Jean Stapleton, 1923-2013

Jean Stapleton and Carroll O'Connor in the TV series "All in the Family" (1971-1979).

Stapleton, who played Edith Bunker in CBS' groundbreaking 1970s TV comedy "All in the Family," died on May 31, 2013. She was 90.

Jean Stapleton arrives at the premiere Broadway performance of "Bea Arthur on Broadway: Just Between Friends" at the Booth Theater in New York City on Jan. 29, 2002.

Co-stars Art Carney, left, and Jean Stapleton stand together during a rehearsal for the play "You Can't Take it With You" in Los Angeles May 14, 1979. Stapleton died at the age of 90 on May 31, 2013.

Actress Jean Stapleton, top left, and publisher Hugh Hefner laugh with, from foreground left, Darren McGavin, Ruth Buzzi and Barbara Fisher, during a black-tie casino fundraiser in Los Angeles March 13, 1979. Stapleton died at the age of 90 on May 31, 2013.

Actress Jean Stapleton speaks during an interview in Washington March 3, 1977, saying she will increase speaking out to the "Edith Bunkers" of the land to try and muster support for the Equal Rights Amendment.

Performing artists and supporters wait to testify before a House Appropriations subcommittee on Capitol Hill in Washington March 25, 1981, to criticize President Ronald Reagan's planned cuts of arts and humanities programs.

From left are Anne Murphy of the Council of the Arts, actors James Earl Jones and Jean Stapleton, and Tommie Carl of the American Association of Composers.

Actress Jean Stapleton answers a question from a Soviet artist at a U.S.-Soviet roundtable discussion of mutual concerns in April 1983. From left actors: Earle Hyman, Edith Behr, Stapleton and Barbara Colton. Stapleton died at the age of 90 on May 31, 2013.

Cast members of "All in the Family," from left, Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton and Sally Struthers, pose with their Emmys backstage at the 24th annual Emmy Awards in Hollywood, Calif., May 14, 1972.

This photo from 1991 shows Jean Stapleton in the off-Broadway musical theater piece called "Bon Appetit."

Actress Jean Stapleton ("All in the Family") is seen in 1997.