Jean Stapleton Dies At Age 90

Actress Jean Stapleton, famed for her portrayal of  Edith Bunker on All In The Family, has died at her New York City home at the age of 90.

Stapleton died of natural causes, her family announced Saturday. She had been a veteran of stage, film and television when she was cast in the CBS sitcom opposite Carroll O’Connor’s loud-mouthed, bigoted Archie Bunker, who often addressed her as "dingbat." She won three Emmys for the role. “The benign, compassionate presence she developed made my egregious churl bearable,” O'Connor wrote of Stapleton in his 1998 autobiography. He died in 2001. Born in New York City on Jan. 19, 1923, Stapleton was the daughter of a billboard advertising salesman and an opera singer.

Stapleton's Edith is probably my all time favorite female television character. She was so much like my maternal grandmother, right down to the accent.