Edith Bunker

Edith Bunker
Edith Bunker
	Jean Stapleton as Edith Bunker
First appearance	"Meet the Bunkers" (All in the Family); (Original Air Date - January 12, 1971)
Last appearance	"The Shabbat Dinner" (Archie Bunker's Place); (Original Air Date - December 9, 1979)
Created by	Norman Lear
Portrayed by	Jean Stapleton (All in the Family and Archie Bunker’s Place); Marisa Tomei (Live in Front of a Studio Audience); Randy Davison (America's Funniest People);
In-universe information
Occupation	housewife; elder-care caretaker
Family	Harry Baines (brother); Gertrude Baines (sister); Helen Baines (sister)
Spouse	Archie Bunker (1948–1980, her death)
Children	Gloria Stivic (daughter)
Relatives	Joey Stivic (grandson); Florence Chadbourne (aunt); Rose Baines (aunt); Iola (aunt); Clara (aunt); Elizabeth (aunt); Maude Findlay (cousin); Stephanie Mills ("niece"); Floyd Mills (step-cousin); Amelia DeKuyper (cousin); Liz (cousin); Michael Stivic (son-in-law);

Edith Bunker is a fictional character on the 1970s sitcom All in the Family (and occasionally Archie Bunker's Place), played by Jean Stapleton. She is the wife of Archie Bunker, mother of Gloria Stivic, mother-in-law of Michael "Meathead" Stivic, and grandmother of Joey Stivic. Her cousin is Maude Findlay (Bea Arthur), one of Archie's nemeses.

While Edith is typically a traditional and usually subservient wife, Jean Stapleton was a noted feminist.

Series creator Norman Lear said on All Things Considered that the reason why Archie would always tell Edith to stifle herself was because Lear's father told his mother to "stifle".

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