Jean Stapleton - Archive Interview Part 1 of 4

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Actress Jean Stapleton discusses her early years and her first work in television, including on the early soap opera, "Woman with a Past."

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[CandelarioGaIvan]

Listing her to talk with her real voice reveals how good of an actress she was.

Her ability to shift into Edith is just amazing

[tpjl25]

Genius. Artist. Legend. WOW!!!

[gllafc]

Precious! 

[WSenator1]

The interesting thing about Jean Stapleton and Carroll O'Connor is they were the polar opposites of Edith and Archie - both were well spoken and very polished. I know Mr. O'Connor was a liberal (sorry, Archie fans), and I believe Ms. Stapleton is the same. What glorious actors!

[MrJeffnow]

Love her, she looks great! To mondobeno, yes she definitely could have played Dorothy in golden girls if needed.

[MondoBeno]

I wonder if she could've played Dorothy in Golden Girls? She sounds like she could play dry characters.

[shaker1965]

I still watch the reruns and love it.

[Pigsfly23]

A brillant actress. I continue ro watch All In The family reruns everyday.

[cassandrabadie]

shes 87

[msmy2boyz]

From some of the interviews I have read w/ Jean Stapleton back in the 70's, when she was extremely popular, she is a very private person. She also had the ability to play a character and when she was done, just walk away and move on to the next w/ no emotional ties. I think that was something the public was never able to do w/ the character of Edith. She wanted people to know there was a difference between the character she played and her real self.

[lunaangel56]

She's such a great actress.

[johnissoevil]

Many people I know swear that the "Edith Bunker voice" is her real voice. I always knew it wasn't. It's nice to be proven right. She can't be as much of a dingbat as Archie always claimed her to be, lol