He died on february, 1984 in san francisco, california. All in the family has more spinoffs than any other tv sitcom. Created by norman lear, it broke new ground in network television and was the first sitcom to openly discuss subjects like racism. The character of edith bunker actually died on the all in the family spinoff series archie bunkers place, in a sad episode titled archie alone. Edith bunker nee baines is a fictional character on the 1970s sitcom all in the family and occasionally archie bunkers place, played by jean stapleton. All in the family too good edith tv episode 1979 imdb. At first, everyones stressed out when they find that shes pregnant, as mikes between jobs and this pregnancy wasnt planned at all, but they decide to try to make the best of the situation, only for gloria to then feel horribly sick.
An ok episode, some amusing moments but no big laughs. The heart of it all was the nurturing, genunie and kind character of edith bunker. Which is a little odd considering that she died on april 10, but then, thats television for you. Then it turns dark and depressing when beverly is murdered. With carroll oconnor, jean stapleton, rob reiner, sally struthers. Lear replied not to me but it was done, and became one of the most well known moments of 1970s television, as archie mourns the loss of his beloved wife. I put this video together out of love and respect for a wonderful woman and actress by the name of jean stapleton, who portrayed edith for 10 seasons on all in the family archie bunkers place. All in the family s09e05 edith s final respects youtube.
The 10 best all in the family episodes marketwatch. In the series first episode, edith is portrayed as being less of a dingbat and even sarcastically refers to her husband as mr. Jean stapleton, known to millions of viewers as the lovable edith bunker on the classic cbs sitcom all in the family, died friday of natural causes at her home in new york city, her family. While not as popular as its predecessor, the show maintained a large enough audience. All in the family, one of the greatest classic tv sitcoms of all time, is remembered and so is the day that the audience said goodbye to edith bunker. The last episode of the series the next season it would become archie bunkers place sans edith and the last scene between archie and edith. Oh theyre burying edith bunker in the fall, yes they are. Burton hill burt mustin february 8, 1884 january 28, 1977 was an american character actor.
She was portrayed by child actress danielle brisebois, who joined all in the family in 1978. Stapleton appeared in all but four episodes of all in the family. A big mistake by the writers, they took the funniest new character they had in the later seasons and just kill him off. Archie drives edith to distraction when he is home all day. On this series, in which the nowdivorced gloria bunker character had moved to upstate new york in order to work as an assistant veterinarian, the part of joey stivic. Archie bunkers place is an american sitcom television series produced as a spinoff continuation of all in the family that aired on cbs from september 23, 1979, to april 4, 1983. Ediths health problems in the final episode of all in the family are a precursor to her death from a stroke on archie bunkers place. All in the family ediths final respects tv episode. My 10 best episodes of all in the family a list of 10 titles created 22 jul 2014 see all related lists. Edith gets fired from the sunshine home for not getting help for a woman who wanted to. While not as popular, the show maintained a large enough audience to last four seasons, ending its run in 1983. All in the family ediths friend tv episode 1975 imdb. Jean stapleton, the awardwinning actress who played longsuffering edith bunker on the landmark 1970s television series of the all in the family, has died. She played the part for more than 200 episodes and nine seasons on all in the family.
He was an actor, known for all in the family 1971 and for the love of it 1980. New york ap jean stapleton, the stagetrained character actress who played archie bunkers far better half, the sweetly naive edith, in tvs groundbreaking 1970s comedy all in the family. Cousin roy played by the fine character actor tim oconnor tells edith. Shapiro diagnoses edith with phlebitis, and orders her to stay off of her feet for extended. The death of jean stapleton s edith bunker on all in the family or, more precisely, its spinoff, archie bunkers place remains one of the most profound and moving events involving a television character ever aired and our subject at hand. It dealt with archie unable to express his grief over the loss of his wife, edith, who died of a stroke four weeks earlier in her sleep.
She is the wife of archie bunker, mother of gloria stivic, motherinlaw of michael meathead stivic and after 1975, grandmother of joey stivic. Jean stapleton, edith bunker on all in the family, dead. All in the family 10 facts about archie, edith, and the. Jean stapleton will forever be associated with the wonderful character she developed on all in the family.
Over the course of his career, he appeared in over 150 film and television productions. Joey stivic was a regular character on the all in the family spinoff series gloria in 1982 and 1983. Archie bunkers place is an american sitcom originally broadcast on the cbs network, conceived in 1979 as a continuation of all in the family. Edith also says that aunt rose wouldnt speak to her since she married archie. This episode starts promisingly, with beverly visiting edith and archie for christmas and inviting them to his show. In this video, archie finally breaks down after letting the. Edith goes to her aunt roses funeral but is the only mourner. Stephanie mills born around 1969 was a character on the 1970s american television situation comedy all in the family and the followup series, archie bunkers place. Jean stapleton grew tired of playing edith bunker, that she called producer norman lear and asked him to write edith out of the show. For much of the series archie referred to edith as his dingbat, though she once explained that she always considered that a term of endearment as he was too bashful to use more romantic terms like sweetie. All in the familys hilarious late night brawl duration. Lori shannon was born on may 18, 1938 in santa barbara, california, usa as don seymour mclean.
Edith goes to a family wedding alone when archie refuses to go. The final scene, in the bedroom where archie affirms his love for edith. Her cousin is maude findlay beatrice arthur, one of archies nemeses. After that point, edith was written out as having suffered a stroke and died offcamera, leaving archie to deal with the death of his beloved dingbat. All in the family edith s problem emmy winning episode duration. The actress best known for her role as archie bunkers wife edith passed away. Watch all in the family episodes online season 9 1979. The finale of all in the family aired on april 8, 1979 and a sequel series called archie bunkers place debuted on september 23. Edith gets fired from season 9 at join sign up keep track of your favorite shows and movies, across all your devices. Stapleton appeared in all but four episodes of all in.
All in the family s 9 e 24 too good edith recap tv tropes. Watch all in the family episodes, get episode information, recaps and more. The sad episode about edith bunker death is titled archie alone. These would come to pass about a year and a half later when edith died of a stroke in the 1980 archie bunkers place episode archie, alone good people have good sex. Archie bunkers place s2 e1 after ediths death youtube. Jean stapleton appeared in some early season one episodes but. In its day, all in the family was truly a revolutionary sitcom. He also worked in radio and appeared in stage productions.
To unmask all those prejudices and be able to laugh at them was a great healer, stapleton said of all in the family more than 20 years after leaving her role as edith. Carroll oconnor, the emmywinning actor bestknown for his iconic role as archie bunker in the groundbreaking 1970s television comedy all in the family, died june 21 after suffering a. Jean stapleton gets nearly a whole episode to herself and she gives a great performance, though not a lot of big laughs in this one. All in the family ediths problem emmy winning episode duration.
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