<Tr> <Th> Children </Th> <Td> 2, including John Putch </Td> </Tr> <P> Jean Stapleton (born Jeanne Murray; January 19, 1923--May 31, 2013) was an American character actress of stage, television, and film . </P> <P> Stapleton is best known for having portrayed Edith Bunker, the long - suffering, yet devoted wife of Archie Bunker, on the 1970s sitcom All in the Family . Stapleton was a three - time recipient of the Prime Time Emmy Award for leading actress in a comedy series and won two Golden Globes in the same category during the show's airing . She also made occasional appearances on the All in the Family follow - up series Archie Bunker's Place, but, tired of the role, asked to be written out of the show during the first season . </P> <P> Stapleton was born on January 19, 1923, in Manhattan, New York City, the daughter of Marie A. (née Stapleton), an opera singer and Joseph E. Murray, a billboard advertising salesman . At age 18, she began her career in 1941 in summer stock theatre and made her New York debut in the Off - Broadway play American Gothic . Stapleton was featured on Broadway theatre in several hit musicals, such as Damn Yankees, Funny Girl, Bells Are Ringing and Juno . She guest starred in many television series, including the role of Rosa Criley in the 1963 episode "The Bride Wore Pink" on NBC's medical drama about psychiatry, The Eleventh Hour . </P>

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