Maureen Stapleton

Actor 1948–2003 (55 year career)

6.0 avg rating

Highest Rated

Tennessee Williams' South

1973

10.0

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951 · as Tanta Perla

8.6

Night of 100 Stars II

1985 · as Self

8.0

Known For

Film

Cocoon

Mary Luckett

Film

The Money Pit

Estelle

Film

Cocoon: The Return

Mary Luckett

Film

Reds

Emma Goldman

Film

Interiors

Pearl

Film

Airport

Inez Guerrero

Film

Addicted to Love

Nana

Film

Summer of '42

Hermie's Mother (voice) (uncredited)

Filmography

Acting (83)

Movies (66)

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

2003

as Self

7.0

Wilbur Falls

1998

as Wilbur Falls High Secretary

3.6

Snow Cat

1998

as Grandma (voice)

Addicted to Love

1997

as Nana

6.1

Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman

1996

as Self

7.5

Trading Mom

1994

as Mrs. Cavour, the Gardener

6.0

Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage

1994

as Self

The Last Good Time

1994

as Ida Cutler

4.7

Last Wish

1992

as Ida Rollin

Lincoln

1992

as Sarah Bush Lincoln (voice)

Passed Away

as Mary Scanlan

Miss Rose White

as Tanta Perla

Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre

1989

as Self (voice)

When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen

1989

as Self

Cocoon: The Return

as Mary Luckett

Hello Actors Studio

as Self

Liberace: Behind the Music

1988

as Frances Liberace

3.5

Doin' Time on Planet Earth

1988

as Helium Balloon Saleslady

Made in Heaven

as Aunt Lisa

Nuts

as Rose Kirk

Sweet Lorraine

as Lillian Garber

The Money Pit

as Estelle

Heartburn

as Vera

The Cosmic Eye

as Mother Earth (voice)

5.8

Cocoon

1985

as Mary Luckett

6.6

Night of 100 Stars II

as Self

Private Sessions

as Dr. Liz Bolger

Johnny Dangerously

as Mom

America and Lewis Hine

as Voice

Sentimental Journey

as Ruthie

Family Secrets

as Maggie Lukauer

Montgomery Clift

as Self

Alice in Wonderland

as White Queen

Night of 100 Stars

as Self

The Electric Grandmother

as Grandmother

Reds

as Emma Goldman

The Fan

as Belle Goldman

On the Right Track

as Mary the Bag Lady

The Runner Stumbles

as Mrs. Shandig

Lost and Found

as Jemmy

The Muppets Go Hollywood

1979

as Self

6.2

The Gathering, Part II

1979

as Kate Thornton

2.0

Letters from Frank

1979

as Betty Miller

Arthur Miller on Home Ground

Interiors

as Pearl

The Gathering

as Kate

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

1976

as Big Mama

4.3

A Mother's Tale

1976

as Narrator

Queen of the Stardust Ballroom

1975

as Bea Asher

5.7

Voyage to Next

1974

as Mother Earth (voice)

4.6

A Sunday Dinner

1974

Tell Me Where It Hurts

1974

as Connie

Tennessee Williams' South

1973

10.0

Dig: A Journey Into Earth

1972

as Mother (voice)

Summer of '42

1971

as Hermie's Mother (voice) (uncredited)

Plaza Suite

as Karen Nash

Airport

as Inez Guerrero

Mirror, Mirror Off the Wall

1969

as Ruthie Maxwell

Trilogy

as Mary O'Meaghan

Bye Bye Birdie

as Mama Mae Peterson

A View from the Bridge

as Beatrice Carbone

The Fugitive Kind

as Vee Talbot

For Whom the Bell Tolls

1959

as Pilar

Lonelyhearts

1959

as Fay Doyle

6.1

All the King's Men

1958

Main Street to Broadway

1953

as Self (uncredited)

6.5

Television (17)

B.L. Stryker

as Auntie Sue

The Equalizer

as Emmy Rutherford

Little Gloria... Happy at Last

1982

as Nurse Emma Kieslich

5.4

Laurence Olivier Presents

as Big Mama

Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

NOVA

as Narrator (voice)

Great Performances

as White Queen

The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

as Self

7.4

The Mike Douglas Show

1961

as Self

5.4

Naked City

1958

as Abilene Hutchinson Bick

Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee

Playhouse 90

as Pilar

General Electric Theater

1953

as Ethel

6.4

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

as Tanta Perla

8.6

The Philco Television Playhouse

as Daughter

Studio One

as Rachel Jackson