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Stapleton stifled permanently
Actress Jean Stapleton, Archie Bunker's wife Edith on "All in
the Family," died at age 90 in New York City.
Norman Lear, who produced and directed "All in the Family,"
posted: "Goodbye Edith, darling."
Stapleton won three Emmys for enduring Archie’s constant, “Stifle
it, Edith.” Archie Bunker was played by the late Carroll O'Connor. He was America's favorite TV bigot.
The daughter of an opera singer and businessman, Stapleton grew up
on Long Island and in New York City.
Calling her "our collective Mother, with a capital M,"
John and Pamela Putch -- Stapleton's two children with her husband William
Putch, whom she married in 1957 and who died in 1983 -- said "her devotion
to her craft and her family taught us all great lessons."
Jean Stapleton was an American character actress of stage, television and film. 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. Wikipedia
ReplyDeleteBorn: January 19, 1923, Manhattan
Died: May 31, 2013, New York City, NY