Movies by Maureen Stapleton
As part of the cast:
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Dead Silence (1998)
Cast: Danny Aiello, Sally Kirkland, Shanee Edwards …
Directed by: Juliane Glantz
While giving her high school graduation address, Renata Deveroux of Wilbur Falls shocks the audience with her strange tale of the "disappearance" of the school's star athlete (Charlie…
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Addicted to Love (1997)
Cast: Meg Ryan, Matthew Broderick, Kelly Preston …
Directed by: Griffin Dunne
Sam (Matthew Broderick) isn't about to jettison his relationship with Linda (Kelly Preston), even after she takes up with suave Frenchman Anton. So, Sam does the logical thing and moves…
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Cocoon: The Return (1988)
Cast: Don Ameche, Wilford Brimley, Courteney Cox …
Directed by: Daniel Petrie
In this sequel to the huge hit Cocoon, the seniors who exited Earth in exchange for eternal youth return to terra firma to visit with the loved ones they left behind. Meanwhile, their alien…
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Liberace: Behind the Music (1988)
Cast: Victor Garber, Maureen Stapleton, Saul Rubinek …
Directed by: David Greene
Broadway actor Victor Garber ("Damn Yankees") portrays spectacular showman and genius pianist Liberace in this made-for-TV biopic based on the memoirs of Liberace's business manager. The…
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Nuts (1987)
Cast: Barbra Streisand, Richard Dreyfuss, Maureen Stapleton …
Directed by: Martin Ritt
When high-class call girl Claudia Draper (Barbra Streisand) kills a customer in self-defense, her parents (Karl Malden and Maureen Stapleton) attempt to have her declared mentally incompetent…
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Sweet Lorraine (1987)
Cast: Maureen Stapleton, Trini Alvarado, Lee Richardson …
Directed by: Steve Gomer
Once a popular destination, the Lorraine Hotel in the Catskill Mountains is now old and in need of serious repair. As she considers closing up for good, hotel owner Lillian Garber (Maureen…
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Made in Heaven (1987)
Cast: Timothy Hutton, Kelly McGillis, Maureen Stapleton …
Directed by: Alan Rudolph
In this ethereal drama that toys with standard notions of love and mortality, Mike Shea (Timothy Hutton) -- en route to California to start a new life -- has a fatal accident and ascends to…
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The Money Pit (1986)
Cast: Tom Hanks, Shelley Long, Alexander Godunov …
Directed by: Richard Benjamin
An up-and-coming entertainment lawyer and his yuppie girlfriend set out to renovate their dream house, only to be plagued by her ex-husband, an unscrupulous construction firm and the…
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Heartburn (1986)
Cast: Meryl Streep, Jack Nicholson, Jeff Daniels …
Directed by: Mike Nichols
New York writer Rachel Samstat (Meryl Streep) falls in love with political columnist Mark Forman (Jack Nicholson), and the two marry despite her reservations. The wedded bliss comes to an end…
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Cocoon (1985)
Cast: Brian Dennehy, Steve Guttenberg, Don Ameche …
Directed by: Ron Howard
A group of shut-ins at a rest home get a new lease on life when they're offered the gift of eternal youth by visiting aliens led by Brian Dennehy. Steve Guttenberg plays a charter boat…
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America and Lewis Hine (1985)
Cast: Jon Crowley, Jason Robards, Maureen Stapleton …
Directed by: Nina Rosenblum
Winner of a Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, this documentary chronicles the life and work of photography pioneer Lewis Hine, whose images of immigrants at Ellis Island,…
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Private Sessions (1985)
Cast: Denise Miller, Kathryn Walker, Tom Bosley …
Directed by: Michael Pressman
Affable "MASH" star Mike Farrell stars as Dr. Joe Braden, a New York psychotherapist who delves deep into the lives of his troubled patients, including spoiled nymphomaniac Jennifer (Kelly…
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Johnny Dangerously (1984)
Cast: Michael Keaton, Joe Piscopo, Marilu Henner …
Directed by: Amy Heckerling
In this gangster spoof set in the 1930s, Johnny Kelly (Michael Keaton) is forced into a life of crime to pay for his ailing mother's medical treatment. In an attempt to hide his new…
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Alice in Wonderland (1983)
Cast: Richard Burton, Colleen Dewhurst, Nathan Lane …
Part of PBS's "Great Performances" series, this musical version of Lewis Carroll's classic story features Richard Burton as the White Knight and Burton's daughter, Kate, as the…
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Reds (1981)
Cast: Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton, Edward Herrmann …
Directed by: Warren Beatty
Radical journalist and socialist John Reed (Warren Beatty), along with his paramour, protofeminist Louise Bryant (Diane Keaton), gets swept up in the world-changing spirit, euphoria and…
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The Fan (1981)
Cast: Lauren Bacall, Michael Biehn, Hector Elizondo …
Directed by: Edward Bianchi
A classic thriller that fans of Hollywood's heyday shouldn't miss. A sultry Lauren Bacall is renowned Broadway actress Sally Ross, who has thousands of adoring fans. She's…
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Interiors (1978)
Cast: Diane Keaton, Kristin Griffith, Geraldine Page …
Directed by: Woody Allen
In Woody Allen's first dramatic film, the disintegration of an upper class couple's marriage forces their three grown daughters (Diane Keaton, Mary Beth Hurt and Kristin Griffith)…
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The Gathering (1977)
Cast: Edward Asner, Maureen Stapleton, Rebecca Balding …
Directed by: Randal Kleiser
After learning his death is imminent, a flawed father invites his estranged children home for Christmas but plans to keep his poor health a secret. Thanks to a host of unresolved issues,…
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Queen of the Stardust Ballroom (1975)
Cast: Maureen Stapleton, Charles Durning, Michael Brandon …
Directed by: Sam O'Steen
Lonely and frightened after her husband's sudden death, Bea Asher (Maureen Stapleton) faces an uncertain future. Friends concerned for her well-being persuade her to go out for an…
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Plaza Suite (1971)
Cast: Walter Matthau, Maureen Stapleton, Barbara Harris …
Directed by: Arthur Hiller
Walter Matthau stars in three charming vignettes -- each set in room 719 of New York's Plaza Hotel -- that make up this classic comedy. Matthau plays a cheating husband, a Hollywood…
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Airport / Airport 1975 (1970)
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Dean Martin, Jean Seberg …
Directed by: George Seaton, Jack Smight
The first Airport film focuses on a 12-hour period at a major airport where manager Mel Bakersfeld (Burt Lancaster) must deal with a powerful blizzard, a blocked runway and a mentally…
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Airport (1970)
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Dean Martin, Van Heflin …
Directed by: George Seaton
Based on Arthur Hailey's best-selling novel, this is the granddaddy of disaster movies, starring Burt Lancaster as a harried airport manager facing an imminent blizzard, spineless…
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Bye Bye Birdie (1963)
Cast: Janet Leigh, Dick Van Dyke, Ann-Margret …
Directed by: George Sidney
When teen heartthrob Conrad Birdie (Jesse Pearson) gets drafted, his songwriter (Dick Van Dyke) organizes a nationwide contest in which one lucky girl will give Birdie a farewell smooch.…
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The Fugitive Kind (1960)
Cast: Marlon Brando, Anna Magnani, Joanne Woodward …
Directed by: Sidney Lumet
Marlon Brando stars as guitar-playing drifter Val Xavier, who shuffles into a small Southern town after abandoning a life of petty crime. He soon takes up with two disparate ladies: brassy…
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The Fugitive Kind (1959)
Cast: Marlon Brando, Joanne Woodward, Anna Magnani …
Directed by: Sidney Lumet
Marlon Brando stars as guitar-playing drifter Val Xavier, who shuffles into a small Southern town after abandoning a life of petty crime. He soon takes up with two disparate ladies: brassy…
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Lonelyhearts (1958)
Cast: Montgomery Clift, Robert Ryan, Myrna Loy …
Directed by: Vincent J. Donehue
In order to teach naïve writer Adam White (Montgomery Clift) that life's not always a bowl of cherries, his cynical editor (Robert Ryan) assigns him to the "Miss Lonelyheart"…