Those Really Were The Days! (852)

Born: January 19, 1923

This lady was a true treasure...she was extremely talented and kind and when she referred to herself as a performer instead of a celebrity she was so right....she tackled many projects...

On stage:
-Damn Yankees
-Funny Girl
-Bells Are Ringing
-The Corn is Green
-Arsenic & Old Lace
-Eleanor Roosevelt

Star on television:
-Edith Bunker on "All in the Family" (1971-1979)
-Edith Bunker on "Archie Bunker's Place (5 episodes 1979)
-Jasmine Zweibel on "Bagdad Cafe" (1990-1991)
-Eleanor Roosevelt in "Eleanor First Lady of the World (TV Movie - 1982)
-Irene Silverman in "Like Mother Like Son: The Strange Story of Sante and Kenny Kimes" (2001) - final screen appearance

Guest Star on television:
-"Starlight Theatre"
-"Lux Video Theatre"
-"Robert Montgomery Presents"
-"The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse"
-"Dr. Kildare"
-"Dennis the Menace"
-"The Doctors and the Nurses"
-"Jackie Gleason and his American Scene Magazine"
-"The Defenders"
-"Car 54, Where Are You?"
-"Naked City"
-"Route 66"
-"My Three Sons"
-"The Patty Duke Show"
-"The Muppet Show"
-"Scarecrow and Mrs. King"
-"The Love Boat"
-"Grace Under Fire"
-"Caroline in the City"
-"Murphy Brown"
-"Everybody Loves Raymond"
-"Touched by an Angel"

On film:
-Damn Yankees (1958)
-Michael (1996)
-You've Got Mail (1998)

She continued to play Eleanor Roosevelt on stage in the early 2000's - she passed away on May 31, 2013 at the age of 90...a huge loss.....

In Memoriam Remembers:
Jean Stapleton

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