Edith Bunker
Edith Bunker is a fictional 1970s sitcom mom on All in the Family, played by Jean Stapleton. She was the wife of Archie Bunker, mother of Gloria Stivic, and mother-in-law of Michael "Meathead" Stivic. When Jean Stapleton left in 1979, Edith was written out of the series having died of an off camera heart attack in the series spin-off Archie Bunker's Place.
Quotes
- "Wisdom? What's the difference between that and Intelligence?"
- "Edith Bunker."
- "What?" She flinched as the others glared as though in chorus. "What?" she whispered.
- "I said, Edith Bunker ? from 'All in the Family'? Not too bright, but wise as all hell. Or to take a counterexample, Richard Nixon. Get it?"
--Joel Rosenberg, "The Sleeping Dragon"
