Maureen Stapleton

Known for: Acting

Born: 1925-06-21 – 2006-03-13 (aged 80)

From: Troy, New York, United States

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 (83)

MOVIE★ 7.0
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003
as Self
MOVIE★ 4.3
Wilbur Falls
1998
as Wilbur Falls High Secretary
MOVIE★ 9.0
Snow Cat
1998
as Grandma (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.2
Addicted to Love
1997
as Nana
MOVIE★ 7.5
Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman
1996
as Self
MOVIE★ 9.0
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
1994
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.5
The Last Good Time
1994
as Ida Cutler
MOVIE★ 5.9
Trading Mom
1994
as Mrs. Cavour, the Gardener
MOVIE★ 7.3
Lincoln
1992
as Sarah Bush Lincoln (voice)
MOVIE★ 5.0
Miss Rose White
1992
as Tanta Perla
MOVIE★ 5.4
Passed Away
1992
as Mary Scanlan
MOVIE★ 10.0
Last Wish
1992
as Ida Rollin
MOVIE
When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen
1989
as Self
MOVIE
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
1989
as Self (voice)
TV★ 6.1
B.L. Stryker
1989
as Auntie Sue
MOVIE★ 6.7
Hello Actors Studio
1988
as Self
MOVIE★ 4.8
Liberace: Behind the Music
1988
as Frances Liberace
MOVIE★ 4.0
Doin' Time on Planet Earth
1988
as Helium Balloon Saleslady
MOVIE★ 6.5
Cocoon: The Return
1988
as Mary Luckett
MOVIE★ 6.4
Nuts
1987
as Rose Kirk
MOVIE★ 6.5
Made in Heaven
1987
as Aunt Lisa
MOVIE★ 10.0
Sweet Lorraine
1987
as Lillian Garber
MOVIE★ 6.0
Heartburn
1986
as Vera
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Cosmic Eye
1986
as Mother Earth (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Money Pit
1986
as Estelle
TV★ 7.1
The Equalizer
1985
as Emmy Rutherford
MOVIE★ 6.6
Cocoon
1985
as Mary Luckett
MOVIE★ 4.0
Private Sessions
1985
as Dr. Liz Bolger
MOVIE★ 6.8
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.3
Johnny Dangerously
1984
as Mom
MOVIE★ 6.2
America and Lewis Hine
1984
as Voice
MOVIE★ 4.5
Family Secrets
1984
as Maggie Lukauer
MOVIE★ 6.3
Sentimental Journey
1984
as Ruthie
MOVIE★ 6.8
Alice in Wonderland
1983
as White Queen
MOVIE★ 4.3
Montgomery Clift
1983
as Self
TV★ 5.8
Little Gloria... Happy at Last
1982
as Nurse Emma Kieslich
MOVIE★ 5.8
Night of 100 Stars
1982
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Electric Grandmother
1982
as Grandmother
MOVIE★ 6.9
Reds
1981
as Emma Goldman
MOVIE★ 5.9
The Fan
1981
as Belle Goldman
MOVIE★ 6.5
On the Right Track
1981
as Mary the Bag Lady
MOVIE★ 4.7
The Gathering, Part II
1979
as Kate Thornton
MOVIE★ 8.0
Letters from Frank
1979
as Betty Miller
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Runner Stumbles
1979
as Mrs. Shandig
MOVIE★ 10.0
Arthur Miller on Home Ground
1979
MOVIE★ 6.0
Lost and Found
1979
as Jemmy
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Muppets Go Hollywood
1979
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.8
Interiors
1978
as Pearl
MOVIE★ 4.4
The Gathering
1977
as Kate
MOVIE★ 5.0
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
1976
as Big Mama
TV★ 7.0
Laurence Olivier Presents
1976
as Big Mama
MOVIE
A Mother's Tale
1976
as Narrator
TV★ 6.9
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
MOVIE★ 6.3
Queen of the Stardust Ballroom
1975
as Bea Asher
MOVIE★ 5.3
Voyage to Next
1974
as Mother Earth (voice)
MOVIE
Tell Me Where It Hurts
1974
as Connie
TV★ 7.0
NOVA
1974
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE
A Sunday Dinner
1974
MOVIE★ 10.0
Tennessee Williams' South
1973
MOVIE★ 8.0
Dig: A Journey Into Earth
1972
as Mother (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.2
Plaza Suite
1971
as Karen Nash
MOVIE★ 6.7
Summer of '42
1971
as Hermie's Mother (voice) (uncredited)
TV★ 6.1
Great Performances
1971
as White Queen
MOVIE★ 6.5
Airport
1970
as Inez Guerrero
MOVIE★ 9.0
Mirror, Mirror Off the Wall
1969
as Ruthie Maxwell
MOVIE★ 6.2
Trilogy
1969
as Mary O'Meaghan
TV★ 6.8
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
MOVIE★ 5.9
Bye Bye Birdie
1963
as Mama Mae Peterson
TV★ 7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.3
A View from the Bridge
1962
as Beatrice Carbone
TV★ 5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.9
The Fugitive Kind
1960
as Vee Talbot
MOVIE
For Whom the Bell Tolls
1959
as Pilar
MOVIE★ 6.3
Lonelyhearts
1959
as Fay Doyle
TV★ 5.7
Naked City
1958
as Abilene Hutchinson Bick
MOVIE★ 8.0
All the King's Men
1958
TV★ 7.6
Playhouse 90
1956
as Pilar
TV
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Nominee
MOVIE★ 7.3
Main Street to Broadway
1953
as Self (uncredited)
TV★ 6.8
General Electric Theater
1953
as Ethel
TV★ 8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Tanta Perla
TV★ 5.4
Studio One
1948
as Rachel Jackson
TV★ 6.6
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
as Daughter