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Classic Films

cwydro

(51,308 posts) Sun Nov 19, 2017, 05:05 PM Nov 2017

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Maureen Stapleton and Jean Stapleton.

I thought they were sisters...but looking them up I’m finding they are not “patrilineally” related.

Anyone can answer?

Watching the Money Pit this afternoon lol.

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Maureen Stapleton and Jean Stapleton. (Original Post) cwydro Nov 2017 OP

Money Pit is one of the funniest movies sweetroxie Nov 2017 #1

Aside from the fact that they were both of Irish descent and from New York... CBHagman Nov 2017 #2

sweetroxie

(776 posts)

1. Money Pit is one of the funniest movies

Reply to cwydro (Original post)

Sun Nov 19, 2017, 06:37 PM

Nov 2017

I've ever seen. Real laugh out loud. It gains even more if you're going through a home remodel at the time (I was).

CBHagman

(16,987 posts)

2. Aside from the fact that they were both of Irish descent and from New York...

Reply to cwydro (Original post)

Tue Nov 21, 2017, 12:54 AM

Nov 2017

...I don't see a link. This sounds like a job for Henry Louis Gates.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0822958/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0822972/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm

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