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Maureen Stapleton (1925–2006) was an American actress whose professional career began in 1952. She is associated with works including *Orpheus descending*, *The rose tattoo*, *Plaza suite*, *The gingerbread lady*, and *A hell of a life*. Stapleton was recognized in the Academy Award Best Supporting Actress collection. She had two children.
In her personal reflections, Stapleton described family as the best thing she had ever had and stated that her family was her life. She also noted that she considered herself a successful actress only when she did not have to work.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 5
Top works
- Orpheus descending
- The rose tattoo
- Plaza suite
- The gingerbread lady
- A hell of a life
via Open Library + Wikidata
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 19
- Total plays
- 28
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The Sequence of the Human Genome
· 2001 · cited 10,201x
- Ferroptosis: A Regulated Cell Death Nexus Linking Metabolism, Redox Biology, and Disease
· 2017 · cited 6,813x
- Genome-wide atlas of gene expression in the adult mouse brain
· 2006 · cited 5,270x
- A Multigene Assay to Predict Recurrence of Tamoxifen-Treated, Node-Negative Breast Cancer
· 2004 · cited 5,139x
- Surviving Sepsis Campaign: International Guidelines for Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock: 2016
· 2017 · cited 5,008x
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Quotes
- “A houseboat is my speed, I’m usually frightened in anything that moves. A rougher than expected trip up the Hudson with friends this summer, scared the hell out of me. But I still haven’t learned how to stop it.”
- “Family is the best thing I’ve ever had. My family is my life. There’s something primitive in your feeling about family,”
- “You have to know the insane odds, but you have to have the energy to buck them. You don't know if you're going to get a job anyway, so why give yourself the extra added handicap of dying if you don't play St. Joan?”
- “I want to thank Troy, N.Y. … and everybody I ever met in my entire life.”
- “I figure you're a successful actress only when you don't have to work.”
- “Not nearly as exciting as it would be if I were acknowledged as one of the greatest lays in the world.”
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
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Encyclopedic overview
Lois Maureen Stapleton (June 21, 1925 – March 13, 2006) was an American actress. She received numerous accolades, becoming one of the few actors to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting, winning an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award and two Tony Awards. She also received a British Academy Film Award and a Golden Globe Award, as well as a nomination for a Grammy Award.
Stapleton started her career in theater with her Broadway debut in The Playboy of the Western World (1946). She went on to receive two Tony Awards for Best Featured Actress in a Play for The Rose Tattoo (1951) and for Best Actress in a Play for The Gingerbread Lady (1971). She was Tony-nominated for her roles in The Cold Wind And The Warm (1959), Toys in the Attic (1960), Plaza Suite (1971) and The Little Foxes (1981).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Maureen Stapleton” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.