Jean Stapleton Wins Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy | Emmys Archive (1978)

[@wendyfiolek5914]

What a class act. Her win was so well-deserved. So strange hearing her normal speaking voice. Nobody else could have done Edith but her. Edith was my favorite character although they all did an amazing job. She was just so lovable. My favorite episode is the end of season eight when the Stivics move west. Rob Reiner had said how none of the ending of that episode was acting. It shows how much they truly loved each other.

[@timbolester]

Met her in a restaurant once. She was lovely.

[@Tracy-rf7ri]

Edith's character really tugs at your heartstrings.

[@moehammondmedia]

The transformation from the deeply serious, intelligent Jean Stapleton to the bumbling, fumbling Edith Bunker everyday was the greatest female acting job in the history of t.v.

[@stevenmacphail1136]

It was quite a transformation. Although Edith did not fumble, bumble as much as we might remember. She showed real insight and intelligence throughout the series.

[@kwuanbrinson5006]

👌Sho Yo Rite👌

[@rathersane]

A dingbat and an intellectual!

[@maskedmarvyl4774]

It takes a lot of intelligence to convincingly play someone who appears not to be, but yet warm and endearing....

[@kendallrivers1119]

@@stevenmacphail1136 More like emotional intelligence. Edith may not be educated or intellectual in the traditional sense but she knew people and she was adept at reading people and their emotions and had her own brand of quirky wisdom that was often right on the money.

[@imaginationunreal]

I read once that jean Stapleton was the only cast member of All in the Family who never missed one of her lines of dialogue - during her entire run on the show! That's astounding when you think about how many episodes she was in.

[@lemurianchick]

Wasn't she on Broadway? She developed that level of discipline obviously. You CAN'T forget lines live on stage!

[@wendyfiolek5914]

@@lemurianchick Yes, she did a lot of work in theater.

[@danacaro-herman3530]

She was hands down an unbelievable talent. ♥️

[@janl3556]

Jean made Edith into one of the most memorable characters in TV history. She had such a sweetness and vulvernability, you couldn't help but love her. The episode were she was nearly raped, "Edith's 50th birthday," she was so good, such terror in her eyes, it made me tear up. I still watch the show, even though I've seen all the episodes numerous times, it stands as a great show, with an incredible cast. I liked all the actors, but Jean was my favorite. It reminds me of my parents, who are no longer here, they enjoyed the show.

[@independentfilmchannel1476]

Yes, she was great in that episode and she deserved her Emmy but I still think that was glaringly inappropriate subject matter for a weekly TV sitcom.

[@pattinewbold7191]

She's absolutely adorable. ❤ What an excellent actress. When she talks she sounds nothing like Edith Bunker. That's the sign of a great actress ❤

[@cogitatione1]

A. The applause that goes on and on, and shows the depth of love and respect of her peers. B. The most articulate, intelligent acceptance speech ever at an awards ceremony.

[@vaar2742]

Lucille Ball, Carol Burnett and Jean Stapleton,,,the three greatest comedic actresses to ever appear on television.

[@larrywakeman4371]

AND AUDREY MEADOWS !

[@pattinewbold7191]

Agreed.

[@KentAPeterson]

I agree... and Mary Tyler Moore. :)

[@robertklose2140]

Add Joan Davis to the list

[@eltonjohn3236]

Nobody would argue this victory.

[@TrangPakbaby]

If they do I’d like to meet them outside so they can catch these hands. Absolutely adore this women ❤❤

[@tinajeppesen5948]

They were all so wonderful. Watching Carroll O Connor speak is a trip too. Magic chemistry on All in The Family. Gloria, Sally Struthers was such a perfect casting choice too. So pretty & cute, but in a realistic way & looked like her TV “dad” enough to be believable. Had her moms heart but her daddy came out too lol! Rob Reiner was terrific. They were all terrific. Most realistic family I’ve seen on TV to this day. Nowdays so many actors play “themselves” u see them in interviews & they are their character. These were amazing character actors without being camp, or seeming like a “play” even tho they came from theatre they transitioned it to TV perfectly.

[@AllenMQuinn]

What an amazing woman and actress.

[@WhitemenaresoSexy]

Allen Quinn , She is so pretty..

[@marybethfantozzi2258]

Lovely Lady! She was wonderful in everything she did! Miss you Jean Stapleton- They don't make them like you any more. ❤

[@crazirok]

From a kid in Jamaica I admired her and her sitcom I was always able to laugh, this comedy helped me grow up in the Caribbean and make me started theatre and still wanna be an actor now im living in the United States

[@showmebear]

Great story, I hope you are having a very successful career here in the US.

[@chipdamutt108]

Back when there was class in Hollywood. Such an amazing actress!

[@JakeC-xx8zq]

More class in general.

[@djmoch1001]

It's so weird hearing Jean's normal speaking voice after being used to her Edith Bunker character for years. She was a talented lady, that's for darn sure.

[@paulvoorhies8821]

Right? Perhaps the best lead actress in a comedy of all time. Beyond brilliant.

[@phylomenad1145]

Isn't it tho? I said the same thing. Have a great night dear !

[@jasonhurd4379]

Throughout the entire first season, Miss Stapleton used something more akin to her off-camera speaking voice when she played Edith. The nasal quality did not come until later.

[@jessiejames7492]

Yes i agree. Made us believe she really was a dingbat 😊

[@CH67guy1]

@@jasonhurd4379Wow! I thought it was just me who noticed that!

[@mhertz2563]

What an absolutely fantastic woman and actress she was. What I'd like to do over again is go back and watch this show from the time it was new and see it all over again. They were all sensational in their roles, and Jean was about as good as it gets as Edith.

[@bonniebailey154]

Ms Stapleton was a treasure. God bless her always.

[@constancepierce429]

How nice to see such an ovation for one of the great actresses of American television.

[@CanadiAnnie]

❤️ My most favourite TV character of all time, and actress! Miss you Jean!!

[@anittawhite1461]

Beautiful beautiful lady❤❤❤❤

[@chrisarseneault5617]

One of the most well-deserved Awards in the history of awards ceremonies

[@olgao6792]

What an outstanding actress! Very beloved. She will always be remembered. ❤️

[@mixer14316]

What a beautiful speech.

[@bonniebailey154]

A great ovation for a great lady.

[@pamnichols7877]

What a class act! All four of these actors and actresses did a superb job on AITF. I watch them just to laugh thanks to KZbin! God rest her soul.

[@denisemarie6029]

You are so radiant here! Thank you for making me laugh harder than any woman in the world! Rest in peace, Jean 🌹

[@veronicac9487]

Such a great actress.. I cried with Archie when Edith died and again when Ms Stapleton did too

[@Tfontaine209]

She was brilliant in this role and will always be remembered for the fine actress she was.

[@coupleofbeers31]

What a great actress and a true New Yorker for sure! Icon all the way.

[@LB-1122]

Amazing lady right there ! She brought her character to such a place in TV history we still love her today ! Also who doesn’t agree that these award shows were awesome to watch back then , today’s award shows I can’t even stomach they are so agenda driven !

[@pennidiamond3591]

I love you jean stapleton. Jean was a brilliant actress!

[@francescakatz6563]

What a talented,serious and gracious lady. Those were the days....indeed

[@shaneo5436]

RIP Jean Stapleton, you were a beautiful woman.

[@angelkitty2244]

I was in single digits when I watched the show and it is the most profound program presenting every issue from Comedy to drama in every episode and to this day and thereafter it will always be relevant! Decades upon decades later I still remember the impact this program had on me and society and continues to this very day! Jean Stapleton in the entire cast are extraordinary!❤

[@penny7601]

JEAN STAPLETON WAS THE MOST BRILLIANT AND FUNNIEST ACTRESS IN AMERICAN HISTORY 💗💗💗💗I LOVE JEAN STAPLETON 💖💗💗💗💗

[@phylomenad1145]

Beautiful lady. Amazing to me always to hear her real voice and her " Edith" voice. Loved her !!!!

[@franbacon82]

One of the best actresses.... if not THE best..... in television. Period.

[@iamjetl]

She should have won every year she was on all in the family!

[@richardromero2707]

She well deserved that award

[@dandaly3631]

so gifted and talented, the whole cast fed off one another, never be another

[@mr.snicker-doodles7081]

She was Brilliant..

[@johnbarone8948]

What a wonderful actress and entertainer and more importantly beautiful soul. RIP

[@jwelch5742]

Jean Stapleton has great acting in All in the Family: Season 8.

[@garyburns1480]

Simply a wonderful person, inside and out. Tremendous actress.

[@sharonsteinkuehler6288]

I LOVE THESES SHOWS I WATCH THE RERUNS OF THEM ALL THE TIME THEY NEVER GET OLD AND I AM 65 YRS OLD

[@EbonyJoneskuye]

Same here!

[@tinajeppesen5948]

Comfort TV, takes us back to our childhoods. There were not as many shows on TV, everyone watched All in the Family, a weekly event. In my own family it was very relatable too.

[@paulstillman2878]

Greatest sitcom in US history.

[@MapleSyrupPoet]

Beautifullly talented Jean 🌹🌹🌹

[@independentfilmchannel1476]

Jean Stapleton won the Emmy three times as Edith Bunker. As far as I'm concerned, she could have won it every year All in the Family was on the air and it wouldn't have bothered me a bit. She was sheer comedic genius.

[@queen_of_domination]

She seemed as if she was really nice in real life. RIP

[@tomwebber5094]

Jean Stapleton. Isabel Sanford. Mary Tyler Moore. Dihann Carrol, Valerie Harper. Roxie Roker, Linda Lavin, Loretta Swit. These are the women of the late 60's and early 70's who helped shape the women of our generation. Their talent in storytelling is unparalleled. I know I missed so very many, but these are the women I remember here and now as being pivotal forces in television.

[@Person-mh6xq]

Well said!

[@mssarahrenee]

Esther Rolle

[@tinajeppesen5948]

Then we got trash TV like The Love Boat etc…lol! But they too are fun to rewatch now as an adult. Like a who’s who of the 70s. Started to just suck in the 80s but I digress into The Love Boat…lol. Archie Bunkers place jumped the shark tho :-/ I wish they wouldn’t have done that lol!

[@brookebeers4309]

How i adored this woman. All in the Family is still my favorite show!!

[@cassandradennis5685]

I was so happy for her. I liked her so much, she was incredible in her role as Edith Bunker. It was so when she died off the show, Carroll O'Connor had me crying 😢.

[@riderskater7248]

One of America's Best Mom's.

[@vickyjones6017]

She was a class act!!

[@dquinn8344]

Susan St James at the beginning was as gorgeous as I remember her as a young kid...

[@independentfilmchannel1476]

That was Marlo Thomas. She was presenting with her father Danny Thomas.

[@sherrielynn5761]

I miss this woman so much

[@acain6133]

Wow. The first time I heard Stapleton’s real voice.

[@cassandradennis5685]

She is truly missed😢💖

[@7080nik]

Such a beautiful and extremely talented woman. Those were the days for sure!

[@alwaysnew189]

Outstanding performer, and jolly soprano, too!

[@trumancapote9097]

Wish there was a way to upload pics on here as I have an AWESOME one taken of me and the legendary JEAN STAPLETON outside her dressing room in the basement of LINCOLN CENTER in NYC. The time was June of 2002, only nine months after 9/11 and I was visiting the city of my birth, NYC, and treating myself the night before my birthday to a play written by two-time Oscar winning playwright HORTON FOOTE. The play was utterly forgettable but it's star JEAN STAPLETON was UNforgettable. I had the high privilege and honor of meeting this gracious, classy lady after the show. She was one of the nicest stars I ever met (and I've met plenty!) and she spent 15 minutes of her down-time speaking with me. The picture was taken by her co-star HALLIE FOOTE (the daughter of the playwright). And I treasure it and my wonderful encounter with BOTH of these talented ladies, to this very day. Thanks HALLIE and RIP to the late, great JEAN STAPLETON. They sure don't make them any better than she was. On and off-camera.

[@whostosay3256]

Incredible actress 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@ladyyuna2000]

💐🙏🏻RIP Jean Stapleton (born Jeanne Murray) (January 19, 1923 - May 31, 2013) (aged 90) you will truly be missed and my prayers go out to you and your family. 💐🙏🏻

[@rictheflairchair4936]

I LOVE her..RIP

[@Jeng4280]

This is so great! Well deserved!

[@MarySammons10]

I remember the first time I heard her real voice I was like woah. Such a classy lady. Murder She Wrote was created for her but it didn’t work so it went to Angela Lansbury. I love Jean but Angela WAS Jessica Fletcher. Just like Jean WAS Edith Bunker.

[@tomdalfonzo9959]

IF Jean Stapleton had taken the title role in Murder, She Wrote, would CBS have ever thought to do a Murder, She Wrote/In The Heat Of The Night crossover episode? As everyone knows, In The Heat Of The Night starred Carroll O'Connor.

[@user-mj8nf2vp7q]

According to Stapleton, she turned down the role, & Lansbury thanked her every time they met. 👍🏽💯🤗

[@JustinMacri007]

@@user-mj8nf2vp7q what happend to murder she wrote?

[@user-mj8nf2vp7q]

@@JustinMacri007 Google it. 👍🏽💯🙄

[@betterthanemril988]

I used to actually think she talked like her character Edith in real life it was so weird hearing such a normal voice 😂

[@kwuanbrinson5006]

🏆 Very Well Deserving 🏆 🌹 Rest In Paradise 🌹

[@christopherramon-reid2000]

Best sitcom actress of all time.

[@kendallrivers1119]

You can tell that Jean and that guy are married by how she just throws her stuff at him to hold. That's marriage LOL. Such a great victory for one of the all time best actors period.

[@mikematei]

A true star.

[@DHGlee2013]

She’s so awesome! I love Edith Bunker but she’s SO nothing like Edith.

[@RayNDeere]

Rare that an entire main cast would all win Emmys for their roles in a show. In fact, it has been done just two other times.The Golden Girls and The Simpsons

[@rucksackzen]

RayNDeere and, most recently, "Will and Grace."

[@RayNDeere]

Good catch

[@blackguyofthesouth2161]

And Now Schitts Creek

[@shihlin1]

Didn't Mary Tyler Moore show also do it between 71-77 ?

[@chriscanale9535]

Love you Jean

[@fredojoaquim4764]

I love Jean.

[@dinakay330]

Im loving that top😍😍

[@markmiller3713]

She has such a lovely smile.

[@aryaman98]

finally the TV academy uploaded thier videos like the AMPAS. I was crazy searching for footage!!

[@CarolynGagliarducci]

Absolutely ❤️ Stapleton

[@liaadavis9686]

Loved her

[@AlanKarla99]

Showing off her jazzy side is 👌🏾

[@acain6133]

AlanKarla99 ??

[@Michael-jw6et]

It’s hard to believe this woman is Edith. What a brilliant actress.

[@bobby70077]

So Classy!

[@kashesan]

Loved her.

[@tiffanycurtis4794]

I was 7 years old the good old days when we had talented television actress and actors no reality crap

[@videox222ify]

This brilliant lady is a real actress.

[@LuvTadnDixie]

I love what Jean is wearing.

[@MReynaArte]

thats right the woman was brillian ..much deserved

[@orgonkothewildlyuntamed6301]

whomever decided that Jean should change her voice/personality from Season 1 thru the end was one of the many reasons AITF is one of the greatest sitcoms ever

[@Gildedbutterfly1976]

Amazing show with amazing actors.

[@mikek4274]

When hollywood wasn't hollyweird and it had class.

[@GG1Productions]

Classy enough that every actress who has worked there since it's inception has a story of being sexually harassed or coerced in some way.

[@willyboy6126]

Amen, bro!

[@paleo704]

Mike K exactly

[@tonyareddinger6227]

I definitely agree with all the comment and me too l edith make a good actress and the funniest on the show all the family and hope edith rest in peace and miss you and I hope god there for edith and Archie too miss you both

[@alexandriak42]

I love her very much. Try to find Fairy Tale Theater serial and Cinderella in it. Jean Stapleton as a fairy who helped Cinderella to come to the dance and met her prince.

[@andrewzaltman6934]

😊you were wonderful working with the great Carroll 0 Conner.

[@kevinhaynes1691]

RIP Jean Stapleton

[@tomtrout6593]

Just a class act.

[@paulsonj72]

Is there a full broadcast of this show out there because that night(for one of the if not the only time) the emmy awards were broken into due to a major news story. That night President Carter announced the Camp David Accords between Israel and Egypt. And remember in 1978 there were NO cable outlets for news so you had to depend on the big 3 networks and this development was MAJOR news.

[@mthivier]

Yes! I remember that too. I remember that President Carter's announcement at Camp David with Begin and Sedat broke into an awards show, and I'd always remembered it as being the Oscars, but you're right, it was actually the Emmys. I'd love to see that again too. I could be wrong after all these years, but I think, because the Emmy show was live, they stopped during President Carter's speech, and once they returned to the show, picked up where they'd left off, so the TV audience didn't miss anything. I think this is the case because I remember various award winners congratulating President Carter in their acceptance speeches.

[@paulsonj72]

@@mthivier I was a mere 1st grader at the time so no late nights for me. 😁

[@hallucinatedovens8414]

Oh Aaaaaaaaarchie!

[@jarodcarnarvon5198]

Wow!! She sure changed her voice for the Archie Bunker Show!!

[@elizabethgardner3535]

Ugh. Wonderful.