Maureen Stapleton

She is of no relation to actress Jean Stapleton. Other appearances include in Desperadoes, and How To Murder Your Wife. Her more recent appearances include Cocoon and Cocoon: The Return (1985 and 1988). She had a long career, and won an Academy Award for Key Largo in 1948. She was nominated again for Airport and Interiors (1978), and won for Reds (1981). Claire Trevor (born Claire Wemlinger) (March 8, 1910 - April 8, 2000) was an American movie star. 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 won a second Tony Award for Neil Simon's The Gingerbread Lady in 1971. 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. 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 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.

Stapleton began acting in theater after finishing high school, and rapidly gained respect as both a dramatic and comedic actress. Lois Maureen Stapleton (born June 21, 1925 in Troy, New York) in an American theater and film actress.