Maureen Stapleton
American actress (1925–2006) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lois Maureen Stapleton (June 21, 1925 – March 13, 2006) was an American actress.[1] She received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a BAFTA Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and two Tony Awards, in addition to a nomination for a Grammy Award.
Maureen Stapleton | |
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Born | Lois Maureen Stapleton (1925-06-21)June 21, 1925 Troy, New York, U.S. |
Died | March 13, 2006(2006-03-13) (aged 80) Lenox, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1946–2003 |
Spouses | |
Children | 2 |
She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Lonelyhearts (1958), Airport (1970), and Interiors (1978), before winning for her performance as Emma Goldman in Reds (1981). For Reds, Stapleton also won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. She was nominated for five Golden Globe Awards, winning for Airport. Other notable film roles included Bye Bye Birdie (1963), Plaza Suite (1971), The Fan (1981), Cocoon (1985), The Money Pit (1986), and Nuts (1987).
She was nominated for seven Emmy Awards and won one for the television film Among the Paths to Eden (1967).[2]
Stapleton made her Broadway debut in 1946 in The Playboy of the Western World, and went on to win the 1951 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for The Rose Tattoo and the 1971 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for The Gingerbread Lady. She received four additional Tony Award nominations[3] and was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame in 1981.
She was "almost an EGOT," having won the Triple Crown of Acting, every major performing award except a Grammy, for which she was nominated in 1975.[4]