Does anyone know how the character of Edith (Jean Stapleton) left "All in the Family"? Was she just written out, or did they have an episode where she passes away? If so, what episode was that? I have never seen how she left the show...thanks!
2006-10-02 12:40:30 · 9 answers · asked by Mustache Man 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Television
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**"On what episode of 'All in the Family' did Edith die?" No one remembers this episode, because it never happened. After Archie bought Kelsey's, a lot of the storylines centered around the bar. Edith was no longer the center of the family. Jean Stapleton had won three Emmys for her work on "All in the Family," but it was Carroll O'Connor who had the power. Stapleton stayed on "All in the Family" for it's entire eight year run, and even went on to play Edith on "Archie Bunker's Place," but it was obvious that her role was diminished.
Now here's where stories are starting to get distorted as to what really happened. I want to set the record straight here before the truth is forgotten. After playing the dingbat for nine years, this seemed like the right time to move on, but she had no intention of leaving the show permanently, she agreed to make appearances from time-to-time. O'Connor felt that episodes without Edith, would be compared to those with, leading the audience to be disappointed with any episode without Stapleton. During the summer of 1980 Carroll called Norman Lear and told him he wanted Edith written out of the show, in a way that would provide closure, Edith would die. Norman Lear didn't feel that O'Connor's show, "Archie Bunker's Place," was his and gave the creative control to O'Connor to do as he pleased. O'Connor called Stapleton and asked how she felt about his proposed plot. She was shocked, but since she only intended to appear on the show out of obligation, she told O'Connor it was fine with her. When "Archie Bunker's Place" returned in the fall of 1980, the curtain opened on a family grieving over the loss of their beloved Edith.
So there you have it, Edith never died on "All in the Family." Part of the confusion seems to center around an episode titled "Too Good Edith" (sometimes incorrectly listed as "Too Good Faith" on TV Land) where Edith collapses after making the food for a Saint Patrick's bash at Archie's bar. This was aired on April 8, 1979, it was the last episode of "All in the Family". But Edith must have gotten better over the Summer, because she was back in the Fall in "Archie Bunker's Place" and even gets hired at the bar in the fourth episode."**
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2006-10-02 12:47:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
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Does anyone know how the character of Edith (Jean Stapleton) left "All in the Family"? Was she just written out, or did they have an episode where she passes away? If so, what episode was that? I have never seen how she left the show...thanks!
2015-08-18 20:19:56 · answer #2 · answered by Agneta 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think she "died". My guess is that it occurred in the off season between "All in the Family" and "Archie's Place".
2006-10-02 14:31:23 · answer #3 · answered by TheSlayor 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Edith died in her sleep from a stroke.Jean believed the character of Edith reached its potential and wanted to pursue new acting jobs.
Edith died in the Archie Bunkers Place series.
2006-10-02 12:50:32 · answer #4 · answered by peg 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think I remember her leaving but, she must have because Archie went on with the little girl he adopted named Stephanie and he was working at the bar.
2006-10-02 12:49:04 · answer #5 · answered by pam c 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
she died, they went on a season or two without her, then had a spinoff called "Archie's Place" about him running the bar but it wasn't very good at all
2006-10-02 12:48:21 · answer #6 · answered by Donra2 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
she died of cancer at the end of All in the Family then he went on to the show Archies Place as a widow
2006-10-02 12:48:36 · answer #7 · answered by native 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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Yes! And I laughed so hard, the guy turned red in the face when the crowd gathered. He took leave very quickly.
2016-03-27 03:16:11 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
at the beginning of the season they let it be known that she had died. they never said how. i think she just wanted off the show
2006-10-02 12:45:06 · answer #9 · answered by Diana K 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't remember her leaving
2006-10-02 12:46:31 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋