanta Perla
1992	Last Wish	Ida Rollin
1992	Passed Away	Mary Scanlan
1992	Lincoln	Sarah Bush Lincoln (voice)
1989	Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre	Herself
1988	Cocoon: The Return	Mary Luckett
1988	Liberace: Behind the Music	Frances Liberace
1988	Hello Actors Studio	Self
1988	Doin' Time on Planet Earth	Helium Balloon Saleslady
1987	Nuts	Rose Kirk
1987	Made in Heaven	Aunt Lisa
1987	Sweet Lorraine	Lillian Garber
1986	The Money Pit	Estelle
1986	Heartburn	Vera
1986	The Cosmic Eye	Mother Earth (voice)
1985	Cocoon	Mary Luckett
1985	Private Sessions	Dr. Liz Bolger
1985	Night of 100 Stars II	Self
1984	Johnny Dangerously	Mom
1984	America and Lewis Hine	Voice
1984	Sentimental Journey	Ruthie
1984	Family Secrets	Maggie Lukauer
1983	Alice in Wonderland	White Queen
1983	Montgomery Clift	Self
1982	The Electric Grandmother	Grandmother
1982	Night of 100 Stars	Self
1981	Reds	Emma Goldman
1981	On the Right Track	Mary the Bag Lady
1981	The Fan	Belle Goldman
1979	The Runner Stumbles	Mrs. Shandig
1979	Lost and Found	Jemmy
1979	The Gathering, Part II	Kate Thornton
1979	Letters from Frank	Betty Miller
1979	The Muppets Go Hollywood	Self
1978	Interiors	Pearl
1977	The Gathering	Kate
1976	Cat on a Hot Tin Roof	Big Mama
1975	Queen of the Stardust Ballroom	Bea Asher
1974	Voyage to Next	Mother Earth (voice)
1974	Tell Me Where It Hurts	Connie
1974	A Sunday Dinner
1973	Tennessee Williams' South
1972	Dig: A Journey Into Earth	Mother (voice)
1971	Plaza Suite	Karen Nash
1971	Summer of '42	Hermie's Mother (voice) (uncredited)
1970	Airport	Inez Guerrero
1969	Trilogy	Mary O'Meaghan
1969	Mirror, Mirror Off the Wall	Ruthie Maxwell
1963	Bye Bye Birdie	Mama Mae Peterson
1962	A View from the Bridge	Beatrice Carbone
1960	The Fugitive Kind	Vee Talbot
1959	For Whom the Bell Tolls	Pilar
1959	Lonelyhearts	Fay Doyle
1958	All the King's Men
1953	Main Street to Broadway	Self (uncredited)

Year	TV Show	Role
1989	B.L. Stryker	Auntie Sue
1985	The Equalizer	Emmy Rutherford
1982	Little Gloria... Happy at Last	Nurse Emma Kieslich
1976	Laurence Olivier Presents	Big Mama
1975	Saturday Night Live	Self - Host
1974	NOVA	Narrator (voice)
1971	Great Performances	White Queen
1968	The Dick Cavett Show	Self - Guest
1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self
1961	The Mike Douglas Show	Self
1958	Naked City	Abilene Hutchinson Bick
1958	Naked City	Ruth Callan
1956	Playhouse 90	Pilar
1956	Tony Awards	Self - Nominee
1953	General Electric Theater	Ethel
1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Tanta Perla
1948	Studio One	Rachel Jackson
1948	The Philco Television Playhouse	Daughter
1948	The Philco Television Playhouse	Mrs. Johnson