Jean Stapleton Movies

Tabloid reporters are sent by their editor to investigate after the paper recieves a letter from a woman claiming an angel is living with her.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: John Travolta

An advertising executive fails to realize that the woman of his dreams is his best friend since first grade, now married to his cheating co-worker.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Frank Whaley

During a murder hunt game at a country house, to which Hercule Poirot is invited as an "expert", a real murder occurs.

Genre: Crime

Cast: Peter Ustinov

Book superstore magnate Joe Fox and independent book shop owner Kathleen Kelly fall in love in the anonymity of the Internet—both blissfully...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Meg Ryan

Film adaptation of the George Abbott Broadway musical about a Washington Senators fan who makes a pact with the Devil to help his baseball team win...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Tab Hunter

Reverend Brooks leads his small Iowa town in a contest to stop smoking for a month. But some tobacco executives don't want them to win, and try...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Dick Van Dyke

Sylvia, a novice schoolteacher, is hired to teach English in a high school, but she’s met with an apathetic faculty, a delinquent student body...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Sandy Dennis

Ella Peterson works in the basement office of Susanswerphone, a telephone answering service. She listens in on others' lives and adds some interest...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Judy Holliday

TV special celebrating the 25th anniversary of Captain Kangaroo with multiple guest stars.

Genre: TV Movie

Cast: Jean Stapleton

A school truant officer uncovers a young boy's attempt to fake his residential address and subsequently befriends the kid and his mother.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Richard Dreyfuss

Gonzo hosts this collection of some of the weirdest moments from The Muppet Show at his trailer home, assisted by Camilia and visited by Kermit The...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Dave Goelz

A young rape victim tries desperately to pick up the pieces of her life, only to find herself at the mercy of a would-be rescuer.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Carroll Baker

DVD featurette documenting the success of "All in the Family".

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Norman Lear

DVD featurette documenting the beginnings of "All in the Family"

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Norman Lear

Irreverent freelance investigative reporter Tom Maguire hits rock bottom when bigot editor in chief Ivan refuses to print his pieces anymore and his...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: John Ritter

Cautionary anti-drug film based on a true story about the effects on Jean Stapleton and Arthur Hill when their teenage son (John Putch, Stapleton's...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Jean Stapleton

In 1910, 19-year-old Horace Robedaux, still bitter toward his stepfather, goes to Houston to be reunited with his mother, Corella, and his sister,...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Mary Stuart Masterson

Feature documentary about humor and the Holocaust, examining whether it is ever acceptable to use humor in connection with a tragedy of that scale,...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Gilbert Gottfried

Profiles on the creative processes of Dale Messick, Cathy Guisewite, Nicole Hollander, and Lynda Barry, preceded by a brief overview of early female...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Lynda Barry

A high-priced call girl is forced to depend on a reluctant private eye when she is stalked by a psychopath.

Genre: Thriller

Cast: Jane Fonda

The true-life drama about a handicapped Baltimore woman living on welfare who organized a sandlot baseball team and ended up coaching more than...

Genre: TV Movie

Cast: Jean Stapleton

Senator Joseph McCarthy from Wisconsin accuses prominent people of Communist sympathies in order to give him a national power base when he later...

Genre: TV Movie

Cast: Peter Boyle

Biography of former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt, who forged a new role for herself in the years after her husband's death.

Genre: TV Movie

Cast: Jean Stapleton

Alice, the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, falls in love with Tony Kirby, but his wealthy banker father and snobbish...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Jean Stapleton

A 75-year old widow struggles with being a burden to those she loves. Though determined not to rely on her children, she is forced to move in with...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Olympia Dukakis

When news of John Smith's death reaches America, Pocahontas is devastated. She sets off to London with John Rolfe, to meet with the King of England...

Genre: Animation

Cast: Billy Zane

Dramatization of the true story of the so-called Willmar Eight, a group of Minnesota bank workers who braved freezing conditions whilst picketing...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Jean Stapleton

A funny anthology featuring various sketches about people having trouble with love and sex.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Marlo Thomas

When the controlling mother (Jean Stapleton) of Martin Mallory (Geraint Wyn Davies) dies, Mallory thinks he's finally free of her meddling. But her...

Genre: Fantasy

Cast: Jean Stapleton

Imaginative and creative Jack seeks adventure while trying to provide for himself and his mother. Will he ever solve the mystery of how his father...

Genre: Fantasy

Cast: Dennis Christopher

An oppressed young woman finds happiness when she secretly attends the royal ball.

Genre: Romance

Cast: Jennifer Beals

The real-life case based on the horrific crimes of Sante and Kenny Kimes, the mother and son duo who specialized in theft, fraud and murder.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Mary Tyler Moore

An advertising executive fails to realize that the woman of his dreams is his best friend since first grade, now married to his cheating co-worker.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Frank Whaley

Joseph K. awakes one morning, to find two strange men in his room, telling him he has been arrested. Joseph is not told what he is charged with, and...

Genre: Thriller

Cast: Kyle MacLachlan

When the boss she helped climb the corporate ladder is forced into early retirement, a widowed executive secretary must choose between his surprise...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Jean Stapleton

Set in the mythical world of Rhymeland, Gordon Goose returns home to discover that his mom has mysteriously vanished. Now the characters of Rhymeland...

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Dan Gilroy

Two brothers of totally different natures live in a small town in Texas. Since the death of their father they confront one another all the time for...

Genre: TV Movie

Cast: Brad Davis

Kermit the Frog throws a glamorous party at the Cocoanut Grove nightclub to celebrate the premiere of the Muppets' first feature film, The Muppet...

Genre: TV Movie

Cast: Frank Oz

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Carroll O'Connor

A couple finds a baby on their doorstep with a note asking them to temporarily keep it. They take the baby in and care for it as if it were their...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Farrah Fawcett

A spoof of Agatha Christie's "And Then There Were None." Guests arrive at an island mansion. A storm strands the guests. Their host is found dead....

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Jean Stapleton