| Edith Bunker | |
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 Jean Stapleton as Edith Bunker | |
| First appearance | "Meet the Bunkers" (All in the Family) (Original Air Date - January 12, 1971) |
| Last appearance | "The Shabbat Dinner" (Archie Bunker's Place) (Original Air Date - December 9, 1979) |
| Created by | Norman Lear |
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| Occupation | housewife elder-care caretaker |
| Family | Harry Baines (brother) Gertrude Baines (sister) Helen Baines (sister) |
| Spouse | Archie Bunker (1948–1980, her death) |
| Children | Gloria Stivic (daughter) |
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Edith Bunker is a fictional character on the 1970s sitcom All in the Family (and occasionally Archie Bunker's Place), played by Jean Stapleton. She is the wife of Archie Bunker, mother of Gloria Stivic, mother-in-law of Michael "Meathead" Stivic, and grandmother of Joey Stivic. Her cousin is Maude Findlay (Bea Arthur), one of Archie's nemeses.[1]
While Edith is typically a traditional and usually subservient wife, Jean Stapleton was a noted feminist.
Series creator Norman Lear said on All Things Considered that the reason why Archie would always tell Edith to stifle herself was because Lear's father told his mother to "stifle".[2]
- ^ "The Museum of Broadcast Communications - Encyclopedia of Television". museum.tv. Archived from the original on 11 September 2013. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
- ^ "Norman Lear: 'Just Another Version Of You'". All Things Considered. 23 June 2012. Retrieved 27 December 2017.