Shortly after leaving her career-defining role as sweet but naïve Edith Bunker on All in the Family, actor Jean Stapleton was offered another role of a lifetime. She opted out of that series, and ...

O'Connor starred in All in the Family as arguably history's most lovable bigot, Archie Bunker, a role which earned him four Emmys. After the show ended in 1979, he reprised the iconic role for four ...

Character actress Jean Stapleton, who died May 31 at age 90, worked for half a century in theater, television, and movies, but by far her most memorable role was as Edith Bunker, who helped introduce ...

Susan Stamberg remembers an evening onstage with Jean Stapleton. Jean Stapleton, who won three Emmys for playing Edith Bunker on All In The Family, died Friday. NPR's Susan Stamberg offers this ...

As Edith, Stapleton took on the thorniest of social issues, from race to feminism. She said that humor had a way of reducing intolerance to nothing. Jean Stapleton, best known for her iconic role as ...

LOS ANGELES -- Jean Stapleton's Edith Bunker was such a dithery charmer that we had to love her. And because she loved her bombastic husband Archie, we made room for him and TV's daring "All in the ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The collection consists of papers documenting Stapleton's long career in film, on stage, and on screen. Contents include correspondence from fans ...

It would seem unthinkable by today's standards: the most popular character on television was a blue-collar bigot from Queens, New York — who, despite his prejudices, was often considered lovable at ...

Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) medal owned by Jean Stapleton. Stapleton was an advocate for the failed constitutional amendment guaranteeing legal equality for all Americans regardless of sex. The ...