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Known for:	You've Got Mail, Michael, Eleanor, First Lady of the World
Birth name:	Jeanne Murray
Birthday:	19 January 1923, New York, New York, USA

Mother of actor John Putch and actress Pamela Putch. She won the role of Edith Bunker on All in the Family when creator Norman Lear saw her perform in Damn Yankees on Broadway. Is a favorite of playwright Horton Foote, for whom she has acted in numerous plays, most recently "The Carpetbagger's Children" at Lincoln Center. (Closed June 2002). Ran Totem Pole Playhouse, a Summerstock Theatre, in Caledonia State Park, outside Chambersburg, PA. Her husband was from the area. She and her children still visit frequently. In an episode of the courtroom drama series "The Defenders" in episode: "The Hidden Jungle" aired 12/1/62. Jean Stapleton (an unknown actress at this time) played a woman who witnessed a murder. In the episode, while on the witness stand, she is asked to point out the murderer. The actor playing the murderer was another unknown named Carroll O'Connor, who later starred with her in All in the Family. Was offered the role of Mrs. TeeVee on "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.", but turned it down to work on the pilot of "All in the Family." Was offered the role of Jessica Fletcher on Murder, She Wrote, but declined. (Ultimately, the role went to Angela Lansbury.) Turned down the role of Charlie's mother in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971) in order to take the part of Edith Bunker on "All in the Family"

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