Maureen Stapleton
Biography
Maureen Stapleton was an American actress whose career began on the stage, with her Broadway debut coming in The Playboy of the Western World in 1946. Two Tony Awards followed, for The Rose Tattoo in 1951 and The Gingerbread Lady in 1971, along with nominations for The Cold Wind and the Warm, Toys in the Attic, Plaza Suite and The Little Foxes. Her first film, Lonelyhearts (1958), brought an Academy Award nomination, and she was nominated again for Airport (1970) and Interiors (1978) before winning the Best Supporting Actress Oscar as Emma Goldman in Reds (1981). Other screen credits included Bye Bye Birdie (1963), The Fugitive Kind (1960), Cocoon (1985), The Money Pit (1986) and Nuts (1987). On television she won an Emmy for Among the Paths to Eden, and in 1981 she was named to the American Theatre Hall of Fame.
80years old at death
- Born Troy
- Died Lenox
- Star sign: CancerFirst day of the sign, on the Gemini cusp
- Also credited as Lois Maureen Stapleton
Movie Career
- Films
- 20
- Career span
- 38 years1959 to 1997
Genres
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A role that slipped away
Stapleton took over the part in Tennessee Williams' The Rose Tattoo after Anna Magnani turned it down because her English was limited, and in 1951 she won a Tony Award for that role.
Early training
Stapleton named Mira Rostova as the acting teacher who influenced her most. Along with Rostova and Montgomery Clift, another of Rostova's pupils, she acted Off-Broadway in The Seagull in 1954.
Maureen Stapleton movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Eighteen actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Also two films together12 more actors
- Anna Maria HorsfordHeartburn (1986) and The Fan (1981)
- Jessica TandyCocoon: The Return (1988) and Cocoon (1985)
- Don AmecheCocoon: The Return (1988) and Cocoon (1985)
- Jack GilfordCocoon: The Return (1988) and Cocoon (1985)
- Gwen VerdonCocoon: The Return (1988) and Cocoon (1985)
- Herta WareCocoon: The Return (1988) and Cocoon (1985)
- Barret OliverCocoon: The Return (1988) and Cocoon (1985)
- Linda HarrisonCocoon: The Return (1988) and Cocoon (1985)
- Tahnee WelchCocoon: The Return (1988) and Cocoon (1985)
- Mike NomadCocoon: The Return (1988) and Cocoon (1985)
- Tyrone Power Jr.Cocoon: The Return (1988) and Cocoon (1985)
- Wendy J. CookeCocoon: The Return (1988) and Cocoon (1985)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Maureen Stapleton's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$444 million
13 of the 20 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 20 films: 13 worldwide figure; 4 us gross only; 3 figure not found.
- 13Worldwide figure
- 4US gross only
- 3Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 92% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$100M22.6% of the total
- 2$85M19.2% of the total
- 3$55M12.4% of the total
- 4$53M11.9% of the total
- 5$40M9.1% of the total
- 6$35M7.8% of the total
- 7$25M5.6% of the total
- 8$17M3.8% of the total
$33.3 millionfrom the other 5 films with a worldwide figure, 8% of the total
Awards
Four awards and honors from 1951 to 1982, three of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academy Awards | |||
| 1982 | Best Supporting Actress | Reds | Won |
| Tony Awards | |||
| 1971 | Best Actress in a Play | Won | |
| 1951 | Best Featured Actress in a Play | Won | |
| Other honors | |||
| 1951 | Theatre World Award | Won | |
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