Maureen Stapleton

Maureen Stapleton (1925–2006) was an American stage, film, and television actor. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Reds (1981).

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Reds: Warren Beatty’s 1981 film about American journalist John Reed and the Russian Revolution. Stapleton won an Academy Award for playing anarchist Emma Goldman in this film.
Tennessee Williams: An American playwright whose works include A Streetcar Named Desire and The Glass Menagerie. Williams wrote The Rose Tattoo, the play in which Stapleton made her Broadway debut.
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress: An annual award presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for a supporting performance by an actor. Stapleton received the award for her performance in Reds.
Troy, New York: A city on the Hudson River in eastern New York State. Stapleton was born in Troy in 1925.
The Rose Tattoo: Tennessee Williams’s 1951 play about a Sicilian-American widow confronting grief and desire. Stapleton made her Broadway debut in this Williams play in 1951.
Warren Beatty: An American actor, filmmaker, and producer known for films including Bonnie and Clyde and Reds. Beatty directed Reds and cast Stapleton as Emma Goldman.
Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play: A Tony Award recognizing a leading performance by an actress in a Broadway play. Stapleton won for her performance in The Rose Tattoo.
Actors Studio: A membership organization in New York City devoted to training actors in method-based performance. Stapleton studied at the Actors Studio before establishing her Broadway career.
The Gin Game: D. L. Coburn’s two-character play about an uneasy friendship formed in a nursing-home recreation room. Stapleton starred opposite Jessica Tandy in the play’s original Broadway production.
Jessica Tandy: A British-born American actor whose career spanned stage and screen. Tandy shared the leading role with Stapleton in the original Broadway production of The Gin Game.