All in the family – Page 62

Edith Was Unhappy with Her Role in ‘All in the Family’ & Chose to Stay Single After Her Husband Passed Away

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Most known for bringing to life “All in the Family” character Edith Bunker, Jean Stapleton hated her role and hoped most housewives were nothing like […]

Jean Stapleton said Archie and Edith reminded her of her own parents

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Any good fiction is rooted, at least to a degree, in reality. Whether you’re writing something completely autobiographical, or something so outlandish it barely makes […]

Carroll O’Connor on portraying Archie Bunker: ‘It’s the toughest role I’ve ever taken on as an actor

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Playing a lovable bigot is no easy task, but Carroll O’Connor was able to do it for nine seasons on All In the Family, and […]

A woman wrote to Jean Stapleton, revealing that ‘All in the Family’ made her husband realize he was acting like an Archie

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“Our purpose is to be humorous.”It’s only natural for people to want to see themselves in television characters. Why else would we all spend hours […]

Sally Struthers’ ‘All in the Family’ Audition Stood Out Because of a Case of Laryngitis

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Before I knew her as Archie Bunker’s little girl Gloria on “All in the Family,” I knew Sally Struthers as Rebecca Cunningham on “TaleSpin.” A […]

Carroll O’Connor admitted that the criticism of his shows affected him

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Carroll O’Connor had a candid critique of TV critics. If you’re CBS in 1978, surely the most disastrous thing you could do is invite Carroll […]

The On-Set Feud on ‘All in the Family’ That Nearly Led to the Death of a Major Character

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The American sitcom has been around almost as long as television itself, and while there have been literally hundreds of entries within the genre, there […]

During ‘All in the Family,’ Carroll O’Connor Went on Strike

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Most shows long to achieve the success of All in the Family, but for O’Connor, Archie Bunker began to represent negative work conditions. Per an […]

Carroll O’Connor once suggested that ‘All in the Family’ could have continued without Archie Bunker

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O’Connor was aware that the success of the series didn’t rest solely on his shoulders. It can be difficult to picture All in the Family […]

On Its 50th Anniversary, Why All in the Family Is Still A Story That Matters

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In his 2014 memoir, Even This I Get To Experience, producer Norman Lear wrote the following about his then-43-year-old landmark television comedy, All in the […]