MAUREEN STAPLETON
June 21,
1925 - March 13, 2006
Oscar, Tony and Emmy all bowed to Maureen Stapleton, a versatile actress who
earned kudos in movies, television and on stage. Her Broadway career began on a
high note with her role Burgess Meredith's 1946 production of
"The
Playboy of the Western World" and continued with her Tony-winning
performance in Tennessee Williams' "The Rose Tattoo." Roles in subsequent
Williams stage works followed, as did Stapleton's appearance in Lillian
Hellman's "Toys in the Attic" while Stapleton was crafting an equally impressive
filmography. She earned an Academy Award nomination with her screen debut in "Lonelyhearts," and for her work in "Airport" and Woody Allen's "Interiors." Ms. Stapleton won the Oscar as best supporting
actress in Warren Beatty's 1981 epic, "Reds," in which she was cast as anarchist Emma Goldman. Her
television work also generated multiple Emmy nominations, with Stapleton winning
in 1968 for her performance in "Among the Paths of Eden."
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