Maureen Stapleton has died.
March 15, 2006 7:44 AM Subscribe
Maureen Stapleton has died. A fat teenager with dreams of stardom moves to the big city, loses a lot of the weight but becomes a hard drinker and hard smoker, takes acting lessons, and then gets lucky in classic Hollywood style: a big actress turns down a choice role in a Tennessee Williams play and Stapleton gets the part. But it was talent, not luck, that won her the Tony. This was the start of a long and honored acting career in which she also won Oscars and an Emmy. And yet you're thinking, "Archie's wife?"
I was thinking the same... which leads to the question what leads to posts being deleted?
posted by NailsTheCat at 8:24 AM on March 15, 2006
posted by NailsTheCat at 8:24 AM on March 15, 2006
And yet you're thinking, "Archie's wife?"
That was Jean Stapleton
posted by poppo at 8:32 AM on March 15, 2006
That was Jean Stapleton
posted by poppo at 8:32 AM on March 15, 2006
Previous thread, which started off badly, and just went downhill from there.
A shame, since she was a great actor.
And yet you're thinking, "Archie's wife?"
I know what you're saying, but she was amazing in that role. We're accustomed to praising overacting, but it takes more talent to play characters who try hard but are weak.
posted by mkultra at 8:32 AM on March 15, 2006
A shame, since she was a great actor.
And yet you're thinking, "Archie's wife?"
I know what you're saying, but she was amazing in that role. We're accustomed to praising overacting, but it takes more talent to play characters who try hard but are weak.
posted by mkultra at 8:32 AM on March 15, 2006
And in case, you're wondering, her and Maureen are not related
posted by poppo at 8:33 AM on March 15, 2006
posted by poppo at 8:33 AM on March 15, 2006
That was Jean Stapleton
Duh, you're so right. They're not even related.
Still, among the theater folk, she was a Great.
posted by mkultra at 8:35 AM on March 15, 2006
Duh, you're so right. They're not even related.
Still, among the theater folk, she was a Great.
posted by mkultra at 8:35 AM on March 15, 2006
And yet you're thinking, "Archie's wife?"
Actually, I was thinking I needed to take a pee.
posted by lalochezia at 8:46 AM on March 15, 2006
Actually, I was thinking I needed to take a pee.
posted by lalochezia at 8:46 AM on March 15, 2006
Previous thread, which started off badly, and just went downhill from there.
"Stop acting like a bunch of fag choir boys"
posted by matteo at 8:46 AM on March 15, 2006
"Stop acting like a bunch of fag choir boys"
posted by matteo at 8:46 AM on March 15, 2006
. (Has that Hummer been sold yet?)
posted by Smart Dalek at 9:00 AM on March 15, 2006
posted by Smart Dalek at 9:00 AM on March 15, 2006
Also known as Wilford Brimley's wife in Cocoon. I had no idea that she was a relatively accomplished actress outside of those movies, having never heard of her before. Sad. :(
posted by antifuse at 9:13 AM on March 15, 2006
posted by antifuse at 9:13 AM on March 15, 2006
"Stop acting like a bunch of fag choir boys"
I love how the discourse level here at MeFi retains the highest level of edification and class.
posted by djeo at 9:19 AM on March 15, 2006
I love how the discourse level here at MeFi retains the highest level of edification and class.
posted by djeo at 9:19 AM on March 15, 2006
You understand that the "fag choir boys" comment is a quote of Maureen's from Johnny Dangerously, right?
posted by daveleck at 9:26 AM on March 15, 2006
posted by daveleck at 9:26 AM on March 15, 2006
I know what you're saying, but she was amazing in that role. We're accustomed to praising overacting, but it takes more talent to play characters who try hard but are weak.
posted by mkultra at 8:32 AM PST on March 15 [!]
That was Jean Stapleton
Duh, you're so right. They're not even related.
Still, among the theater folk, she was a Great.
posted by mkultra at 8:35 AM PST on March 15 [!]
Sorry for grinning - but not unkindly, mkultra.
I'm just not sure your defensive "but" adequately covers insta-mourning the wrong actress, then swiftly insisting one of them was indeed "a Great" among the folk on Mt. Thespus!!
posted by Jody Tresidder at 9:46 AM on March 15, 2006
posted by mkultra at 8:32 AM PST on March 15 [!]
That was Jean Stapleton
Duh, you're so right. They're not even related.
Still, among the theater folk, she was a Great.
posted by mkultra at 8:35 AM PST on March 15 [!]
Sorry for grinning - but not unkindly, mkultra.
I'm just not sure your defensive "but" adequately covers insta-mourning the wrong actress, then swiftly insisting one of them was indeed "a Great" among the folk on Mt. Thespus!!
posted by Jody Tresidder at 9:46 AM on March 15, 2006
Thanks for the new post, she deserved it.
posted by Pollomacho at 10:31 AM on March 15, 2006
posted by Pollomacho at 10:31 AM on March 15, 2006
That lady knew how to cook beer with noodles like nobody's business.
djeo: please check the imdb entry for johnny dangerously to understand the fag choir boys line.
posted by shmegegge at 10:38 AM on March 15, 2006
djeo: please check the imdb entry for johnny dangerously to understand the fag choir boys line.
posted by shmegegge at 10:38 AM on March 15, 2006
And yet you're thinking, "Archie's wife?"
That was Jean Stapleton
Well, I know that. I meant to joke (or maybe you were joking too?) that, after all that busy life in the fame business, she still had that silly trouble with name recognition.
I have to confess here that I wouldn't have posted this thing at all but it's sort of a response to the previous shot at it, and it's also because I hated to see her not get the dots when guys like Don Knotts get mefi to go black for a day. (And still she only got two dots. I guess she doesn't work the nostalgia heartstrings hard enough.)
posted by pracowity at 11:06 AM on March 15, 2006
That was Jean Stapleton
Well, I know that. I meant to joke (or maybe you were joking too?) that, after all that busy life in the fame business, she still had that silly trouble with name recognition.
I have to confess here that I wouldn't have posted this thing at all but it's sort of a response to the previous shot at it, and it's also because I hated to see her not get the dots when guys like Don Knotts get mefi to go black for a day. (And still she only got two dots. I guess she doesn't work the nostalgia heartstrings hard enough.)
posted by pracowity at 11:06 AM on March 15, 2006
“And yet you're thinking, "Archie's wife?"”
Damn you philistine dogs! How dare you think that?!
*cracks whip*
Oh sure, she was funny and had range and talent and stuff, but she’s no Will Farrell. So I for one don't believe any of this alien crap.
posted by Smedleyman at 11:24 AM on March 15, 2006
Damn you philistine dogs! How dare you think that?!
*cracks whip*
Oh sure, she was funny and had range and talent and stuff, but she’s no Will Farrell. So I for one don't believe any of this alien crap.
posted by Smedleyman at 11:24 AM on March 15, 2006
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posted by Smedleyman at 11:25 AM on March 15, 2006
posted by Smedleyman at 11:25 AM on March 15, 2006
You understand that the "fag choir boys" comment is a quote of Maureen's from Johnny Dangerously, right?
Urk. Nope, color me stupid.
posted by djeo at 11:56 AM on March 15, 2006
Funny story: back in college a bunch of us just out of a local bar and three sheets to the wind decided to see the new Woody Allen movie "Interiors". What a laugh riot. Ms. Stapleton played the father's (E. G. Marshall) new girlfriend who came to holiday with his kids and then the real mother showed up at the window standing outside in the rain and... oh wait, nevermind... gad that movie was depressing...
posted by hal9k at 12:36 PM on March 15, 2006
posted by hal9k at 12:36 PM on March 15, 2006
Finally, Ma Kelly is done ironing all those shirts.
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posted by disclaimer at 1:55 PM on March 15, 2006
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posted by disclaimer at 1:55 PM on March 15, 2006
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