Jean Stapleton (born Jeanne Murray; January 19, 1923 – May 31, 2013) was an American character actress of stage, television, and film.\n', '

Stapleton is best known for having portrayed Edith Bunker, the long-suffering, yet devoted wife of Archie Bunker, on the 1970s sitcom All in the Family. Stapleton was a three-time recipient of the Prime Time Emmy Award for leading actress in a comedy series and won two Golden Globes in the same category during the show\'s airing. She also made occasional appearances on the All in the Family follow-up series Archie Bunker\'s Place, but asked to be written out of the show during the first season due to becoming tired of the role.\n', '

Stapleton was born on January 19, 1923, in Manhattan, New York City, the daughter of Marie A. (née Stapleton), an opera singer and Joseph E. Murray, a billboard advertising salesman. At age 18, she began her career in 1941 in summer stock theatre and made her New York debut in the Off-Broadway play American Gothic. Stapleton was featured on Broadway theatre in several hit musicals, such as Damn Yankees, Funny Girl, Bells Are Ringing and Juno. She guest starred in many television series, including the role of Rosa Criley in the 1963 episode "The Bride Wore Pink" on NBC\'s medical drama about psychiatry, The Eleventh Hour .\n', '

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