Maureen Stapleton
Maureen Stapleton (June 21, 1925 – March 13, 2006)
Stapleton (No relation to Jean Stapleton) won an Academy Award, an Emmy, two Tony Awards and a British Academy Award. She was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame in 1981. Stapleton also received Academy Award nominations for Airport (1970) and Interiors (1978), before winning for her performance as Emma Goldman in Reds (1981). This role also won her the British Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Stapleton made her Broadway debut in 1946 in The Playboy of the Western World, and went on to win the 1951 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for The Rose Tattoo and the 1971 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for The Gingerbread Lady. She also won an Emmy Award for the television film Among the Paths to Eden (1967) and the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Reds. Her other film roles included Bye Bye Birdie (1963), Plaza Suite (1971), The Fan (1981), Cocoon (1985) and The Money Pit (1986). Stapleton suffered from anxiety and alcoholism for many years and once told an interviewer, "The curtain came down and I went into the vodka." She also said that her unhappy childhood contributed to her insecurities. A lifelong heavy smoker, Maureen Stapleton died of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in 2006 at her home in Lenox, Massachusetts. She is buried at Saint Mary's Cemetery in Troy, NY.
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