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.
Carroll O'Connor and Jean Stapleton smiling at Emmy awards - Frank Trapper/Getty Images "All in the Family" made TV history but after nine seasons as Edith Bunker, Jean Stapleton wanted to move on.
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.