Broadway Theaters to Dim Lights in Honor of Jean Stapleton on June 5

Broadway theaters will dim their lights this week to pay tribute to the passing of Jean Stapleton, who passed away on May 31 at the age of 90. Theater marquees will go dark for one minute at 8 PM on June 5 in honor of the late actress.

"The theatre is where Jean Stapleton started, and she often returned to the stage throughout her lengthy and multi-faceted career. While we all feel like we knew her, thanks to her iconic television role playing Edith Bunker in All in the Family, the Broadway community claims her as one of our family," said Charlotte St. Martin, Executive Director of The Broadway League, in a statement. "Her decades portraying a variety of roles on our Broadway and off-Broadway stages revealed her brilliance in believably playing many different characters. The range of her talent was also evident in that she could triumph in both musical comedies and serious dramas. She will be missed."

Stapleton was in the original casts of Bells are Ringing on Broadway and Funny Girl, with Barbra Streisand. Her other Broadway credits include In the Summer House, Damn Yankees, Rhinoceros, Juno, and Arsenic & Old Lace. She reprised her roles in the film versions of Bells Are Ringing and Damn Yankees. Stapleton won three Emmy Awards for her role as lovable and sweetly naive Edith Bunker in the hit CBS sitcom All in the Family.