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Jean Stapleton, Who Played Archie’s Better Angel, Dies at 90
NYT ^ | June 1, 2013 | BRUCE WEBER

Posted on 06/01/2013 3:26:50 PM PDT by Las Vegas Ron

Jean Stapleton, an actress whose portrayal of a slow-witted, big-hearted and submissive — up to a point — housewife on the groundbreaking series “All in the Family” made her, along with Mary Tyler Moore and Bea Arthur, one of the foremost women in television comedy in the 1970s, died Friday at her home in New York City. She was 90.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: allinthefamily; dingbat; edith; edithbunker; jeanstapleton
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To: onyx

Wow, never heard of it.

Thanks!! ;)


41 posted on 06/01/2013 5:26:59 PM PDT by Las Vegas Ron (The government rejects the natural law because it is an obstacle to its control over us.)
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To: Las Vegas Ron

Well, it was in the 80’s and you’re so young, baby!
:)


42 posted on 06/01/2013 5:29:10 PM PDT by onyx (Please Support Free Republic - Donate Monthly! If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, Let Me know!)
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To: Las Vegas Ron

Wait, maybe, the “late” 70’s....LOL.


43 posted on 06/01/2013 5:30:12 PM PDT by onyx (Please Support Free Republic - Donate Monthly! If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, Let Me know!)
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To: onyx
Well, it was in the 80’s and you’re so young, baby!

LOL...I wish....I've been to the best places on Sunset and La Cienega that don't even exist any more!

Remember Cyrano's, Nicks Fish Market??

If you really want to go back, how about the Marquis?

44 posted on 06/01/2013 5:36:32 PM PDT by Las Vegas Ron (The government rejects the natural law because it is an obstacle to its control over us.)
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To: Las Vegas Ron

LOL.
Chuck Lambert’s Key Largo?
The Phone Booth?
Whiskey-A-Go-Go?


45 posted on 06/01/2013 5:39:47 PM PDT by onyx (Please Support Free Republic - Donate Monthly! If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, Let Me know!)
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To: Las Vegas Ron
Any one involved with a Norman Lear production deserves to be dead a long time ago. Hated them all 40 years ago when I was a teenager, and still hate them now.
46 posted on 06/01/2013 5:41:14 PM PDT by Lockbar (The guy that fires the last bullet gets to write the history books,)
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To: Las Vegas Ron
"Friend, this thread is about a consummate actress and her passing."

I don't remember any requirement here to respect posts that honor socialist celebrities of the politics, regardless of their fame or popularity--Jean Stapleton, Sean Penn, whomever.

University of California, Santa Barbara
American Presidency Project
Jimmy Carter
National Commission on the Observance of International Women's Year, 1975 Appointment of Members and Presiding Officer of the Commission.
March 28, 1977"

"The National Conference will draw up recommendations for ending the barriers to women's equality In the United States. Their report will be submitted to the President and to Congress in March 1978.
The members of the Commission are:

[...]
"ELEANOR SMEAL, of Pittsburgh, Pa.--chair of the board, National Organization for Women; homemaker.
JEAN STAPLETON, of Los Angeles, Calif.--actress, "All in the Family;" motion picture credits include "Up the Down Staircase," "Cold Turkey," "Klute," " Damn Yankees;" summer performances at Totem Pole Playhouse, Fayetteville, Pa.
GLORIA STEINEM, of New York, N.Y.--editor, MS magazine; chair of the board, Women's Action Alliance; founder, National Women's Political Caucus.
"


47 posted on 06/01/2013 5:41:37 PM PDT by familyop (We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of rotten politics smelled around the planet.)
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To: Andy'smom

Thanks for that info. I had no idea the writers had them divorce. That’s interesting. Perhaps he came across as a loser even to the liberal side of the audience?


48 posted on 06/01/2013 5:42:46 PM PDT by Fantasywriter
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To: Fantasywriter

he = Meathead


49 posted on 06/01/2013 5:43:57 PM PDT by Fantasywriter
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To: Lockbar

You hated Sanford and Son? Is that even possible?


50 posted on 06/01/2013 5:45:54 PM PDT by Borges
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To: onyx

But of course!!

Not sure about the Phone Boothe though.

How’s about the Captains Table, Won Q’s or the Luau?

If your know those you must be a So Cal native from the git!


51 posted on 06/01/2013 5:46:51 PM PDT by Las Vegas Ron (The government rejects the natural law because it is an obstacle to its control over us.)
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To: familyop

Wow, I didn’t have a clue.

May the filthy bitch rot in hell.

Happy now?


52 posted on 06/01/2013 5:51:34 PM PDT by Las Vegas Ron (The government rejects the natural law because it is an obstacle to its control over us.)
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To: Fantasywriter

He was a loser to everyone.

Archie stood by Gloria and her son. I remember Edith died on the show.

If you can fid it, there’s a nice clip of when Archie baptizes is grandson, Joey.


53 posted on 06/01/2013 5:51:54 PM PDT by Andy'smom
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To: Las Vegas Ron

Yes. Have a beer. Water some flowers. ;-)


54 posted on 06/01/2013 5:52:47 PM PDT by familyop (We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of rotten politics smelled around the planet.)
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To: familyop

Way ahead of you ;-)


55 posted on 06/01/2013 5:54:37 PM PDT by Las Vegas Ron (The government rejects the natural law because it is an obstacle to its control over us.)
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To: Fantasywriter; Andy'smom

Archie took the meat head’s side when meat head caught Gloria cheating on him.


56 posted on 06/01/2013 5:57:24 PM PDT by Graybeard58 (_.. ._. .. _. _._ __ ___ ._. . ___ ..._ ._ ._.. _ .. _. .)
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To: everyone

57 posted on 06/01/2013 6:00:15 PM PDT by onyx (Please Support Free Republic - Donate Monthly! If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, Let Me know!)
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To: Las Vegas Ron

LOLOLOL.


58 posted on 06/01/2013 6:01:17 PM PDT by onyx (Please Support Free Republic - Donate Monthly! If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, Let Me know!)
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To: Graybeard58

I should hope so.


59 posted on 06/01/2013 6:01:24 PM PDT by Fantasywriter
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To: Las Vegas Ron

Insincerities aside, I really didn’t have any personal dislike for Mrs. Stapleton or for any others behind the show (or the Mary Tyler Moore Show, etc.). I do dislike the brainwashing politics of such efforts, though, and do favor an older socio-political culture—pre-1850s, perhaps.


60 posted on 06/01/2013 6:16:16 PM PDT by familyop (We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of rotten politics smelled around the planet.)
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