Maureen Stapleton
Born: 1925-06-21 in Troy, New York, United States
Died: 2006-03-12
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
1998
- Wilbur Falls as Wilbur Falls High Secretary
- Snow Cat as Grandma (voice)
1997
- Addicted to Love as Nana
1996
- Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman as Self
1994
- Trading Mom as Mrs. Cavour, the Gardener
- Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage as Self
- The Last Good Time as Ida Cutler
1992
- Lincoln as Sarah Bush Lincoln (voice)
- Passed Away as Mary Scanlan
- Last Wish as Ida Rollin
- Miss Rose White as Tanta Perla
1989
- B.L. Stryker as Auntie Sue
- Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre as Self (voice)
- When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen as Self
1988
- Cocoon: The Return as Mary Luckett
- Liberace: Behind the Music as Frances Liberace
- Hello Actors Studio as Self
- Doin' Time on Planet Earth as Helium Balloon Saleslady
1987
- Nuts as Rose Kirk
- Made in Heaven as Aunt Lisa
- Sweet Lorraine as Lillian Garber
1986
- Heartburn as Vera
- The Money Pit as Estelle
- The Cosmic Eye as Mother Earth (voice)
1985
- The Equalizer as Emmy Rutherford
- Cocoon as Mary Luckett
- Private Sessions as Dr. Liz Bolger
- Night of 100 Stars II as Self
1984
- Johnny Dangerously as Mom
- Sentimental Journey as Ruthie
- Family Secrets as Maggie Lukauer
- America and Lewis Hine as Voice
1983
- Montgomery Clift as Self
- Alice in Wonderland as White Queen
1982
- Night of 100 Stars as Self
- The Electric Grandmother as Grandmother
- Little Gloria... Happy at Last as Nurse Emma Kieslich
1981
- Reds as Emma Goldman
- The Fan as Belle Goldman
- On the Right Track as Mary the Bag Lady
1979
- The Gathering, Part II as Kate Thornton
- The Runner Stumbles as Mrs. Shandig
- The Muppets Go Hollywood as Self
- Lost and Found as Jemmy
- Letters from Frank as Betty Miller
1978
- Interiors as Pearl
1977
- The Gathering as Kate
1976
- Laurence Olivier Presents as Big Mama
- Cat on a Hot Tin Roof as Big Mama
- A Mother's Tale as Narrator
1975
- Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- Queen of the Stardust Ballroom as Bea Asher
1974
- NOVA as Narrator (voice)
- Tell Me Where It Hurts as Connie
- A Sunday Dinner
- Voyage to Next as Mother Earth (voice)
1972
- Dig: A Journey Into Earth as Mother (voice)
1971
- Great Performances as White Queen
- Plaza Suite as Karen Nash
- Summer of '42 as Hermie's Mother (voice) (uncredited)
1970
- Airport as Inez Guerrero
1969
- Trilogy as Mary O'Meaghan
- Mirror, Mirror Off the Wall as Ruthie Maxwell
1968
- The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
1963
- Bye Bye Birdie as Mama Mae Peterson
1962
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- A View from the Bridge as Beatrice Carbone
1961
- The Mike Douglas Show as Self
1960
- The Fugitive Kind as Vee Talbot
1959
- Lonelyhearts as Fay Doyle
- For Whom the Bell Tolls as Pilar
1958
- Naked City as Abilene Hutchinson Bick
- All the King's Men
1956
- Tony Awards as Self - Nominee
- Playhouse 90 as Pilar
1953
- Main Street to Broadway as Self (uncredited)
- General Electric Theater as Ethel
1951
- Hallmark Hall of Fame as Tanta Perla
1948
- Studio One as Rachel Jackson
- The Philco Television Playhouse as Daughter