Maureen Stapleton

Maureen Stapleton ( June 21, 1925 in Troy, New York, USA, † March 13, 2006 in Lenox, Massachusetts; actually Lois Maureen Stapleton ) was an American actress. She made both as a theater as well as a film actress a name, but is not related to actress Jean Stapleton.

Life

Maureen Stapleton grew up in an Irish Catholic family. After completion of highschool, she began to appear at the theater and went very quickly made a name as an actress in comedy as in drama. By his own admission it was due to their infatuation with actor Joel McCrea, who instructed them in acting that in 1946 on Broadway in Burgess Meredith's production of Irish theater piece debuted The Playboy of the Western World by John Millington Synge.

After Stapleton had in The Rose Tattoo by Tennessee Williams Anna Magnani replaced as Serafina Delle Rose the actress, she won in 1951 for her portrayal of a Tony Award. Roles in other plays by Williams followed. Her second Tony Award in Stapleton in 1971 for her role in Neil Simon's comedy The Gingerbread Lady.

Maureen Stapleton received after three role nominations for Life is a lie (1958), Airport ( 1970) and interior (1978 ) Woody Allen's 1981 Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for Reds by Warren Beatty. She also won an Emmy for Best Actress for her role in the TV movie Among the Paths to Eden (1967 ) and a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress in the disaster film Airport on the novel by Arthur Hailey.

Stapleton was married twice, from July 1949 to February 1959 with the theater producer Max Allentuck and from July 1963 to June 1966 with screenwriter David Rayfiel. She had two children from her first marriage.

Maureen Stapleton died on 13 March 2006 at her home in Lenox, Massachusetts, from the effects of a lung condition.

Filmography

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