Lois Maureen Stapleton (June 21, 1925 – March 13, 2006) was an American actress best known for Reds (1981), Interiors (1978), and Airport (1970).
She was married to Max Allentuck and David Rayfield, and had two children with Allentuck.
Stapleton died in 2006 at the age 80 from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Filmography
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Feature film roles
- 1953: Main Street To Broadway as Herself (uncredited)
- 1958: All the King's Men as Sadie Burke
- 1958: Lonelyhearts as Fay Doyle
- 1960: The Fugitive Kind as Vee Talbot
- 1962: A View from the Bridge as Beatrice Carbone
- 1963: Bye Bye Birdie as Mama Mae Peterson
- 1969: Trilogy as Mary O'Meaghan
- 1970: Airport as Inez Guerrero
- 1971: Summer of '42 as Hermie's Mother (voice, uncredited)
- 1971: Plaza Suite as Karen Nash
- 1978: Interiors as Pearl
- 1979: The Runner Stumbles as Mrs. Shandig
- 1979: Lost and Found as Jammy
- 1981: On The Right Track as Mary the Bag Lady
- 1981: The Fan as Belle Goldman
- 1981: Reds as Emma Goldman
- 1984: Johnny Dangerously as Ma Kelly
- 1985: Cocoon as Mary Luckett
- 1988: Cocoon: The Return as Mary Luckett
- 1986: The Money Pit as Estelle
- 1986: The Cosmic Eye as Mother Earth
- 1986: Heartburn as Vera
- 1987: Sweet Lorraine as Lillian Garber
- 1987: Made in Heaven as Aunt Lisa
- 1987: Nuts as Rose Kirk
- 1988: Doin Time On Planet Earth as Helium Balloon Saleslady
- 1992: Passed Away as Mary Scanlan
- 1994: Trading Mom as Mrs. Cavour
- 1994: The Last Good Time as Ida Cutler
- 1997: Addicted to Love as Nana
- 1998: Wilbur Falls as Wilbur Falls High Secretary
- 2003: Living And Dining as Mrs. Lundt
Short film roles
- 1972: Dig as Mother (voice)
- 1974: Voyage to Next as Mother Earth (voice)
- 1998: Snow Cat as Grandma (voice)
Television roles
- 1954: Medic as Evelyn Strauss (1 episode)
- 1954–55: The Philco Television Playhouse as Mrs. Johnson/Daughter (2 episodes)
- 1954–58: Kraft Theatre as Sadie Burke (3 episodes)
- 1955: General Electric Theater as Ethel (1 episode)
- 1955–56: Armstrong Circle Theatre as Mrs. Elizabeth Steigerwald (2 episodes)
- 1956: The Alcoa Hour as Vi Miller (1 episode)
- 1956: Studio One as Rachel Jackson (1 episode)
- 1958: The Sevenlively Arts as Wife of Miner (1 episode)
- 1959: Playhouse 90 as Pilar (1 episode)
- 1960: CBS Repertoire Workshop as Tessie (1 episode)
- 1961: Play Of The Week as Bertha (1 episode)
- 1961: Car 54, Where Are You? as Gypsy Woman (1 episode)
- 1961–62: Naked City as Abilene Hutchinson Bick/Ruth Callan (2 episodes)
- 1962: The Du Pont Show Of The Week as Prof. Gretchen Anna Thaelman (1 episode)
- 1964: East Side West Side as Molly Cavanaugh (1 episode)
- 1966: New York Television Theatre as Gertrude (1 episode)
- 1969: Mirror Mirror Off The Wall as Ruthie Maxwell (TV movie)
- 1974: Tell Me Where It Hurts as Connie (TV movie)
- 1975: Queen Of The Stardust Ballroom as Bea Asher (TV movie)
- 1976: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof as Big Mama (TV movie)
- 1977: Theres Always Room as Madelyn Fairchild (TV movie)
- 1977: The Gathering as Kate (TV movie)
- 1979: The Gathering Part II as Kate Thornton (TV movie)
- 1979: Letters From Frank as Betty Miller (TV movie)
- 1982: The Electric Grandmother as Grandmother (TV movie)
- 1982: Little Gloria Happy At Last as Nurse Emma Kieslich (TV movie)
- 1983: Great Performances as White Queen (1 episode)
- 1984: Sentimental Journey as Ruthie (TV movie)
- 1984: Family Secrets as Maggie Lukauer (TV movie)
- 1985: Private Sessions as Dr. Liz Bolger (TV movie)
- 1988: The Thorns as Peggy/Mrs. Hamilton (2 episodes)
- 1988: Liberace Behind The Music as Frances Liberace (TV movie)
- 1989: BL Stryker as Auntie Sue (1 episode)
- 1989: The Equalizer as Emmy Rutherford (1 episode)
- 1992: Last Wish as Ida Rollin (TV movie)
- 1992: Miss Rose White as Tanta Perla (TV movie)
- 1992: Lincoln as Sarah Bush Lincoln (TV movie)
- 1995: Avonlea as Maggie MacPhee (1 episode)
Theatre roles
- 1946–47: The Playboy of the Western World as Sara Tansey/Pegeen Mike
- 1947–48: Antony and Cleopatra as Iras
- 1949–50: Detective Story as Miss Hatch
- 1950: The Bird Cage as Emily Williams
- 1951 and 1966: The Rose Tattoo as Serafina Delle Rose
- 1953: The Crucible as Elizabeth Proctor
- 1953: The Emperors Clothes as Bella
- 1953: Richard III as Lady Anne
- 1954: The Seagull Masha
- 1955: All In One as Flora Meighan
- 1957: Orpheus Descending as Lady Torrance
- 1958–59: The Cold Wind And The Warm as Ida
- 1960–61: Toys In The Attic as Carrie Berniers
- 1965 and 1975–76: The Glass Menagerie as The Mother
- 1968–70: Plaza Suite as various
- 1970: Norman Is That You as Beatrice Chambers
- 1970–71: The Gingerbread Lady as Evy Meara
- 1972: The Country Girl as Georgie Elgin
- 1972: The Secret Affairs Of Mildred Wild as Mildred Wild
- 1977–78: The Gin Game as Fonsia Dorsey
- 1981: The Little Foxes as Birdie Hubbard
