Cast: Jean Stapleton
Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Jean Stapleton. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.
All in the Family (TV Series)
1971 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction Norman Lear · Paul Bogart · John Rich · Bob LaHendro
Cast Carroll O'Connor · Jean Stapleton · Rob Reiner · Sally Struthers
Plot TV Series (1971-1979). 9 Seasons. 208 Episodes. Archie Bunker, was a working-class family man who held bigoted, conservative views of the world. His viewpoints clash with nearly everyone he comes...
6.7
146 votes
6.7
146 votes
Beakman's World (TV Series)
1992 · Documentary · 30 min. · United States
Direction Jok R. Church · Jay Dubin · Robert Heath
Cast Paul Zaloom · Mark Ritts · Eliza Schneider · Alanna Ubach
Plot In this show, which works like a cross between Mr. Wizard and Monty Python, the science teacher, Beakman answers viewer questions about science. With the help of his assistants Josie...
6.7
5K votes
6.7
5K votes
Up the Down Staircase
1967 · Movie · 124 min. · United States
Direction Robert Mulligan
Cast Sandy Dennis · Eileen Heckart · Jean Stapleton · Patrick Bedford
Plot Sylvia Barrett is a rookie teacher at New York's inner-city Calvin Coolidge High: her lit classes are overcrowded, a window is broken, there's no chalk, books arrive late. The administration...
6.6
131 votes
6.6
131 votes
The Ray Bradbury Theater (TV Series)
1985 · Series · 23 min. · United States
Direction Ray Bradbury · Randy Bradshaw · Roger Tompkins · John Laing
Cast Ray Bradbury · Harold Gould · Charles Martin Smith · Michael Sarrazin
Plot TV series (1985-1992). 6 seasons. 65 episodes. A Canadian-produced fantastic anthology series scripted by famed science-fiction author Ray Bradbury. Many of the teleplays were based upon Bradbury's novels and short...
6.6
39 votes
6.6
39 votes
Faerie Tale Theatre (TV Series)
1982 · Series · 50 min. · United States
Direction Peter Medak · Gilbert Cates · Graeme Clifford · Robert Iscove
Cast Shelley Duvall · John Achorn · Patrick DeSantis · David McCharen
Plot TV Series (1982-1987). 6 seasons. 27 chapters. At a time when most other shows for children were either low-budget productions or product-inspired cartoons that were little more than half-hour commercials,...
6.4
119 votes
6.4
119 votes
Something Wild
1961 · Movie · 112 min. · United States
Direction Jack Garfein
Cast Carroll Baker · Ralph Meeker · Mildred Dunnock · Jean Stapleton
Plot Mary Ann Robinson, a young woman living in The Bronx, New York, with her neurotic, overbearing mother and kindly but ineffectual stepfather, is raped while walking home one night. Keeping...
6.4
107 votes
6.4
107 votes
Bells Are Ringing
1960 · Movie · 127 min. · United States
Direction Vincente Minnelli
Cast Judy Holliday · Dean Martin · Fred Clark · Eddie Foy Jr.
Plot Ella Peterson is a Brooklyn telephone answering service operator who tries to improve the lives of her clients by passing along bits of information she hears from other clients. She...
6.4
213 votes
6.4
213 votes
Damn Yankees!
1958 · Movie · 111 min. · United States
Direction George Abbott · Stanley Donen
Cast Tab Hunter · Gwen Verdon · Ray Walston · Russ Brown
Plot Film adaptation of the George Abbott Broadway musical about a Washington Senators fan who makes a pact with the Devil to help his baseball team win the league pennant.
6.0
93 votes
6.0
93 votes
Cinderella (Faerie Tale Theatre Series) (TV)
1985 · Movie · 54 min. · United States
Direction Mark Cullingham
Cast Jennifer Beals · Matthew Broderick · John Achorn · Jane Alden
Plot A fairy godmother's a great thing to have, as Cinderella (Flashdance's Jennifer Beals) is about to find out in this charming retelling of the classic fairytale. When an invitation to...
6.0
326 votes
6.0
326 votes
Cold Turkey
1971 · Movie · 99 min. · United States
Direction Norman Lear
Cast Dick Van Dyke · Pippa Scott · Tom Poston · Edward Everett Horton
Plot What happens when an evil tobacco company offers $25,000,000 to an entire town to stop smoking for thirty days? What happens when 4,006 heavy smokers from Eagle Rock, Iowa take...
5.8
150 votes
5.8
150 votes
Dead Man's Folly (TV)
1986 · Movie · 90 min. · United States
Direction Clive Donner
Cast Peter Ustinov · Jean Stapleton · Constance Cummings · Tim Pigott-Smith
Plot Peter Ustinov stars once more as Hercule Poirot, Agatha Christie's insufferably brilliant Belgian detective. Unlike many of Ustinov's earlier Poirot vehicles, which were set in the 1930s, the made-for-TV Dead...
5.7
115 votes
5.7
115 votes
Jack and the Beanstalk (Faerie Tale Theatre Series) (TV)
1983 · Movie · 58 min. · United States
Direction Lamont Johnson
Cast Shelley Duvall · Mark Blankfield · Dennis Christopher · Elliott Gould
5.6
166 votes
5.6
166 votes
You've Got Mail
1998 · Movie · 119 min. · United States
Direction Nora Ephron
Cast Tom Hanks · Meg Ryan · Greg Kinnear · Parker Posey
Plot Based on the classic film The Shop Around the Corner, this tale of pen-pal romance has been updated for the internet age. Hanks plays a book mega-store owner who falls...
5.2
69K votes
5.2
69K votes
Grimm Party (Faerie Tale Theatre Series) (TV)
1985 · Documentary · 54 min. · United States
Cast Jean Stapleton · Shelley Duvall · Teri Garr · Richard Libertini
Plot Faerie Tale Theatre's "lost" episode, Grimm Party, sometimes called "Greatest Moments.", kind of a mix between show scenes and making of.
5.0
26 votes
5.0
26 votes
Michael
1996 · Movie · 105 min. · United States
Direction Nora Ephron
Cast John Travolta · William Hurt · Andie MacDowell · Bob Hoskins
Plot Frank Quinlan and Huey Driscoll, two reporters from a Chicago-based tabloid, along with Dorothy Winters, an 'angel expert', are asked to travel to rural Iowa to investigate a claim from...
4.5
5K votes
4.5
5K votes
Like Mother Like Son: The Strange Story of Sante and Kenny Kimes (TV)
2001 · Movie · 90 min. · United States
Direction Arthur Allan Seidelman
Cast Mary Tyler Moore · Robert Forster · Gabriel Olds · Jean Stapleton
Plot Fans of Mary Tyler Moore may be taken aback by her performance in this fact-based drama, in which she plays a character far removed from her bubbly Laura Petrie and...
3.2
21 votes
3.2
21 votes
The Habitation of Dragons (TV)
1992 · Movie · 94 min. · United States
Direction Michael Lindsay-Hogg
Cast Brad Davis · Frederic Forrest · Hawthorne James · Jean Stapleton
Plot Two brothers of totally different natures live in a small town in Texas. Since the death of their father they confront one another all the time for all kind of...
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Archie Bunker's Place (TV Series)
1979 · Movie · 30 min. · United States
Direction Patt Shea · Harriett Weiss · Joe Gannon · Gary Shimokawa
Cast Carroll O'Connor · Danielle Brisebois · Jason Wingreen · Bill Quinn
Plot (1979-1983). 4 seasons. Television sitcom which was a continuation of 'All in the Family.' In this series, Archie Bunker gets to loudly voice his opinions in his own bar, instead...
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Chance of a Lifetime (TV)
1998 · Movie · 90 min. · United States
Direction Deborah Reinisch
Cast Stan Ivar · John Ritter · Katey Sagal · Kim Delgado
Plot Irreverent freelance investigative reporter Tom Maguire hits rock bottom when bigot editor in chief Ivan refuses to print his pieces anymore and his bad back most be operated, but his...
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Aunt Mary (TV)
1979 · Movie · 98 min. · United States
Direction Peter Werner
Cast Jean Stapleton · Martin Balsam · Dolph Sweet · Harold Gould
Plot A disabled woman starts a Little League baseball team to help the children in her poverty-stricken neighborhood.
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