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Acting

Maureen Stapleton

Career: Active from 1959 to 1998, busiest in 1979 and 1984 with 4 main titles each.

Leading roles: 31
top three billing

Average score: 62/100

Highest rated: Sweet Lorraine
81/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 34 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Maureen Stapleton Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Violence
2.5, average 4.1
Adrenaline
3.4, average 4.8
Scare
1.4, average 2.6
Pop Culture
1.4, average 2.2

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Nostalgic 6
Coming-of-Age 4
Social Commentary 3
Family Comedy 3
Psychological Drama 3
Somber Tone 2
Relationship Dynamics 2
Psychological Thriller 2
Character Study 2
Complex Characters 2
Dark Comedy 2
Optimistic 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

63

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

1990s

9 titles · average score 56

Snow Cat

as Grandma (voice)

Wilbur Falls

47

as Wilbur Falls High Secretary

Addicted to Love

55

as Nana

The Last Good Time

77

as Ida Cutler

Trading Mom

49

as Mrs. Cavour, the Gardener

Last Wish

as Ida Rollin

Miss Rose White

60

as Tanta Perla

Passed Away

35

as Mary Scanlan

71

as Sarah Bush Lincoln (voice)

1980s

23 titles · average score 57

Made in Heaven

62

as Aunt Lisa

Nuts

54

as Rose Kirk

The Money Pit

56

as Estelle

Heartburn

53

as Vera

Cocoon

70

as Mary Luckett

America and Lewis Hine

as Voice

Johnny Dangerously

55

as Mom

Little Gloria... Happy at Last

66

TV show · as Nurse Emma Kieslich

The Electric Grandmother

71

as Grandmother

The Fan

45

as Belle Goldman

Reds

79

as Emma Goldman

On the Right Track

50

as Mary the Bag Lady

1970s

18 titles · average score 65

The Runner Stumbles

57

as Mrs. Shandig

Lost and Found

53

as Jemmy

The Gathering, Part II

as Kate Thornton

Interiors

72

as Pearl

The Gathering

68

as Kate

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

70

as Big Mama

Queen of the Stardust Ballroom

75

as Bea Asher

Voyage to Next

56

as Mother Earth (voice)

Tell Me Where It Hurts

as Connie

NOVA

79

TV show · as Narrator (voice)

Dig: A Journey Into Earth

as Mother (voice)

Plaza Suite

53

as Karen Nash

1960s

5 titles · average score 69

Trilogy

68

as Mary O'Meaghan

Mirror, Mirror Off the Wall

as Ruthie Maxwell

Bye Bye Birdie

75

as Mama Mae Peterson

A View from the Bridge

73

as Beatrice Carbone

The Fugitive Kind

61

as Vee Talbot

1950s

6 titles · average score 73

For Whom the Bell Tolls

as Pilar

Lonelyhearts

64

as Fay Doyle

Naked City

69

TV show · as Ruth Callan / Abilene Hutchinson Bick

Playhouse 90

79

TV show · as Pilar

General Electric Theater

68

TV show · as Ethel

Hallmark Hall of Fame

84

TV show · as Tanta Perla

1940s

2 titles · average score 65

Studio One

65

TV show · as Rachel Jackson

The Philco Television Playhouse

TV show · as Daughter / Mrs. Johnson