Posted on 06/01/2013 8:30:48 PM PDT by Morgana
Jean Stapleton, who was famous for her iconic role of Edith Bunker on All in the Family, passed away on Friday in her New York City home at the age of 90.
Family members have reportedly told the website the actress passed away of natural causes.
Scroll down for video 'It is with great love and heavy hearts that we say farewell to our collective Mother, with a capital M,' said her son and daughter, John Putch and Pamela Putch, in a statement. 'Her devotion to her craft and her family taught us all great life lessons.'
Stapleton won three Emmys for her role opposite Carroll O'Connor's Archie Bunker on the CBS sitcom.
Little known to the public before All In the Family, Stapleton co-starred with Carroll O'Connor in the top-rated CBS sitcom about an unrepentant bigot, the wife he churlishly but fondly called 'Dingbat,' their daughter Gloria (Sally Struthers) and liberal son-in-law Mike, aka Meathead (Rob Reiner).
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You’re absolutely right. At the end of the day, I thought it was a fairly conservative show. They did a good job of making Archie look like a buffoon, but Meathead was a pompous blowhard. And at the end of the day, more often than not it was Archie who came off as the one who was right.
Was. He’s been dead for 12 years.
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OH Viking that cold but funny ROFL
Thank you.
The Honeymooners?
Children living with parents after marriage before getting a start in life was very common at the turn of the century when the extended family was the norm. Especially back when people got married much earlier.
PERFECT!
More than you know. We got to hear her give a talk at a small private high school in LA in the early 90's - what a privilege. Amazing, loving woman.
Na.
thank you. i love that scene.
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