Maureen Stapleton, 80, an actress of extraordinary range who won every honor of her profession and downplayed its pretensions by insisting "the main thing is to keep the audience awake," died ...

(Lenox, Mass.-AP) March 13, 2006 - The Oscar-winning actress who played the perfect grandmother in the movie "Cocoon" has died. Although she never became a household name, Maureen Stapleton was an ...

Stapleton was nominated several times for a supporting actress Oscar, including for her first film role in 1958's "Lonelyhearts"; "Airport" in 1970; and Woody Allen's "Interiors" in 1978.