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Lois Maureen Stapleton was an American actress in film, theater, and television. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Lonelyhearts (1958), Airport (1970), and Interiors (1978), before winning for her performance as Emma Goldman in Reds (1981). She was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame in 1981.
Birth Name
Lois Maureen Stapleton
Born
Sunday, 21 June 1925
Died
Monday, 13 March 2006
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age | Self | 2021 |
| The 80th Annual Academy Awards | Self | 2008 |
| Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There | Self | 2003 |
| Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years | Marilyn Luckett | 2000 |
| Wilbur Falls | Wilbur Falls High Secretary | 1998 |
| Snow Cat | Grandma / Grandma (voice) | 1998 |
| Addicted to Love | Nana | 1997 |
| Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman | Self | 1996 |
| My Universe Inside Out | (voice) (archive footage) | 1996 |
| The Last Good Time | Ida Cutler | 1995 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age | Self | 2021 |
| The 80th Annual Academy Awards | Self | 2008 |
| Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There | Self | 2003 |
| Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years | Marilyn Luckett | 2000 |
| Wilbur Falls | Wilbur Falls High Secretary | 1998 |
| Snow Cat | Grandma / Grandma (voice) | 1998 |
| Addicted to Love | Nana | 1997 |
| Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman | Self | 1996 |
| My Universe Inside Out | (voice) (archive footage) | 1996 |
| The Last Good Time | Ida Cutler | 1995 |
| Trading Mom | Mrs. Cavour / Mrs. Cavour, the Gardener | 1994 |
| Lincoln | Sarah Bush Lincoln (voice) / Sarah Bush Lincoln | 1992 |
| Miss Rose White | Tanta Perla | 1992 |
| Passed Away | Mary Scanlan | 1992 |
| Avonlea | Maggie MacPhee | 1990 |
| B.L. Stryker | Auntie Sue | 1989 |
| Liberace: Behind the Music | Frances Liberace | 1988 |
| Cocoon: The Return | Mary Luckett | 1988 |
| Doin' Time on Planet Earth | Helium Balloon Saleslady | 1988 |
| The Thorns | Peggy / Mrs. Hamilton | 1988 |
| Nuts | Rose Kirk | 1987 |
| Made in Heaven | Aunt Lisa | 1987 |
| Sweet Lorraine | Lillian Garber | 1987 |
| Biography | Mary Luckett | 1987 |
| Nightlife | Self | 1986 |
| Heartburn | Vera | 1986 |
| American Masters | Self | 1986 |
| The Cosmic Eye | Mother Earth (voice) / Mother Earth | 1986 |
| The 40th Annual Tony Awards | Self - Performer | 1986 |
| The Money Pit | Estelle | 1986 |
| The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts | Self | 1985 |
| The Equalizer | Emmy Rutherford | 1985 |
| Cocoon | Mary Luckett | 1985 |
| Night of 100 Stars II | Self | 1985 |
| Johnny Dangerously | Ma Kelly | 1984 |
| America and Lewis Hine | (voice) | 1984 |
| Family Secrets | Maggie Lukauer | 1984 |
| The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts | Self | 1984 |
| Montgomery Clift | Herself / Self | 1983 |
| Little Gloria... Happy at Last | Nurse Emma Kieslich | 1982 |
| Little Gloria... Happy at Last | Nurse Emma Kieslich | 1982 |
| The 54th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Winner | 1982 |
| Night of 100 Stars | Self | 1982 |
| The Electric Grandmother | Grandmother | 1982 |
| The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts | Self | 1981 |
| Reds | Emma Goldman | 1981 |
| The 35th Annual Tony Awards | Self - Nominee | 1981 |
| The Fan | Belle Goldman | 1981 |
| On the Right Track | Mary the Bag Lady | 1981 |
| The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts | Self | 1979 |
| The Gathering, Part II | Kate Thornton | 1979 |
| The Runner Stumbles | Mrs. Shandig | 1979 |
| Arthur Miller on Home Ground | Self | 1979 |
| Lost and Found | Jemmy | 1979 |
| The 33rd Annual Tony Awards | Self - Audience Member | 1979 |
| The Muppets Go Hollywood | Self | 1979 |
| The 51st Annual Academy Awards | Self - Nominee & Presenter | 1979 |
| Interiors | Pearl | 1978 |
| The Gathering | Kate | 1977 |
| Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | Big Mama / Big Mama Pollitt | 1976 |
| Saturday Night Live | Various / Self - Host | 1975 |
| Queen of the Stardust Ballroom | Bea Asher | 1975 |
| Dinah! | Self - Guest | 1974 |
| Voyage to Next | Mother Earth (voice) / Mother Earth | 1974 |
| Tell Me Where It Hurts | Connie | 1974 |
| Tennessee Williams' South | Amanda Wingfield | 1973 |
| Plaza Suite | Karen Nash | 1971 |
| Summer of '42 | Hermie's Mother | 1971 |
| Great Performances | White Queen | 1971 |
| Airport | Inez Guerrero | 1970 |
| The David Frost Show | Self - Guest | 1969 |
| Trilogy | Mary O'Meaghan / Mary O'Meaghan (segment "Among the Paths to Eden") | 1969 |
| The 22nd Annual Tony Awards | Self | 1968 |
| NET Playhouse | Self | 1966 |
| ABC's Nightlife | Self | 1964 |
| East Side/West Side | Molly Cavanaugh | 1963 |
| Bye Bye Birdie | Mama Mae Peterson | 1963 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Herself - Guest / Herself | 1962 |
| The Mike Douglas Show | Herself - Actress / Herself - Guest | 1961 |
| The DuPont Show of the Week | Professor Gretchen Anna Thaelman | 1961 |
| Car 54, Where Are You? | Gypsy Woman | 1961 |
| A View from the Bridge | Beatrice Carbone | 1961 |
| The Fugitive Kind | Vee Talbot | 1960 |
| Fugitive Kind, The | Vee Talbot | 1960 |
| CBS Repertoire Workshop | Tessie | 1960 |
| Play of the Week | Bertha | 1959 |
| Lonelyhearts | Fay Doyle | 1959 |
| Naked City | Abilene Hutchinson Bick / Ruth Callan | 1958 |
| The Mike Wallace Interview | Self - Guest | 1957 |
| Playhouse 90 | Pilar | 1956 |
| Camera Three | Self | 1956 |
| The Alcoa Hour | Vi Miller | 1955 |
| The Tonight Show | Self - 'All in One' cast / '27 Wagons Full of Cotton' | 1954 |
| Medic | Evelyn Strauss | 1954 |
| Main Street to Broadway | Maureen Stapleton - First Nighter | 1953 |
| General Electric Theater | Ethel | 1953 |
| What Happened? | Self - Panelist | 1952 |
| The Arthur Murray Party | Self - Actress | 1950 |
| Armstrong Circle Theatre | Mrs. Elizabeth Steigerwald | 1950 |
| Studio One | Rachel Jackson | 1948 |
| The Philco Television Playhouse | Daughter / Mrs. Johnson | 1948 |
| Kraft Theatre | Sadie Burke | 1947 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1996 | Emmy | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series | Nominated |
| 1992 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Special | Nominated |
| 1989 | Emmy | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series | Nominated |
| 1982 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Won |
| 1982 | Golden Globe | Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Motion Picture | Nominated |
| 1979 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Nominated |
| 1979 | Golden Globe | Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Motion Picture | Nominated |
| 1978 | Emmy | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama or Comedy Special | Nominated |
| 1975 | Emmy | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Special Program - Drama or Comedy | Nominated |
| 1972 | Golden Globe | Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture | Nominated |
| 1971 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Nominated |
| 1971 | Golden Globe | Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture | Won |
| 1959 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Nominated |
| 1959 | Golden Globe | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated |
