Maureen Stapleton

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1925-06-21 (81 years old)

Deathday

2006-03-12

Place of Birth

Troy, New York, United States

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.

Acting

1997

1985

Cocoon

as Mary Luckett

1970

Airport

as Inez Guerrero

1986

The Money Pit

as Estelle

1988

Cocoon: The Return

as Mary Luckett

1963

Bye Bye Birdie

as Mama Mae Peterson

1953

Main Street to Broadway

as Self (uncredited)

1986

Heartburn

as Vera

1987

Nuts

as Rose Kirk

1994

Trading Mom

as Mrs. Cavour, the Gardener

1987

Made in Heaven

as Aunt Lisa

1971

Plaza Suite

as Karen Nash

1978

Interiors

as Pearl

1985

Private Sessions

as Dr. Liz Bolger

1960

The Fugitive Kind

as Vee Talbot

1981

Reds

as Emma Goldman

1981

On the Right Track

as Mary the Bag Lady

1981

The Fan

as Belle Goldman

1982

1959

Lonelyhearts

as Fay Doyle

1972

Dig: A Journey Into Earth

as Mother (voice)

1994

The Last Good Time

as Ida Cutler

1979

The Runner Stumbles

as Mrs. Shandig

1977

1974

Voyage to Next

as Mother Earth (voice)

1962

A View from the Bridge

as Beatrice Carbone

1979

1988

Liberace: Behind the Music

as Frances Liberace

1969

Trilogy

as Mary O'Meaghan

1998

Wilbur Falls

as Wilbur Falls High Secretary

1992

Miss Rose White

as Tanta Perla

1986

The Cosmic Eye

as Mother Earth (voice)

1983

Alice in Wonderland

as White Queen

1987

Sweet Lorraine

as Lillian Garber

1976

1992

Last Wish

as Ida Rollin

1992

Passed Away

as Mary Scanlan

1992

Lincoln

as Sarah Bush Lincoln (voice)

1979

The Gathering, Part II

as Kate Thornton

1998

Snow Cat

as Grandma (voice)

1979

Letters from Frank

as Betty Miller

1984

1984

Family Secrets

as Maggie Lukauer

1971

Summer of '42

as Hermie's Mother (voice) (uncredited)

1988

Doin' Time on Planet Earth

as Helium Balloon Saleslady

1983

1969

1976

A Mother's Tale

as Narrator

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