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Lois Maureen Stapleton (born June 21, 1925 in
film|1925 in Troy, New York) in an United
States|American theater and film actor|actress.

Stapleton began acting in theater after finishing
high school, and rapidly gained respect as both a
dramatic and comedic actress.  She has said that
it was her infatuation with the actor Joel McCrea
that led her into acting, and she made her
Broadway debut in Burgess Meredith's production of
 The Playboy of the Western World in 1946.

Stepping in as a replacement for Anna Magnani,
Stapleton won a Tony Award for her role in
Tennessee Williams' The Rose Tattoo in 1951.  She
played in other Williams' productions Twenty-Seven
Wagons Full of Cotton and Orpheus Descending, as
well as Lillian Hellman's Toys in the Attic.  She
won a second Tony Award for Neil Simon's The
Gingerbread Lady in 1971.

Her film career also brought her immediate
success, with her debut in Lonelyhearts (1958)
earning her a nomination for an Academy Award for
Best Supporting Actress.  She was nominated again
for Airport (movie)|Airport and Interiors (1978),
and won for Reds (1981).  Her more recent
appearances include Cocoon and Cocoon: The Return
(1985 and 1988).

She is of no relation to actress Jean Stapleton.

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