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Oscar-winner Maureen Stapleton has died at her US home from chronic lung disease, aged 80.
She was one of few to win the acting "triple crown" of an Oscar, an Emmy and a Tony award.
Her Oscar for best supporting actress was for Warren Beatty's 1981 film Reds, while her Emmy – the top honour for TV – was for Among The Paths to Eden in 1967. Stapleton's first Tony Award – for Broadway acting – came in 1952, for The Rose Tattoo. She won another Tony in 1971 for portraying an alcoholic singer in The Gingerbread Lady.
She won three other Academy Award nominations, including her movie debut in 1958 in Lonelyhearts.
Her autobiography Hell of a Life documents sexual abuse from her father and her chaotic personal life, including two failed marriages, affairs and years of alcohol abuse.
She commented that acting was her only choice, saying: "For a fat, struggling kid like me, the only way out was to be someone else - an actor."
Stapleton counted Tennessee Williams, Marlon Brando, Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Taylor as friends.
She was one of few to win the acting "triple crown" of an Oscar, an Emmy and a Tony award.
Her Oscar for best supporting actress was for Warren Beatty's 1981 film Reds, while her Emmy – the top honour for TV – was for Among The Paths to Eden in 1967. Stapleton's first Tony Award – for Broadway acting – came in 1952, for The Rose Tattoo. She won another Tony in 1971 for portraying an alcoholic singer in The Gingerbread Lady.
She won three other Academy Award nominations, including her movie debut in 1958 in Lonelyhearts.
Her autobiography Hell of a Life documents sexual abuse from her father and her chaotic personal life, including two failed marriages, affairs and years of alcohol abuse.
She commented that acting was her only choice, saying: "For a fat, struggling kid like me, the only way out was to be someone else - an actor."
Stapleton counted Tennessee Williams, Marlon Brando, Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Taylor as friends.
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