Maureen Stapleton

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.

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Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962 • as Self

Saturday Night Live

1975 • as Self - Host

The Mike Douglas Show

1961 • as Self

The Dick Cavett Show

1968 • as Self - Guest

NOVA

1974 • as Narrator (voice)

The Philco Television Playhouse

1948 • as Daughter

Filmography

2003

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

as Self

Movie - Released: 4/3/2003

1998

Movie

Wilbur Falls

as Wilbur Falls High Secretary

Movie - Released: 7/25/1998

Snow Cat

as Grandma (voice)

Movie - Released: 1/1/1998

1997

Addicted to Love

as Nana

Movie - Released: 5/23/1997

1996

Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman

as Self

Movie - Released: 11/25/1996

1994

Trading Mom

as Mrs. Cavour, the Gardener

Movie - Released: 3/4/1994

The Last Good Time

as Ida Cutler

Movie - Released: 10/1/1994

Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage

as Self

Movie - Released: 12/19/1994

1992

Miss Rose White

as Tanta Perla

Movie - Released: 4/26/1992

Last Wish

as Ida Rollin

Movie - Released: 1/12/1992

Passed Away

as Mary Scanlan

Movie - Released: 4/24/1992

Movie

Lincoln

as Sarah Bush Lincoln (voice)

Movie - Released: 12/26/1992

1989

Movie

Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre

as Herself

Movie - Released: 6/26/1989

B.L. Stryker

as Auntie Sue

TV - Released: 2/13/1989

1988

Cocoon: The Return

as Mary Luckett

Movie - Released: 9/13/1988

Liberace: Behind the Music

as Frances Liberace

Movie - Released: 10/8/1988

Hello Actors Studio

as Self

Movie - Released: 11/9/1988

Doin' Time on Planet Earth

as Helium Balloon Saleslady

Movie - Released: 9/16/1988

1987

Nuts

as Rose Kirk

Movie - Released: 11/20/1987

Made in Heaven

as Aunt Lisa

Movie - Released: 11/6/1987

Sweet Lorraine

as Lillian Garber

Movie - Released: 1/1/1987

1986

The Money Pit

as Estelle

Movie - Released: 3/26/1986

Heartburn

as Vera

Movie - Released: 7/25/1986

The Cosmic Eye

as Mother Earth (voice)

Movie - Released: 6/6/1986

1985

Cocoon

as Mary Luckett

Movie - Released: 6/21/1985

Private Sessions

as Dr. Liz Bolger

Movie - Released: 3/18/1985

Night of 100 Stars II

as Self

Movie - Released: 3/10/1985

The Equalizer

as Emmy Rutherford

TV - Released: 9/18/1985

1984

Johnny Dangerously

as Ma Kelly

Movie - Released: 12/21/1984

Movie

America and Lewis Hine

as Voice

Movie - Released: 9/29/1984

Sentimental Journey

as Ruthie

Movie - Released: 3/17/1984

Family Secrets

as Maggie Lukauer

Movie - Released: 5/13/1984

1983

Alice in Wonderland

as White Queen

Movie - Released: 10/3/1983

Montgomery Clift

as Self

Movie - Released: 1/1/1983

1982

The Electric Grandmother

as Grandmother

Movie - Released: 1/17/1982

Night of 100 Stars

as Self

Movie - Released: 3/8/1982

Little Gloria... Happy at Last

as Nurse Emma Kieslich

TV - Released: 10/24/1982

1981

Reds

as Emma Goldman

Movie - Released: 12/25/1981

On the Right Track

as Mary the Bag Lady

Movie - Released: 3/6/1981

The Fan

as Belle Goldman

Movie - Released: 5/15/1981

1979

The Runner Stumbles

as Mrs. Shandig

Movie - Released: 11/16/1979

Lost and Found

as Jemmy

Movie - Released: 7/13/1979

The Gathering, Part II

as Kate Thornton

Movie - Released: 12/17/1979

Letters from Frank

as Betty Miller

Movie - Released: 11/22/1979

The Muppets Go Hollywood

as Self

Movie - Released: 5/16/1979

1978

Interiors

as Pearl

Movie - Released: 8/2/1978

1977

The Gathering

as Kate

Movie - Released: 12/4/1977

1976

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

as Big Mama

Movie - Released: 12/6/1976

Laurence Olivier Presents

as Big Mama

TV - Released: 12/5/1976

1975

Queen of the Stardust Ballroom

as Bea Asher

Movie - Released: 2/13/1975

Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

TV - Released: 10/11/1975

1974

Voyage to Next

as Mother Earth (voice)

Movie - Released: 10/1/1974

Movie

Tell Me Where It Hurts

as Connie

Movie - Released: 3/12/1974

A Sunday Dinner

Movie - Released: 1/1/1974

NOVA

as Narrator (voice)

TV - Released: 3/3/1974

1973

Tennessee Williams' South

Movie - Released: 1/1/1973

1972

Dig: A Journey Into Earth

as Mother (voice)

Movie - Released: 4/8/1972

1971

Plaza Suite

as Karen Nash

Movie - Released: 5/12/1971

Summer of '42

as Hermie's Mother (voice) (uncredited)

Movie - Released: 4/19/1971

Great Performances

as White Queen

TV - Released: 1/28/1971

1970

Airport

as Inez Guerrero

Movie - Released: 3/25/1970

1969

Trilogy

as Mary O'Meaghan

Movie - Released: 6/8/1969

Mirror, Mirror Off the Wall

as Ruthie Maxwell

Movie - Released: 11/21/1969

1968

The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

TV - Released: 6/6/1968

1963

Bye Bye Birdie

as Mama Mae Peterson

Movie - Released: 4/4/1963

1962

A View from the Bridge

as Beatrice Carbone

Movie - Released: 1/19/1962

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

TV - Released: 10/1/1962

1961

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

TV - Released: 12/11/1961

1960

The Fugitive Kind

as Vee Talbot

Movie - Released: 4/14/1960

1959

For Whom the Bell Tolls

as Pilar

Movie - Released: 3/12/1959

Lonelyhearts

as Fay Doyle

Movie - Released: 3/4/1959

1958

All the King's Men

Movie - Released: 5/14/1958

Naked City

as Abilene Hutchinson Bick

TV - Released: 9/30/1958

Naked City

as Ruth Callan

TV - Released: 9/30/1958

1956

Playhouse 90

as Pilar

TV - Released: 10/4/1956

Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee

TV - Released: 4/1/1956

1953

Main Street to Broadway

as Self (uncredited)

Movie - Released: 10/12/1953

General Electric Theater

as Ethel

TV - Released: 2/1/1953

1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Tanta Perla

TV - Released: 12/24/1951

1948

Studio One

as Rachel Jackson

TV - Released: 11/7/1948

The Philco Television Playhouse

as Daughter

TV - Released: 10/3/1948

The Philco Television Playhouse

as Mrs. Johnson

TV - Released: 10/3/1948