Seeing Archie deal with the death of his wife, Edith Bunker, in the All in the Family spinoff, Archie Bunker's Place, changed how some fans perceived the character In real life, actress Jean Stapleton ...

The Dingbat is dead. Jean Stapleton endeared herself to millions as Edith, the long-suffering, ditsy wife of Archie Bunker on the groundbreaking series "All In The Family." Archie was a bigot, a ...

It would seem unthinkable by today's standards: the most popular character on television was a blue-collar bigot from Queens, New York — who, despite his prejudices, was often considered lovable at ...

Character actress Jean Stapleton, who died May 31 at age 90, worked for half a century in theater, television, and movies, but by far her most memorable role was as Edith Bunker, who helped introduce ...

LOS ANGELES -- Jean Stapleton's Edith Bunker was such a dithery charmer that we had to love her. And because she loved her bombastic husband Archie, we made room for him and TV's daring "All in the ...

The best Archie Bunker quotes are courtesy of creator Norman Lear. As a progressive, Lear himself was the opposite of Bunker's "lovable bigot" character, but still imbued the All In the Family ...

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NEW YORK – Jean Stapleton, the stage-trained character actress who played Archie Bunker’s far better half, the sweetly naive Edith, in TV’s groundbreaking 1970s comedy “All in the Family,” has died.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Actress Jean Stapleton, best known for her Emmy-winning role as the good-hearted housewife Edith Bunker in the groundbreaking 1970s television comedy "All in the Family," has died ...