Maureen Stapleton

Academy Award-winner 'Maureen Stapleton' (qv) was born June 21, 1925 in Troy, New York, to Irene (née Walsh) and John P. Stapleton. Her family was of Irish descent. Maureen moved to New York City at the age of eighteen and did modeling to pay the bills. Already a Tony Award-winner, she made her Academy Award-nominated film debut in _Lonelyhearts (1958)_ (qv) supporting four-time Academy Award-nominee Montgomery Clift, and 'Myrna Loy' (qv) in _Lonelyhearts (1958)_ (qv). Maureen was was nominated for an Oscar again for her performance in _Airport (1970)_ (qv). She played the wife of D. O. Guerrero (played by Academy Award-winner 'Van Heflin' (qv)). Nine years later she went on to earn an Oscar for her performance as 'Diane Keaton' (qv), 'Kristen Griffith' (qv), and 'Mary Beth Hurt' (qv)'s mother-in-law Pearl, in the 'Woody Allen' (qv) drama _Interiors (1978)_ (qv). Apparently, four times worked as a charm when Maureen took the Oscar home for her performance in which she portrayed the Lithuanian-born anarchist Emma Goldman in 'Warren Beatty' (qv)'s _Reds (1981)_ (qv).::[email protected]