LOS
ANGELES
(Reuters):
Oscar-
and
Tony-winning
character
actress
Maureen
Stapleton,
famed
for
her
stage
roles
in
Tennessee
Williams'
plays
and
in
such
films
as
''Reds''
and
''Cocoon''
died
today
at
her
home
in
Lenox,
Massachusetts.She
was
80
and
died
of
natural
causes,
said
Ned
Roche,
head
of
the
Roche
Funeral
Home
in
Lenox.
He
said
the
actress's
daughter
and
son
were
with
her
when
she
died.
Stapleton,
known
for
realistic,
salty
portrayals
in
a
career
spanning
five
decades,
won
a
Tony
for
her
first
starring
Broadway
role
as
the
blowsy
Serafina
delle
Rose
in
the
1951
production
of
Williams
''The
Rose
Tattoo''
and
an
Oscar
for
playing
anarchist
Emma
Goldman
in
the
Warren
Beatty's
1981
film
''Reds".