Lois Maureen Stapleton (June 21, 1925 – March 13, 2006) was an American actress. She was the recipient of an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, two Tony Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award, and is one of the few performers to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting.

Filmography

• 1998Snow Cat — Grandma (voice)
• 1998Wilbur Falls — Wilbur Falls High Secretary
• 1997Addicted to Love — Nana
• 1994The Last Good Time — Ida Cutler
• 1994Trading Mom — Mrs. Cavour, the Gardener
• 1992Last Wish — Ida Rollin
• 1992Lincoln — Sarah Bush Lincoln (voice)
• 1992Miss Rose White — Tanta Perla
• 1992Passed Away — Mary Scanlan
• B.L. Stryker — Auntie Sue
• 1988Cocoon: The Return — Mary Luckett
• 1988Doin' Time on Planet Earth — Helium Balloon Saleslady
• 1988Liberace: Behind the Music — Frances Liberace
• 1987Made in Heaven — Aunt Lisa
• 1987Nuts — Rose Kirk
• 1987Sweet Lorraine — Lillian Garber
• 1986Heartburn — Vera
• 1986The Cosmic Eye — Mother Earth (voice)
• 1986The Money Pit — Estelle
• 1985Cocoon — Mary Luckett
• 1985Private Sessions — Dr. Liz Bolger
• The Equalizer — Emmy Rutherford
• 1984America and Lewis Hine — Voice
• 1984Family Secrets — Maggie Lukauer
• 1984Johnny Dangerously — Mom
• 1984Sentimental Journey — Ruthie
• 1983Alice in Wonderland — White Queen
• Little Gloria... Happy at Last — Nurse Emma Kieslich
• 1982The Electric Grandmother — Grandmother
• 1981On the Right Track — Mary the Bag Lady
• 1981Reds — Emma Goldman
• 1981The Fan — Belle Goldman
• 1979Letters from Frank — Betty Miller
• 1979Lost and Found — Jemmy
• 1979The Gathering, Part II — Kate Thornton
• 1979The Runner Stumbles — Mrs. Shandig
• 1978Interiors — Pearl
• 1977The Gathering — Kate
• 1976A Mother's Tale — Narrator
• 1976Cat on a Hot Tin Roof — Big Mama
• Laurence Olivier Presents — Big Mama
• 1975Queen of the Stardust Ballroom — Bea Asher
• 1974A Sunday Dinner
• NOVA — Narrator (voice)
• 1974Tell Me Where It Hurts — Connie
• 1974Voyage to Next — Mother Earth (voice)
• 1973Tennessee Williams' South
• 1972Dig: A Journey Into Earth — Mother (voice)
• Great Performances — White Queen
• 1971Plaza Suite — Karen Nash
• 1971Summer of '42 — Hermie's Mother (voice) (uncredited)
• 1970Airport — Inez Guerrero
• 1969Mirror, Mirror Off the Wall — Ruthie Maxwell
• 1969Trilogy — Mary O'Meaghan
• 1963Bye Bye Birdie — Mama Mae Peterson
• 1962A View from the Bridge — Beatrice Carbone
• 1960The Fugitive Kind — Vee Talbot
• 1959For Whom the Bell Tolls — Pilar
• 1959Lonelyhearts — Fay Doyle
• 1958All the King's Men
• Naked City — Abilene Hutchinson Bick, Ruth Callan
• Playhouse 90 — Pilar
• General Electric Theater — Ethel
• Hallmark Hall of Fame — Tanta Perla
• Studio One — Rachel Jackson
• The Philco Television Playhouse — Daughter, Mrs. Johnson

Appearances as themselves (17)

• 2003Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There — Self
• 1996Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman — Self
• 1994Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage — Self
• 1989Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre — Self (voice)
• 1989When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen — Self
• 1988Hello Actors Studio — Self
• 1985Night of 100 Stars II — Self
• 1983Montgomery Clift — Self
• 1982Night of 100 Stars — Self
• 1979Arthur Miller on Home Ground — Self
• 1979The Muppets Go Hollywood — Self (uncredited)
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Host
• The Dick Cavett Show — Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self
• The Mike Douglas Show — Self, Self - Taped Tribute
• Tony Awards — Self - Nominee
• 1953Main Street to Broadway — Self (uncredited)