Jean Stapleton

Jean Stapleton was born Jeanne Murray, à Manhattan, New York City, to Marie A. (Stapleton), à opera singer, and Joseph Edward Murray, a billboard publicité salesman. Her paternal que les grands-parents were Irish. She was a cousin of actrice Betty Jane Watson. Other relatif dans le show business were her oncle, Joseph E. Deming, a vaudevillian; and her brother Jack Stapleton, a stage actor. She graduated from Wadleigh High School, à new york, en 1939, and attended Hunter College. She worked as a secrétaire before becoming an actress. Stapleton made her stage debut at the Greenwood Playhouse, Peaks Island, Maine, dans the summer of 1941, and her New York stage debut dans "The Corn Is Green" (1948). She appeared on Broadway dans the musicals "Damn Yankees" (1955) et "Bells Are Ringing" (1956), and later repeated her roles in the movie versions (Damn Yankees (1958) and Bells Are Ringing (1960)). Her other Broadway roles included the original of companies "Rhinoceros" (1961) et "Funny Girl" (1964). Stapleton donc joué Abby Brewster dans the 1986-87 revival of "Arsenic and Old Lace".