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Stapleton, Maureen

Overview
Works:168 works in 331 publications in 7 languages and 12,371 library holdings
Roles:Actor, Performer, Narrator, Costume designer, Interviewee, Speaker
Classifications:pn1997, 791.4372
Most widely held works about Maureen Stapleton
 
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Most widely held works by Maureen Stapleton
Reds( visu )
16 editions published between 1981 and 2008 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,373 libraries worldwide
The true story of the love affair of John Reed, American Communist, journalist and activist and Louise Bryant, writer and feminist.
Cocoon( visu )
3 editions published between 1986 and 2010 in English and held by 972 libraries worldwide
"When visitors from a distant galaxy return to earth on a secret mission, their other-worldly powers afford a group of senior citizens who had expected nothing more from life than bingo, shuffleboard, aches and pains, the chance to recapture their youth"--Container.
A hell of a life : an autobiography by Maureen Stapleton( Book )
7 editions published in 1995 in English and held by 762 libraries worldwide
Bear snores on --and more stories to celebrate the seasons( visu )
1 edition published in 2005 in English and held by 612 libraries worldwide
Bear snores on: All winter long, Bear sleeps in his cozy lair. Surprise guests stop by to warm up, brew tea, and make pop corn, all while Bear snores on. Waiting for wings: Butterflies bloom as delicately as flowers. A story of beginnings, middles and ends - eggs, caterpillars and then butterflies. Come on, rain!: Tess knows that the only good thing that can fix the endless summer heat, is a good soaking rainstorm. When it finally comes, there is shouting and dancing as everything comes to life.
Interiors( visu )
9 editions published between 1986 and 2004 in 3 languages and held by 561 libraries worldwide
A dark drama of three sisters: a writer, an actress, and one groping for identity. When their father decides to divorce their shattered mother and remarry a spunky middle-aged widow, the three young women struggle to come to terms with each other and with themselves.
Cocoon( visu )
12 editions published between 1986 and 2010 in 3 languages and held by 512 libraries worldwide
When the Antareans, advanced beings from another planet, arrive at an old age home in Florida, the senior citizens there get a second chance at being young in this story of youth, old age, and how people choose to live their lives.
Tennessee Williams' South( visu )
2 editions published in 2006 in English and held by 480 libraries worldwide
A documentary on the life and work of writer and dramatist Tennessee Williams. Features the writer as he answers questions posed to him by the filmmaker in a variety of settings, accompanied by biographical re-creations, photos and occasional excerpted scenes of Williams' work performed specifically for the documentary.
The money pit( visu )
3 editions published between 1986 and 2002 in English and held by 391 libraries worldwide
Evicted from their Manhattan apartment, Walter and Anna buy what looks like the home of their dreams, only to find themselves with a bank-account-draining nightmare.
Plaza suite( visu )
10 editions published between 1969 and 2003 in English and No Linguistic Content and held by 343 libraries worldwide
Three interlocking tales of love and romance in one New York hotel suite.
The fugitive kind( visu )
7 editions published between 1959 and 2010 in English and held by 315 libraries worldwide
A smoldering, snakeskin-jacketed Val Xavier is a guitar-strumming drifter trying to go straight. He finds work and solace in a Southern small-town variety store run by Lady Torrance, who's lonely, sexually frustrated, and abused by her vile, deathly ill husband, and who proves as much a temptation for Val as local wild child Carol, who tries to seduce him.
The rose tattoo by Tennessee Williams( Sound Recording )
12 editions published between 1966 and 1973 in 3 languages and held by 272 libraries worldwide
Maureen Stapleton and Eli Wallach star in this recording of the play.
Heartburn( visu )
2 editions published in 2004 in English and held by 260 libraries worldwide
A bitter romance based on Nora Ephron's autobiographical novel about her relationship with Carl Bernstein.
The lottery and other stories by Shirley Jackson( Sound Recording )
6 editions published between 1976 and 1988 in English and held by 258 libraries worldwide
The Electric grandmother( visu )
7 editions published between 1981 and 1990 in English and held by 233 libraries worldwide
After the death of their mother, three children and their widower father select an "electric grandmother," a robot, on a thirty-day trial period to see if it will bring the family together again.
Airport terminal pack( visu )
1 edition published in 2004 in English and held by 222 libraries worldwide
Airport: The original airplane disaster movie in which a passenger brings an explosive device on board the aircraft.
Johnny Dangerously( visu )
3 editions published between 1985 and 2005 in English and held by 222 libraries worldwide
Satire of thirties gangster films about a son who turns to a life of crime to pay for his mother's life-saving operation.
The Caedmon short story collection( Sound Recording )
2 editions published in 2001 in English and held by 221 libraries worldwide
Alice in Wonderland( visu )
3 editions published between 1999 and 2001 in English and held by 192 libraries worldwide
From the elaborate Broadway revival of the 1932 Eva Le Gallienne/Florida Friebus production comes a whimsical retelling of the Lewis Carroll classic.
Signs of the apes, songs of the whales( visu )
4 editions published between 1983 and 1988 in English and held by 163 libraries worldwide
Revisits Washoe, a chimpanzee that communicates using American Sign Language, and examines some of the most recent language experiments being done with apes, dolphins, sea lions, gorillas, and whales.
Bye bye Birdie( visu )
1 edition published in 1996 in English and held by 139 libraries worldwide
When rock star Conrad Birdie gets drafted, his manager organizes a nationwide contest in which one lucky girl wins a farewell kiss on The Ed Sullivan show.
 
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Reds
Alternative Names
Stapleton, Lois Maureen
Stapleton, Lois Maureen, 1926-2006
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CocoonA hell of a life : an autobiographyInteriorsCocoonThe money pitPlaza suiteThe fugitive kindHeartburn
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