There will never be another television character as beloved as Edith Bunker, portrayed by the enormously gifted Jean Stapleton. We miss you already, Dingbat.
From her New York Times obituary:
Edith was none too bright, not intellectually, anyway, which, in the dynamic of the show was the one thing about her that invited Archie’s outward scorn. Ms. Stapleton gave Edith a high-pitched nasal delivery, a frequently baffled expression and a hustling, servile gait that was almost a canter, especially when she was in a panic to get dinner on the table or to bring Archie a beer. But in Edith, Ms. Stapleton also found vast wells of compassion and kindness, a natural delight in the company of other people, and a sense of fairness and justice that irritated her husband to no end and also put him to shame. She was an enormously appealing character, a favorite of audiences, who no doubt saw in the ordinariness of her life a bit of their own, and in her noble spirit a kind of inspiration.Read HERE.
2 comments:
I have a very vivid memory of her in the hospital waiting room and picking up a copy of Play Girl. Dark hair and eyes, hairy chest and a 70's porn stache - explains so much about my taste in men.
And Edith always stood up to Archie on the issues that really mattered to her.
XOXOX Jean
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