Jean Stapleton
Also Known As: Джин Стэплтон, جین استاپلتون
Biography: Jean Stapleton was born Jeanne Murray in Manhattan, New York City, to Marie A. (Stapleton), an opera singer, and Joseph Edward Murray, a billboard advertising salesman. Her paternal grandparents were Irish. She was a cousin of actress Betty Jane Watson. Other relatives in show business were her uncle, Joseph E. Deming, a vaudevillian; and her brother Jack Stapleton, a stage actor. She graduated from Wadleigh High School, NYC, in 1939, and attended Hunter College. She worked as a secretary before becoming an actress. Stapleton made her stage debut at the Greenwood Playhouse, Peaks Island, Maine, in the summer of 1941, and her New York stage debut in "The Corn Is Green" (1948). She appeared on Broadway in the musicals "Damn Yankees" (1955) and "Bells Are Ringing" (1956), and later repeated her roles in the movie versions (Damn Yankees (1958) and Bells Are Ringing (1960)). Her other Broadway roles included the original companies of "Rhinoceros" (1961) and "Funny Girl" (1964). Stapleton also played Abby Brewster in the 1986-87 revival of "Arsenic and Old Lace".
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Manhattan, New York, US
Adult: No
Birthday: January 19, 1923
Age: 102 years old
Gender: Female
Deathday: May 31, 2013
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Michael
Overview: Tabloid reporters are sent by their editor to investigate after the paper recieves a letter from a woman claiming an angel is living with her.
Genres: Comedy Drama Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-12-25
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Pursuit of Happiness
Overview: An advertising executive fails to realize that the woman of his dreams is his best friend since first grade, now married to his cheating co-worker.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-01-17
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Dead Man's Folly
Overview: During a murder hunt game at a country house, to which Hercule Poirot is invited as an "expert", a real murder occurs.
Genres: Crime Thriller Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-01-08
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You've Got Mail
Overview: Book superstore magnate, Joe Fox and independent book shop owner, Kathleen Kelly fall in love in the anonymity of the Internet—both blissfully unaware that he's trying to put her out of business.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-12-18
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Damn Yankees
Overview: Film adaptation of the George Abbott Broadway musical about a Washington Senators fan who makes a pact with the Devil to help his baseball team win the league pennant.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-09-26
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Cold Turkey
Overview: Reverend Brooks leads the town in a contest to stop smoking for a month, But some tobacco executives don't want them to win, and try everything they can to make them smoke. If townspeople don't go nuts, from wanting a cigarette, or kill each other from irritation and frustration, they will win a huge prize.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-02-19
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Up the Down Staircase
Overview: Sylvia, a novice schoolteacher, is hired to teach English in a high school, but she’s met with an apathetic faculty, a delinquent student body and an administration that drowns its staff in paperwork. The following days go from bad to worse as Sylvia struggles to reach her most troubled students.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-06-28
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Bells Are Ringing
Overview: Ella Peterson works in the basement office of Susanswerphone, a telephone answering service. She listens in on others' lives and adds some interest to her own humdrum existence by adopting different identities for her clients. They include an out-of-work Method actor, a dentist with musical yearnings, and in particular playwright Jeffrey Moss, who is suffering from writer's block and desperately needs a muse.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-06-23
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Good Evening Captain
Overview: TV special celebrating the 25th anniversary of Captain Kangaroo with multiple guest stars.
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-08-21
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The Buddy System
Overview: A school truant officer uncovers a young boy's attempt to fake his residential address and subsequently befriends the kid and his mother.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-05-04
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Gonzo Presents Muppet Weird Stuff
Overview: Gonzo hosts this collection of some of the weirdest moments from The Muppet Show at his trailer home, assisted by Camilia and visited by Kermit The Frog.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-07-09
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Something Wild
Overview: A young rape victim tries desperately to pick up the pieces of her life, only to find herself at the mercy of a would-be rescuer.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-12-23
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The Television Revolution Begins: "All in the Family" Is On the Air
Overview: DVD featurette documenting the success of "All in the Family".
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-06-09
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Those Were the Days: The Birth of "All in the Family"
Overview: DVD featurette documenting the beginnings of "All in the Family"
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-06-09
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Baby
Overview: A couple finds a baby on their doorstep with a note asking them to temporarily keep it. They take the baby in and care for it as if it were their own. But what if the baby's mom really returns to claim it?
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-10-08
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Chance of a Lifetime
Overview: Irreverent freelance investigative reporter Tom Maguire hits rock bottom when bigot editor in chief Ivan refuses to print his pieces anymore and his bad back most be operated, but his health insurance just expired. Sympathetic editor Irene Dunbar, feeling guilty she didn't save his job, volunteers for a fake marriage so he can use her insurance. The 'happy couple' in now constantly beleaguered by her mother and an insurance inspector, while each has his own affairs, but the co-habitation also seems to generate meaningful affection.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-03-29
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Angel Dusted
Overview: Cautionary anti-drug film based on a true story about the effects on Jean Stapleton and Arthur Hill when their teenage son (John Putch, Stapleton's real-life son) gets spaced out on a marijuana joint laced with PCP, or "angel dust," and the family is forced to wrestle with the crisis.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-02-11
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Lily Dale
Overview: In 1910, 19-year-old Horace Robedaux, still bitter toward his stepfather, goes to Houston to be reunited with his mother, Corella, and his sister, Lily Dale, following a long estrangement. He has not seen either since he was 12 because his wicked stepfather, Pete Davenport (whom his mother married after his father drank himself to death) believes a boy ought to be self-reliant.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-06-09
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The Last Laugh
Overview: Feature documentary about humor and the Holocaust, examining whether it is ever acceptable to use humor in connection with a tragedy of that scale, and the implications for other seemingly off-limits topics in a society that prizes free speech.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-04-18
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Funny Ladies: A Portrait of Women Cartoonists
Overview: Profiles on the creative processes of Dale Messick, Cathy Guisewite, Nicole Hollander, and Lynda Barry, preceded by a brief overview of early female comic strip artists.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-06-05
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Klute
Overview: A high-priced call girl is forced to depend on a reluctant private eye when she is stalked by a psychopath.
Genres: Thriller Mystery Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-06-23
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Aunt Mary
Overview: The true-life drama about a handicapped Baltimore woman living on welfare who organized a sandlot baseball team and ended up coaching more than 50,000 boys and girls over nearly 40 years.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-12-05
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Eleanor, First Lady of the World
Overview: Biography of former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt, who forged a new role for herself in the years after her husband's death.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-05-12
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Tail Gunner Joe
Overview: Senator Joseph McCarthy from Wisconsin accuses prominent people of Communist sympathies in order to give him a national power base when he later planned to run for President.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-02-06
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You Can't Take it With You
Overview: Emmy winner Jean Stapleton and Academy Award winner Art Carney star in the Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart about a slightly daft family who do exactly as they please.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-05-16
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Fire in the Dark
Overview: A 75-year old widow with battles herself as she struggles with being a burden to those she loves. Though determined not to rely on her children, she is forced to move in with her daughter after a serious fall, and the family learns to face the future with dignity and hope.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-07-01
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Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World
Overview: When news of John Smith's death reaches America, Pocahontas is devastated. She sets off to London with John Rolfe, to meet with the King of England on a diplomatic mission: to create peace and respect between the two great lands. However, Governor Ratcliffe is still around; he wants to return to Jamestown and take over. He will stop at nothing to discredit the young princess.
Genres: Animation Family Adventure Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-08-04
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A Matter of Sex
Overview: Dramatization of the true story of the so-called Willmar Eight, a group of Minnesota bank workers who braved freezing conditions whilst picketing their branch in a struggle for union rights.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-01-01
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Acts of Love and Other Comedies
Overview: A funny anthology featuring various sketches about people having trouble with love and sex.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-03-15
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Bury Me in Niagara
Overview: When the controlling mother (Jean Stapleton) of Martin Mallory (Geraint Wyn Davies) dies, Mallory thinks he's finally free of her meddling. But her ghost appears to him at her funeral, brought back to life by a mysterious Japanese stone. Now, Martin must move her body to Niagara Falls, N.Y., within 48 hours, or she won't be allowed into heaven. To make matters worse, Japanese hit men are trying desperately to get the stone back.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-10-31
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Jack and the Beanstalk
Overview: Imaginative and creative Jack seeks adventure while trying to provide for himself and his mother. Will he ever solve the mystery of how his father died?
Genres: Fantasy Adventure TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-09-08
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Cinderella
Overview: An oppressed young woman finds happiness when she secretly attends the royal ball.
Genres: Romance Fantasy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-08-14
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Like Mother Like Son: The Strange Story of Sante and Kenny Kimes
Overview: The real-life case based on the horrific crimes of Sante and Kenny Kimes, the mother and son duo who specialized in theft, fraud and murder.
Genres: Drama Crime Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-05-20
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Pursuit of Happiness
Overview: An advertising executive fails to realize that the woman of his dreams is his best friend since first grade, now married to his cheating co-worker.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-01-17
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The Trial
Overview: Joseph K. awakes one morning, to find two strange men in his room, telling him he has been arrested. Joseph is not told what he is charged with, and despite being "arrested," is allowed to remain free and go to work. But despite the strange nature of his arrest, Joseph soon learns that his trial, however odd, is very real, and tries desperately to spare himself from the court's judgement.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-06-18
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Isabel's Choice
Overview: When the boss she helped climb the corporate ladder is forced into early retirement, a widowed executive secretary must choose between his surprise marriage proposal or new challenges and continuing her career by helping his successor adjust to his company duties.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-12-16
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Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme
Overview: Set in the mythical world of Rhymeland, Gordon Goose returns home to discover that his mom has mysteriously vanished. Now the characters of Rhymeland are in danger of disappearing unless Mother Goose returns.
Genres: Adventure Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-05-19
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The Habitation of Dragons
Overview: Two brothers of totally different natures live in a small town in Texas. Since the death of their father they confront one another all the time for all kind of major and minor problems.
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-09-08
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The Muppets Go Hollywood
Overview: Kermit the Frog throws a glamorous party at the Cocoanut Grove nightclub to celebrate the premiere of the Muppets' first feature film, The Muppet Movie. Hosts Dick van Dyke and Rita Moreno interview the wide array of celebrities and Muppets who attend the event. Gary Owens serves as off-camera announcer, and appears on-screen to introduce Miss Piggy.
Genres: TV Movie Family Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-05-16
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All in the Family: 20th Anniversary Special
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-02-16
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Faerie Tale Theatre: Cinderella
Overview: Faerie Tale Theatre's "Cinderella" more than lives up to the series' stellar legacy of creative fairytale adaptations. Featuring a cast which includes Jennifer Beals, Jean Stapleton and Matthew Broderick it shines with intelligence and romance. It even subtly improves on the Disney classic by giving the prince a proper name; that of Henry. Jennifer Beals does admirable work as the title heroine, humanizing(as much as she can)one of the archetypal figures in mythical storytelling. Matthew Broderick infuses Prince Henry with undeniable charm while still maintaining a palpable shyness which perceptively suits the character as he finds true love. Jean Stapleton's boisterous Fairy Godmother befits the character's role as an agent for dynamic change in the story.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-08-08
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