**FILE**Comedian Alan King embraces actress Maureen Stapleton during Stapleton's 70th birthday party at Sardi's restaurant in New York, on Sept. 11, 1995. Stapleton, the Oscar-winning character actress whose subtle vulnerability and down-to-earth toughness earned her dramatic and comedic roles on stage, screen, and television, died Monday, March 13, 2006. She was 80. (AP Photo/RJ Capak)