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.
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Acting History
2003
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There as Self
1998Wilbur Falls as Wilbur Falls High Secretary
1998Snow Cat as Grandma (voice)
1997Addicted to Love as Nana
1996Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman as Self
1994Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage as Self
1994The Last Good Time as Ida Cutler
1994Trading Mom as Mrs. Cavour, the Gardener
1992Lincoln as Sarah Bush Lincoln (voice)
1992Miss Rose White as Tanta Perla
1992Passed Away as Mary Scanlan
1992Last Wish as Ida Rollin
1989When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen as Self
1989Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre as Self (voice)
1989B.L. Stryker as Auntie Sue
1988Hello Actors Studio as Self
1988Liberace: Behind the Music as Frances Liberace
1988Doin' Time on Planet Earth as Helium Balloon Saleslady
1988Cocoon: The Return as Mary Luckett
1987Nuts as Rose Kirk
1987Made in Heaven as Aunt Lisa
1987Sweet Lorraine as Lillian Garber
1986Heartburn as Vera
1986The Cosmic Eye as Mother Earth (voice)
1986The Money Pit as Estelle
1985The Equalizer as Emmy Rutherford
1985Cocoon as Mary Luckett
1985Private Sessions as Dr. Liz Bolger
1985Night of 100 Stars II as Self
1984Johnny Dangerously as Mom
1984America and Lewis Hine as Voice
1984Family Secrets as Maggie Lukauer
1984Sentimental Journey as Ruthie
1983Alice in Wonderland as White Queen
1983Montgomery Clift as Self
1982Little Gloria... Happy at Last as Nurse Emma Kieslich
1982Night of 100 Stars as Self
1982The Electric Grandmother as Grandmother
1981Reds as Emma Goldman
1981The Fan as Belle Goldman
1981On the Right Track as Mary the Bag Lady
1979The Gathering, Part II as Kate Thornton
1979Letters from Frank as Betty Miller
1979The Runner Stumbles as Mrs. Shandig
1979Lost and Found as Jemmy
1979The Muppets Go Hollywood as Self
1978Interiors as Pearl
1977The Gathering as Kate
1976Cat on a Hot Tin Roof as Big Mama
1976Laurence Olivier Presents as Big Mama
1976A Mother's Tale as Narrator
1975Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
1975Queen of the Stardust Ballroom as Bea Asher
1974Voyage to Next as Mother Earth (voice)
1974Tell Me Where It Hurts as Connie
1974NOVA as Narrator (voice)
1974A Sunday Dinner
1973Tennessee Williams' South
1972Dig: A Journey Into Earth as Mother (voice)
1971Plaza Suite as Karen Nash
1971Summer of '42 as Hermie's Mother (voice) (uncredited)
1971Great Performances as White Queen
1970Airport as Inez Guerrero
1969Mirror, Mirror Off the Wall as Ruthie Maxwell
1969Trilogy as Mary O'Meaghan
1968The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
1963Bye Bye Birdie as Mama Mae Peterson
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
1962A View from the Bridge as Beatrice Carbone
1961The Mike Douglas Show as Self
1961The Mike Douglas Show as Self - Taped Tribute
1960The Fugitive Kind as Vee Talbot
1959For Whom the Bell Tolls as Pilar
1959Lonelyhearts as Fay Doyle
1958Naked City as Abilene Hutchinson Bick
1958Naked City as Ruth Callan
1958All the King's Men
1956Playhouse 90 as Pilar
1956Tony Awards as Self - Nominee
1953Main Street to Broadway as Self (uncredited)
1953General Electric Theater as Ethel
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame as Tanta Perla
1948Studio One as Rachel Jackson
1948The Philco Television Playhouse as Daughter
1948The Philco Television Playhouse as Mrs. Johnson