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Jean Stapleton (born Jeanne Murray; January 19, 1923 – May 31, 2013) was an American character actress of stage, television and film. Stapleton is best known for her portrayal of Edith Bunker , the perpetually optimistic and devoted wife of Archie Bunker , on the 1970s sitcom All in the Family . [ 1 ]
Edith Bunker is a fictional character on the 1970s sitcom All in the Family (and occasionally Archie Bunker's Place), played by Jean Stapleton. She is the wife of Archie Bunker, mother of Gloria Stivic, mother-in-law of Michael "Meathead" Stivic, and grandmother of Joey Stivic. Her cousin is Maude Findlay , one of Archie's nemeses. [1]
Jean Stapleton continued to play Archie's wife Edith Bunker when Archie Bunker's Place premiered. The show featured Edith five times during the first 14 episodes of the first season, but Stapleton decided to leave the series late in 1979; her character was referred to but unseen during most of the 1979–80 season.
All in the Family ran from 1971 to 1979 and Struthers appeared in 182 episodes. She also appeared in the spinoff Archie Bunker's Place and her own short-lived spinoff Gloria.She also found TV fans ...
Archie Bunker's long-suffering wife Edith was played by Jean Stapleton, also from New York City, a Broadway actress whom Lear remembered from the play and film Damn Yankees. The show also starred then-unknown character actors Rob Reiner as Archie's liberal son-in-law Michael "Meathead" Stivic and Sally Struthers as Gloria, Archie and Edith's ...
Presley, meanwhile, divorced wife Priscilla Presley in 1973 after six years of marriage. ... Jean Stapleton and Rob Reiner — and their spouses were often invited, Struthers claimed, “I wasn't ...
Isabel Cooper (Jean Stapleton) is a widow who prides herself on her years of devotion and loyalty as secretary to Lyman James (Richard Kiley), a top executive in a large corporation. Lyman retires when a dynamic young executive, Wynn Thomas (Peter Coyote) is hired to assume the presidency Lyman thought would be his.
Jean Stapleton as Edith Bunker, Sally Struthers as Gloria Bunker Stivic, Carroll O'Connor as Archie Bunker and Rob Reiner as Mike Stivic in "All in the Family" ... "The only thing that holds a ...