Jean Stapleton
Jean Stapleton was born Jeanne Murray in Manhattan, New York City, to Marie A. (Stapleton), an opera singer, and Joseph Edward Murray, a billboard advertising salesman. Her paternal grandparents were Irish. She was a cousin of actress Betty Jane Watson. Other relatives in show business were her uncle, Joseph E. Deming, a vaudevillian; and her brother Jack Stapleton, a stage actor. She graduated...
Jean Stapleton was born Jeanne Murray in Manhattan, New York City, to Marie A. (Stapleton), an opera singer, and Joseph Edward Murray, a billboard advertising salesman. Her paternal grandparents were Irish. She was a cousin of actress Betty Jane Watson. Other relatives in show business were her uncle, Joseph E. Deming, a vaudevillian; and her brother Jack Stapleton, a stage actor. She graduated...
Known For
You've Got Mail
as Birdie Conrad
Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World
as Mrs. Jenkins (voice)
Michael
as Pansy Milbank
Cast Credits
Like Mother Like Son: The Strange Story of Sante and Kenny Kimes
as Irene Silverman
Pursuit of Happiness
as Lorraine
Baby
as Byrd
You've Got Mail
as Birdie Conrad
Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World
as Mrs. Jenkins (voice)
Chance of a Lifetime
as Mrs. Dunbar
Michael
as Pansy Milbank
Lily Dale
as Mrs. Coons
Bury Me in Niagara
as Mildred
The Trial
as Landlady (uncredited)
The Habitation of Dragons
as Lenora Tolliver
Fire in the Dark
as Henry Dutton
Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme
as Mother Goose
Dead Man's Folly
as Ariadne Oliver
Cinderella
as Fairy Godmother
Faerie Tale Theatre: Cinderella
as Fairy Godmother
The Buddy System
as Mrs. Price
A Matter of Sex
as Irene Wallin
Jack and the Beanstalk
as The Giantess
Something's Afoot
as Miss Tweed
Eleanor, First Lady of the World
as Eleanor Roosevelt
Isabel's Choice
as Isabel Cooper
Angel Dusted
as Betty Eaton
Aunt Mary
as Mary Dobkin
You Can't Take it With You
as Penny Sycamore
Tail Gunner Joe
as Mrs. DeCamp
Acts of Love and Other Comedies
as Gina's Mother
Klute
as Goldfarb’s Secretary
Cold Turkey
as Mrs. Wappler
Up the Down Staircase
as Sadie Finch